System and method for automatic person counting and detection of specific events

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7596241
APP PUB NO 20070003141A1
SERIAL NO

11290672

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A system for detecting and counting individuals in a stationary or moving crowd based on a digital or digitized image captured from a single camera. Initial information is assumed based on a foot-to-head plane homology, where a geometric construct is developed to best enclose image features with a high probability of being an individual within a crowd. These geometric constructs are then subjected to further probabilistic analysis to determine individuals. The vector track of each individual is determined to validate the determination of a group of features as individuals, thereby compensating for occlusion of an individual within any given frame image. A virtual gate is then employed to count the individuals moving past the virtual gate. Also, by weighting portions of the individual, events near the gate can be predicted.

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GE SECURITY INC300 WEST 6TH STREET SUITE 1850 AUSTIN TX 78701

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Krahnstoever, Nils Oliver Albany , US 25 757
Liu, Xiaoming Schenectady , US 112 1261
Perera, Amitha Clifton Park , US 1 153
Rittscher, Jens Schenectady , US 46 1161
Sebastian, Thomas Baby Flemington , US 19 496
Tu, Peter Henry Schenectady , US 81 1941

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