Patents Assigned to Safehouse International Inc.
  • Monitoring an output from a camera
    Patent number: 7664292
    Abstract: Output from a video camera is monitored. Input data is analyzed to produce a model of a background image and incoming image data is compared with said background model to identify images having a high level of activity created by the introduction of a foreground object. A period of activity, composed of a plurality of consecutive images having a high level of activity, is identified, and an exemplar image is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Safehouse International, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Adrian van den Bergen, David Alexander Tymon, Michael Anthony Henson, Gijsbert de Haan, Martin Blais
  • Object monitoring system detecting motion and tracking human skin
    Patent number: 7657914
    Abstract: An object monitoring system, including a slave system having slave processors (14, 16) and a plurality of cameras (10) for monitoring one or more objects, images of the cameras (10) being processed by respective ones of the slave processor (14, 16), and the slave processors including sensors (30) assigned to respective cameras (10) and at least parts of the fields of view of the cameras (10) to detect predetermined characteristics of the at least parts and generate a trigger in response thereto. A master system has to master processor (20) including agents (34) assigned to at least one of the objects and having one or more of the sensors (30) allocated thereto, the agents (34) each generating an event on receiving triggers from the one or more allocated sensors (30). An event system (6) receives the events and determines whether an alarm condition exists. A user interface system (8) can configure the sensors (30) and agents (34) and respond to events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Safehouse International Inc.
    Inventors: Michael David Clive Whelan, Matthew Daniel McArdell, Andrew Lawrence Rowsell, Zoltan Indiana Toth, Robert Pieter Koger
  • MONITORING AN ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20090046147
    Abstract: An environment is monitored by capturing image data depicting the environment and analysing the image data to identify moving foreground objects. Upon identifying an object, the movement of said object is tracked, and graphical output data is generated providing a representation of the movement superimposed upon a representation of said environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: SAFEHOUSE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Michael Anthony Henson
  • Monitoring an environment
    Patent number: 7428314
    Abstract: An environment is monitored by capturing image data depicting the environment and analysing the image data to identify moving foreground objects. Upon identifying an object, the movement of said object is tracked, and graphical output data is generated providing a representation of the movement superimposed upon a representation of said environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Safehouse International Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Anthony Henson