Abstract: A method includes detecting a first object in a first area of a scene; determining, based on characteristics of the first object, a first probability value indicating a first probability that the detected first object; detecting a second object in a second area of the scene captured in a second stream of image frames by a second camera of the camera system different from the first camera, wherein the second area at least partly overlaps the first area; determining, based on characteristics of the second object, a second probability value indicating a second probability that the detected second object; and when the second probability value is below a second threshold value and the first probability value is above a first threshold value determining an updated second probability value by increasing the second probability value.

Abstract: A method and control unit for object detection in a video stream captured with an image acquisition device, especially for the purpose of anonymizing objects in the video stream.

Abstract: A system and techniques for detecting a reflection of an object in a sequence of image frames. Objects of a given type are detected in the sequence of image frames, and a detection score is determined for each detected object. Distance ratios between unfiltered object position indicators identified for each detected object are determined. A displacement factor is determined for each detected object between a current location of the detected object and a previous location of the detected object. One of the two detected objects which has a lower detection score is a reflection of the other of the two detected objects is determined in response to finding a match between normalized sizes and normalized movements of the detected objects.

Abstract: A method of masking in an output image stream includes receiving an input image stream capturing a scene, processing the input image stream to generate the output image stream, including using a detector to detect objects in the scene and a tracker to track objects in the scene based on information provided by the detector, and further including to generate a particular output image of the output image stream by checking whether there exists a particular area in the scene in which an evaluation of a historical performance of the detector and/or tracker fulfills at least one condition, and to, if confirming that such a particular area exists, mask the particular area of the scene in the particular output image. A corresponding device, computer program, and computer program product are also provided.

Abstract: A method of masking or marking an object in an image stream is provided, including: generating one or more output image streams by processing an input image stream capturing a scene, including discarding pixel information about the scene provided by pixels of the input image stream, such that the discarded pixel information about the scene is not included in any output image stream; and detecting an object in the scene using the discarded pixel information, wherein generating the one or more output image streams includes masking or marking the detected object in at least one output image stream once deciding that the object is at least partially visible within this at least one output image stream. A corresponding device, computer program and computer program product are also provided.

Abstract: A controller interacts with an image processing chain configured to process a video stream captured by a video camera and including an object detection algorithm which outputs a frame-wise detection score for each image region, and a masking function which applies a privacy mask in dependence of the detection score. When the controller detects a sudden change in luminance of a scene which is being imaged the video camera, it maintains or expands, for a period while the video camera is imaging the scene, the privacy mask which was applied at the detected sudden change. The maintaining or expanding of the privacy mask may be achieved by locally reducing a masking threshold applied by the masking function. The expansion of the privacy mask may be gradual over time and related to an estimated speed of a moving object in the scene.