Digital Tele-Viewer

Technology Description

UC San Diego researchers have invented powerful software for generating multiple-user, pan-tilt-zoom views from a single commercially available video camera. This invention has advantages over the current art by allowing multiple customized view generation from a single video stream with varying security levels. This method allows for dynamic exploration of remote sites using standard computing platforms. Additional applications of face recognition, infra-red viewing, and general image processing are possible.

Applications

• Visual Surveillance
• Traffic Monitoring
• Threat Prevention
• Home Security
• Video Conferencing

Related Materials

• This technology was featured in the December 2003/January 2004 issue of Technology Review (see www.technologyreview.com, page 14 of the print issue).
• Download a PowerPoint presentation on the Digital Tele-Viewer.

Intellectual Property Info

See patent application. Both the invention and particular implementations and applications in software are available for licensing.

Patent Status