Integrated video quantization

US8934020B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8934020-B2
Application numberUS-201113335703-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateDec 22, 2011
Priority dateDec 22, 2011
Publication dateJan 13, 2015
Grant dateJan 13, 2015

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Techniques for processing video content in a video camera are provided. The techniques include a method for processing video content in at video camera according to the disclosure includes capturing thermal video data using a thermal imaging sensor, determining quantization parameters for the thermal video data, quantizing the thermal video data to generate quantized thermal video data content and video quantization information, and transmitting the quantized thermal video data stream and the video quantization information to a video analytics server over a network.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method for processing video content in a video camera, the method comprising: capturing thermal video data using a thermal imaging sensor; determining quantization parameters for the thermal video data, wherein determining the quantization parameters for the thermal video data further comprises constructing a histogram of the thermal video data captured by the thermal imaging sensor; calculating an accumulated histogram based on the thermal video data…

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What does patent US8934020B2 cover?
Techniques for processing video content in a video camera are provided. The techniques include a method for processing video content in at video camera according to the disclosure includes capturing thermal video data using a thermal imaging sensor, determining quantization parameters for the thermal video data, quantizing the thermal video data to generate quantized thermal video data content …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Wang Lei, Aghdasi Farzin, Millar Greg, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06T5/92. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 13 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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