1. A system for improving camera repeatability based on a stored video image and a stored camera position corresponding to the stored video image, the system comprising:
a drive mechanism configured to move the camera to a plurality of different positions during a surveillance operation;
a memory for storing a plurality of video images as a camera moves to the plurality of different positions and for storing a camera position corresponding to each stored video image, the drive mechanism being configured to return the camera to a selected stored camera position;
image processing components for comparing a current video image captured at the selected stored camera position with the stored video image previously captured at the selected stored camera position by using a stationary object in the stored video image and the current video image to determine a position offset; and
an adjustment mechanism for adjusting a current camera position based on the determined position offset to align the current video image with the stored video image.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the stored video image is a portion of an originally captured video image identified as a region of interest.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the image processing components compare vertical and horizontal edges of the stationary object in the stored video image with vertical and horizontal edges of the stationary object in the current video image.
4. The system of claim 3, wherein the image processing components determine pan, tilt, and zoom position offsets based on the horizontal and vertical edge comparisons.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the stored camera position comprises a pan, tilt, and zoom position.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises a processor for adjusting a camera motor.
7. The system of claim 1, further comprising nonvolatile memory for storing the plurality of stored camera positions and the plurality of stored video images.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the adjustment mechanism aligns the images to an alignment accuracy of one pixel.
9. A camera assembly comprising:
a nonvolatile storage mechanism including a plurality of stored video images and a corresponding stored camera position for each of the plurality of stored video images;
an image capturing device for capturing a current video image upon movement of the camera to a selected one of the stored camera positions;
an image processing component for comparing the current video image with the stored video image previously captured at the selected stored camera position and determining an offset amount between the current video image and the stored video image; and
an adjustment mechanism for adjusting a current camera position in accordance with the determined offset amount to facilitate repeatability.
10. The system of claim 9, further comprising a dome camera assembly having selectable pan, tilt, and zoom positions.
11. The system of claim 9, wherein each stored video image is a portion of an originally captured video image identified as a region of interest.
12. The system of claim 9, wherein the image processing components compare vertical and horizontal edges of the stationary object in the stored video image with vertical and horizontal edges of the stationary object in the current video image.
13. The system of claim 10, wherein the image processing components determine pan, tilt, and zoom position offsets based on the horizontal and vertical edge comparisons.
14. The system of claim 10, wherein each stored camera position comprises a pan, tilt, and zoom position.
15. The system of claim 9, wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises a processor for adjusting a camera motor.
16. The system of claim 9, wherein the adjustment mechanism aligns the images to an alignment accuracy of one pixel.
17. A method for improving camera repeatability, the method comprising:
moving a camera to a plurality of different positions during a surveillance operation;
storing a plurality of video images as a camera moves to the plurality of different positions;
storing a camera position corresponding to each stored video image;
returning the camera to a selected one of the stored camera positions and capturing a current video image at the selected stored camera position;
comparing the current video image to the stored video image corresponding to the selected stored camera position and determining an offset amount; and
adjusting a current camera position in accordance with the offset amount in order to align the current video image with the stored video image.
18. The method of claim 17, further comprising storing the plurality of video images and corresponding camera positions in nonvolatile memory.
19. The method of claim 18, further comprising storing the corresponding camera positions in terms of pan, tilt, and zoom values.
20. The method of claim 18, further comprising storing only a portion of an original video image corresponding to a region of interest of the original video image.
21. The method of claim 17, further comprising returning the camera to another stored camera position upon receiving an operator command.
22. The method of claim 17, wherein comparing the current video image to the stored video image comprises comparing vertical and horizontal edges of a stationary object in the stored video image with vertical and horizontal edges of the stationary object in the current video image.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein comparing the current video image to the stored video image comprises determining pan, tilt, and zoom position offsets based on the horizontal and vertical edge comparisons.
24. The method of claim 17, wherein adjusting the current camera position comprises causing a processor to move a camera motor.
25. The method of claim 17, wherein adjusting the current camera position comprises aligning the images to an alignment accuracy of one pixel.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
I claim:
1. A fuel comprising a dry recycled paper by-product material, where the material has a water content of less than about 1 wt %.
2. The fuel of claim 1, further comprising a hydrocarbon fuel in an amount sufficient to improve a rate of combustion of the material.
3. The fuel of claim 2, wherein the amount of hydrocarbon fuel is between about 0.5 wt % and about 10 wt %.
4. A method for burning a recycled paper by-product material, the method comprising the step of:
burning the material in an oxygen-containing gas for a time and at a temperature sufficient to combust substantially all combustion components of the material to form an ash and thermal energy corresponding to a heat of combustion of the material; and
using the thermal energy in a subsequent process.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the subsequent process is a heat exchange process or an electrical generation process.
6. An ash of claim 4.
7. A composition for absorbing spilled materials comprising a recycled paper by-product material dried to a state of dryness sufficient for the material to absorb at least one times its weight in the spilled material, an ash of the recycled paper by-product or mixtures or combinations thereof.
8. A permeable container comprising an outer permeable material surrounding a desired about of a recycled paper by-product material, an ash residue of a recycled paper by-product or a mixture thereof.
9. The container of claim 8, wherein the material is dried to a state of dryness sufficient for the material to absorb at least one times its weight in a spilled material.
10. The container of claim 8, wherein the spilled material is selected from the group consisting of an organic material, an inorganic material, an environmentally hazardous fluid or liquid material, and mixtures thereof.
11. A method cleaning up a spilled material, the method comprising the step of:
contacting a recycled paper by-product material dried to a state of dryness sufficient for the material to absorb at least one times its weight in the spilled material, an ash of the recycled paper by-product or mixtures or combinations thereof with a spilled material for a sufficient time to absorb a desired amount of the spilled material.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising the step of recovering the spilled material.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the spilled material is a hydrocarbon and the recovering step includes:
pressing the material for a time, temperature and pressure sufficient to remove a portion of the hydrocarbon to form an intermediate material; and
steaming treating the intermediate material for a time, temperature and pressure sufficient to remove substantially all of the hydrocarbon.
14. A composition comprising a recycled paper by-product material and at least one reagent selected from the group consisting of a fertilizer, a plant growth promoter, a biocide, and mixture or combinations thereof.
15. The composition of claim 14, further comprising a plant growth medium.
16. The composition of claim 15, wherein the reagent is a fertilizer, a plant growth promoter or mixture thereof and composition releases the fertilizer andor the prompter over an period of time.
17. The composition of claim 14, wherein the reagent is a biocide.
18. The composition of claim 17, wherein the biocide is selected from the group consiting of an insecticide, an anti-bacterial agent, a fungicide, an herbicide, a pre-emergent herbicide, an anti-viral agent, and mixtures or combinations thereof.
19. The composition of claim 18, wherein the biocide is an insecticide.
20. The composition of claim 18, wherein the biocide is an anti-bacterial agent.
21. The composition of claim 18, wherein the biocide is an anti-viral agent.
22. The composition of claim 18, wherein the biocide is a fungicide.
23. The composition of claim 18, wherein the biocide is an herbicide.
24. The composition of claim 18, wherein the biocide is a pre-emergent herbicide.
25. A loss circulation composition for reducing circulation losses during drilling operations including a drilling fluid and a sufficient amount of a recycled paper by-product material to reduce or eliminate loss of fluid circulation during drilling.
26. A proppant composition including a carrier and a proppant selected from the group consisting of a recycled paper by-product material, a heat treated recycled paper by-product material, and an ash residual of a recycled paper by-product material and mixtures or combination thereof, where the proppant props open openings in a fractured formation.
27. A method for making a particulate loss circulation additive or proppant comprising drying the by-product to a states where the by-product does not readily reabsorb water.
28. A composition for fighting fires comprising a slurry including water and an amount of a recycled paper by-product material, where the amount of material is sufficient to form a slurry and the material reduces evaporative water loss, improves the supply of water to the fire and acts to smother the fire.
29. The composition of claim 28, wherein the slurry in contained in a closed container designed to be poured or dropped onto a fire.
30. The composition of claim 28, wherein the slurry includes no free water
31. The composition of claim 31, wherein the slurry is contained in a relatively flat open-weave mats.
32. A method for fight fires including the step of:
applying to a fire a composition including water and a recycled paper by-product material, where the material is present in an amount sufficient to decrease the amount of water lost to evaporation when applying the composition to the fire and the composition acts to smother the fire starving the fire of air.
33. A concrete comprising a concrete including an amount of a recycled paper 0by-product material, where the amount of material is sufficient to maintain a given moisture level in the concrete during concrete curing.
34. A composite material including matrix material and a sufficient amount of a dried, fine wool-like material of this invention to improve at least one physical property of the matrix material.