INFINITE RECURSION OF MONITORS IN SURVEILLANCE APPLICATIONS

摘要

Systems and methods for representing and controlling a plurality of cameras in a monitoring station are provided. Some methods can include a monitoring station receiving data streams from cameras monitoring secured areas, each of the data streams including metadata appended thereto, the metadata appended to each of the data streams identifying attributes related to a respective data stream, and a graphical user interface of the monitoring station displaying visual representations of the data streams based on a default display layout associated with each of the data streams and received user input identifying a user-defined display layout for the data streams. The user input can include an identification of a user-selected attribute and responsive thereto, a logic unit of the monitoring station can identify data streams that include metadata identifying the user-selected attribute for displaying on the graphical user interface.