APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING OBJECTS AND ACTIVITIES BASED UPON AT LEAST ONE OF SHAPE, POSITION OR MOVEMENT

Elements of an electronic image are organized into groups to obtain descriptive data associated with the electronic image. A wide field view of the electronic image is obtained from a first component and a higher resolution image of a selected portion of the wide field view of the electronic image is obtained from a second component to resolve ambiguity associated the selected portion of the wide field view of the electronic image. At least one primitive is formed using pixels of the electronic image, where the primitive is a curve primitive or a region primitive. The at least one primitive is analyzed using at least one level in a ladder of abstraction to organize elements of the electronic image into groups from which descriptive data can be obtained about at least one of objects or activities associated with the electronic image.