A multiple video stream capture and encoding apparatus produces compressed
data that represents multiple video streams capturing a common scene.
Images from multiple video streams are analyzed to identify image color
segments that are encoded into a composite graph data structure.
Corresponding image segments across the multiple video streams are also
identified and represented by one node in the composite graph data
structure. The composite graph data structure also includes links between
pairs of nodes that describe the relationship between the image segments
associated with those nodes. The composite graph data structure is
updated to represent changes to the image segments in the multiple video
streams over time. The composite graph data structure is used to create
compressed encoded data for storage and/or transmission.