Multi-core Video Analytics Engine (MVE), which is a scalable, configurable and customizable engine that can be used to implement complete video analytics system-on-chip (SoC) solutions embedded in a single low-cost FPGA chip. MVE-enabled devices (intelligent security cameras, Digital/Network Video Recorders and other devices in a security installation) can detect multiple events in parallel (e.g. forbidden zone, abandoned object, loitering, wrong direction in traffic, illegal lane change, etc.) in High-Definition video streams.