Camera compressing video data

• US 10,218,980 B2
• Filed: 11/25/2013
• Issued: 02/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hanwha Vision Company Limited (Hanwha Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd. (Hanwha Corporation)
• Inventors: Choi, Moon Gyu
• Primary Examiner(s): Vaughn, Jr., William C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Towe, Joseph Daniel A
• Application Number:
  US15/025,431
• Publication Number:
  US 20160241856A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,919 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/00 Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/137 Motion inside a coding unit, e.g. average field, frame or block difference
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/177 the unit being a group of pictures [GOP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/43 Hardware specially adapted for motion estimation or compensation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/507 using conditional replenishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/577 Motion compensation with bidirectional frame interpolation, i.e. using B-pictures
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

Provided is a camera. The camera further includes a motion area detection sensor that is configured to receive reflected wave signals by emitting radio frequency electromagnetic wave beam to each of divided areas set in a target capture region, determine whether motion has occurred in each of the divided areas depending on changes of reflection speed of each of the received reflected wave signals, generate motion information data based on the determination result, and input the motion information data into the controller. The controller is configured to compress a series of image frame data from the capturing unit according to the motion information data from the motion area detection sensor.

Claims

1. A camera comprising:

a capturing unit that receives image frame data;

a motion area detection sensor configured to receive reflected waves by emitting electromagnetic waves to each of divided areas of a target capture region, generate motion information of each of the divided areas based on the reflected waves, and determine at least one area of the divided areas in which motion has occurred, based on the motion information; and

a processor configured to compress the image frame data, which is received from the capturing unit, into a part of the image frame data that comprises the at least one area in which the motion has occurred,

wherein the motion information comprises coordinates of the divided areas, and comprises either a first binary value indicating that motion occurs at a corresponding area of the divided areas or a second binary value indicating that motion has not occurred at the corresponding area of the divided areas,

wherein the motion area detection sensor is configured to determine whether reflection speed of the reflected waves changes, determine whether motion has occurred in each of the divided areas based on a determination of whether the reflection speed changes, and generate the motion information, and

wherein the motion area detection sensor is configured to determine whether frequency of the reflected waves changes, determine whether motion has occurred in each of the divided areas based on a determination of whether the frequency changes, and generate the motion information.

2. The camera of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to output, from among the divided areas, image data of the at least one area in which the motion has occurred as the compressed image frame data.

3. The camera of claim 1, wherein the motion area detection sensor comprises:

a wireless transceiver configured to convert digital transmission signals into the electromagnetic waves, receive the reflected waves by emitting the electromagnetic waves to each of the divided areas, and convert the received reflected waves to digital reflected wave signals; and

a motion area determination unit configured to generate and input the digital transmission signals into the wireless transceiver, and generate the motion information based on a determination of whether motion has occurred in each of the divided areas based on the digital reflected wave signals from the wireless transceiver.

4. The camera of claim 3, wherein the wireless transceiver comprises a phase shifter and a phased array antenna,

the phase shifter is configured to shift phase of each of input radio frequency transmission signals, output the phase-shifted radio frequency transmission signals to each of unit antennas of the phased array antenna, and receive radio frequency reflection signals from each of the unit antennas of the phased array antenna,

the phased array antenna is configured to sequentially emit the electromagnetic waves according to the radio frequency transmission signals from the phase shifter to each of the divided areas of the target capture region, and output the received reflection signals to the phase shifter.

5. The camera of claim 4, wherein a number of the divided areas of the target capture region is equal to a number of phase shifts performed by the phase shifter.

6. The camera of claim 5, wherein the motion information comprises:

phase shift values of the phase shifter; and

logical values that indicate motion occurrence in the divided areas that respectively correspond to the phase shift values.

7. The camera of claim 6, wherein, an area corresponding to each of the phase shift values of the phase shifter is set in an image frame from the capturing unit.

8. The camera of claim 4, wherein the wireless transceiver comprises:

a digital analog converter configured to convert the digital transmission signals from the motion area determination unit into analog transmission signals;

a radio frequency modulator configured to increase frequency of the analog transmission signals to radio frequency and output radio frequency transmission signals;

a splitter-synthesizer configured to split the radio frequency transmission signals by a number of the unit antennas of the phased array antenna, output the radio frequency transmission signals to the phase shifter, and synthesize the radio frequency reflection signals from the phase shifter;

an amplifier configured to amplify frequency of the radio frequency reflection signals;

a radio frequency demodulator configured to output base frequency reflection signals obtained by decreasing the frequency of the radio frequency reflection signal to baseband frequency;

an analog digital converter configured to convert the base frequency reflection signals into digital reflection signals and output the digital reflection signals to the motion area determination unit; and

a circulator configured to output the radio frequency transmission signals from the radio frequency modulator to the splitter-synthesizer, and output radio frequency reflection signals from the splitter-synthesizer to the amplifier.

9. The camera of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to output a motion frame which is obtained by compressing the image frame data from the capturing unit and that only comprises image data of the at least one area in which the motion has occurred.

10. The camera of claim 9, wherein the motion frame is inserted to a group of pictures (GOP).

11. A method of processing an image processing of a camera that comprises a capturing unit and a motion area detection sensor, the method comprising:

receiving, by the motion area detection sensor, reflected waves by emitting electromagnetic waves to each of divided areas of a target capture region;

generating, by the motion area detection sensor, motion information of each of the divided areas based on the reflected waves;

determining at least one area of the divided areas in which motion has occurred, based on the motion information; and

compressing image frame data, which is received from the capturing unit, into image data of the at least one area in which the motion has occurred according to the motion information, performed by a processor,

wherein the motion information comprises coordinates of the divided areas, and comprises either a first binary value indicating that motion occurs at a corresponding area of the divided areas or a second binary value indicating that motion has not occurred at the corresponding area of the divided areas,

wherein the generating of the motion information comprises determining whether reflection speed of the reflected waves changes, determining whether motion has occurred in each of the divided areas based on a determination of whether the reflection speed changes, and generating the motion information, and

wherein the generating of the motion information comprises determining whether frequency of the reflected waves changes, determining whether motion has occurred in each of the divided areas based on a determination of whether the frequency changes, and generating the motion information.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the generating of the motion information comprises:

converting digital transmission signals into the electromagnetic waves;

receiving the reflected waves by emitting the electromagnetic waves to each of the divided areas;

converting the received reflected waves to digital reflected wave signals; and

generating the motion information by determining whether motion has occurred in each of the divided areas based on the digital reflected wave signals.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the compressing of the image frame data comprises outputting a motion frame which is obtained by compressing the image frame data from the capturing unit and that only comprises the image data of the at least one area in which the motion has occurred.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the motion frame is inserted to a group of pictures (GOP).