Monitoring camera system, monitoring camera control device and monitoring program recorded in recording medium
First Claim
1. A monitoring system comprising:
- a plurality of cameras each of which monitors a monitor area and has a changeable imaging magnification;
monitoring section which detects an object to be monitored in the monitor area; and
control section which selects at least one camera capable of obtaining an enlarged image to contribute to identification of the object to be monitored as camera for enlargement from the plural cameras when the object to be monitored is detected and selects at least one camera other than the camera for enlargement as camera for wide area from the plural monitoring camera, said control section setting the camera for wide area to a first imaging magnification to obtain a wide area image of the monitor area, and setting the camera for enlargement to a second imaging magnification larger than the first imaging magnification to obtain an enlarged image of the detected object to be monitored.
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Abstract
A monitoring system according to the present invention has a plurality of cameras respectively monitoring a monitor area and having a changeable imaging magnification, monitoring section detecting an object to be monitored in the monitor area, and control section selecting at least one camera capable of obtaining an enlarged image to contribute to identification of the object to be monitored as camera for enlargement from the plural cameras when the object to be monitored is detected and selecting at least one camera other than the camera for enlargement as camera for wide area from the plural monitoring camera. The camera for wide area is set to a first imaging magnification to obtain a wide area image of the monitor area and the camera for enlargement is set to a second imaging magnification larger than the first imaging magnification to obtain an enlarged image of the detected object to be monitored.
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14 Claims
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1. A monitoring system comprising:
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a plurality of cameras each of which monitors a monitor area and has a changeable imaging magnification;
monitoring section which detects an object to be monitored in the monitor area; and
control section which selects at least one camera capable of obtaining an enlarged image to contribute to identification of the object to be monitored as camera for enlargement from the plural cameras when the object to be monitored is detected and selects at least one camera other than the camera for enlargement as camera for wide area from the plural monitoring camera, said control section setting the camera for wide area to a first imaging magnification to obtain a wide area image of the monitor area, and setting the camera for enlargement to a second imaging magnification larger than the first imaging magnification to obtain an enlarged image of the detected object to be monitored. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A monitoring camera control device communicably connected with a plurality of cameras for monitoring a monitor area, imaging magnification of each camera being changeable, said camera control device comprising:
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selecting section which selects at least one camera capable of obtaining an enlarged image to contribute to identification of an object to be monitored as the camera for enlargement from the plural cameras when the object to be monitored in the monitor area is detected by at least one camera and selects at least one camera other than the camera for enlargement as the camera for wide area from the plural monitoring cameras; and
control section which sets a camera for wide area to a first imaging magnification to obtain a wide area image of the monitor area and sets a camera for enlargement to a second imaging magnification larger than the first imaging magnification to obtain an enlarged image of the detected object to be monitored. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A program product embodied in a computer readable medium which controls a plurality of cameras monitoring a monitor area, said program product comprising the instructions for:
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determining whether at least one camera detects an object to be monitored in the monitor area;
selecting at least one camera capable of obtaining an enlarged image to contribute to identification of the detected object to be monitored as camera for enlargement from the plural cameras upon determining that at least one camera detects the object to be monitored;
selecting at least one camera other than the camera for enlargement as camera for wide area from the plural monitoring cameras;
setting the camera for wide area to a first imaging magnification to obtain a wide area image of the monitor area; and
setting the camera for enlargement to a second imaging magnification larger than the first imaging magnification to obtain an enlarged image of the detected object to be monitored. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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