Change detecting method and apparatus
First Claim
1. A change detecting apparatus comprising:
- an input portion for inputting image data obtained by an imaging apparatus;
a processing unit for processing said image data inputted from said input portion; and
a storage for storing said image data;
wherein said processing unit has an image data change detecting portion and a monitoring information generating/transmitting portion;
wherein said storage has a monitoring schedule table;
wherein said image data change detecting portion reads said image data from said storage in accordance with said monitoring schedule table and detects a change in image data from said image data; and
wherein said monitoring information generating/transmitting portion generates a signal representing said change in image data and outputs said signal to a detection result receiving unit which is connected to said change detecting apparatus.
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Abstract
A change detecting method and apparatus constituted by an input portion for inputting image data obtained by imaging apparatus, a processing unit for processing the image data inputted from the input portion, and a storage for storing the image data. The processing unit has an image data change detecting portion, a monitoring information generating/transmitting portion. The storage has a monitoring schedule table. The image data change detecting portion reads the image data from the storage based on the monitoring schedule table, and detects a change in image data from the image data. The monitoring information generating/transmitting portion generates monitoring information based on a result of the detected change and outputs the monitoring information.
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22 Claims
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1. A change detecting apparatus comprising:
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an input portion for inputting image data obtained by an imaging apparatus;
a processing unit for processing said image data inputted from said input portion; and
a storage for storing said image data;
wherein said processing unit has an image data change detecting portion and a monitoring information generating/transmitting portion;
wherein said storage has a monitoring schedule table;
wherein said image data change detecting portion reads said image data from said storage in accordance with said monitoring schedule table and detects a change in image data from said image data; and
wherein said monitoring information generating/transmitting portion generates a signal representing said change in image data and outputs said signal to a detection result receiving unit which is connected to said change detecting apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A change detecting apparatus comprising:
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an input portion for inputting image data obtained by an imaging apparatus;
a processing unit for processing said image data inputted from said input portion; and
a storage for storing said image data;
wherein said processing unit for processing said image data has an image data change detecting portion and a monitoring information generating/transmitting portion;
wherein said storage has an image recognition region table in which at least one partial region of an image from said imaging apparatus is set as a to-be-image-recognized region;
wherein said image data change detecting portion reads said image data from said storage and detects a change in image data in a region of said image data corresponding to said to-be-image-recognized region based on said image recognition region table;
wherein said monitoring information generating/transmitting portion generates a signal representing said change in image data and outputs said signal to a detection result receiving unit which is connected to said change detecting apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A change detecting apparatus comprising:
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an input portion for inputting image data obtained by an imaging apparatus;
a processing unit for processing said image data inputted from said input portion; and
a storage for storing said image data;
wherein said processing unit has an image data change detecting portion and a monitoring information generating/transmitting portion;
wherein said storage has a monitoring schedule table and an image recognition region table in which at least one to-be-image-recognized region is defined in said image data;
wherein said image data change detecting portion reads said image data from said storage based on said monitoring schedule table and detects a change in image data in a region of said image data corresponding to said to-be-image-recognized region based on said image recognition region table;
wherein said monitoring information generating/transmitting portion generates a signal representing said change in image data and outputs said signal to a detection result receiving unit which is connected to said change detecting apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for detecting occurrence of a change in an image from imaging apparatus, comprising the steps of:
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creating a monitoring schedule in which a monitoring execution period is set in advance;
reading said monitoring schedule;
acquiring a current time;
reading an image from an image storing/distributing apparatus and executing an image recognition process on said read image when said current time is within said monitoring execution period; and
notifying occurrence of a change when said change is detected to a detection result receiving apparatus.
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21. A method for detecting occurrence of a change in an image from an imaging apparatus, comprising the steps of:
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creating a image recognition region schedule in which a to-be-image-recognized region is set in said image in advance;
reading said image recognition region schedule;
acquiring image data corresponding to said to-be-image-recognized region from an image storing/ distributing apparatus in accordance with said image recognition region schedule;
executing an image recognition process on said image data; and
notifying occurrence of a change when said change is detected in said to-be-image-recognized region to a detection result receiving apparatus.
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22. A method for detecting occurrence of a change in an image from an imaging apparatus, comprising the steps of:
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creating a plurality of kinds of image recognition region schedules in which different to-be-image-recognized regions are set in said image in advance;
creating a monitoring schedule for setting at least one monitoring execution period, and information for specifying one image recognition region schedule to be used in each monitoring execution period from said plurality of kinds of image recognition region schedules, in advance;
reading said monitoring schedule;
acquiring a current time;
acquiring image data corresponding to a to-be-image-recognized region from an image storing/distributing apparatus in accordance with an image recognition region schedule to be used in a monitoring execution period of time when said current time is within said monitoring execution period of time;
executing image recognition on said image data; and
reporting occurrence of a change when said change is detected in said image data to a detection result receiving apparatus.
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