Camera-linked surveillance system
First Claim
1. A surveillance system provided with multi-camera including at least a rotating camera controllable for panning, tilting and zooming in and out;
- intruding object recognizing means for recognizing a state of an object of monitoring by analyzing image signals entered from said multi-camera;
camera function determining means for allocating, according to the state of said object of monitoring, to a first camera a tracking function whose field of view is a predetermined direction of said object of monitoring and to a second camera a wide angle shooting function of shooting a monitored space in a wide angle; and
camera control means for controlling said multi-camera according to the allocation of functions by the camera function determining means.
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Abstract
The surveillance system is configured of multi-camera including rotating cameras controllable for panning, tilting and zooming in and out, intruding object recognizing means for processing image signals from the rotating cameras and keeping track of a position of the intruding object, camera function determining means for allocating a tracking function to a first camera whose field of view is in a predetermined direction of the object of monitoring according to a state of the object of monitoring and allocating a wide angle shooting function for shooting a monitored space in a wide angle to a second camera, and camera control means for controlling the multi-camera according to actions of the camera function determining means.
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1. A surveillance system provided with multi-camera including at least a rotating camera controllable for panning, tilting and zooming in and out;
- intruding object recognizing means for recognizing a state of an object of monitoring by analyzing image signals entered from said multi-camera;
camera function determining means for allocating, according to the state of said object of monitoring, to a first camera a tracking function whose field of view is a predetermined direction of said object of monitoring and to a second camera a wide angle shooting function of shooting a monitored space in a wide angle; and
camera control means for controlling said multi-camera according to the allocation of functions by the camera function determining means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- intruding object recognizing means for recognizing a state of an object of monitoring by analyzing image signals entered from said multi-camera;
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