Surveillance system and surveillance method

• US 20060007310A1
• Filed: 06/23/2005
• Published: 01/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AVerMedia Information, Inc. (Japan) (AVER Information Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: AVerMedia Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Shih, Chi-Hsien
• Application Number:
  US11/159,710
• Publication Number:
  US 20060007310A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19686 Interfaces masking personal details for privacy, e.g. blurring faces, vehicle license plates
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

A surveillance system and a surveillance method are described. The surveillance system has a video recorder and a video processing module. The video recorder records a scene and generates an original video signal. The scene has an area in need of coverage. The video processing module receives the original video signal. The video processing module performs an interference process on part of the image displaying the area in need of coverage and generates a post-processing video signal for displaying on a display. The interference process prevents the part of the image displaying the area in need of coverage from being identified.

Claims

1. A surveillance system, comprising:

a video recorder used to record a scene and generate an original video signal, wherein the scene includes an area in need of coverage; and

a video processing module, which receives the original video signal and performs an interference process on a part of the image displaying the area in need of coverage in the original video signal to generate a post-processing video signal for displaying on a display, wherein the interference process prevents the part of the image displaying the area in need of coverage in the post-processing video signal from being identified.

2. The surveillance system according to claim 1, wherein the area in need of coverage is a window of a house.

3. The surveillance system according to claim 1, further including a storage medium for storage of the post-processing video signal.

4. The surveillance system according to claim 3, wherein the storage medium is a magnetic tape or a hard disc.

5. The surveillance system according to claim 1, wherein the interference process is performed by mosaicing the part of the image displaying the area in need of coverage in the original video signal with software.

6. The surveillance system according to claim 1, wherein the interference process is performed by removing the part of the image displaying the area in need of coverage in the original video signal with software.

7. The surveillance system according to claim 1, wherein the interference process is performed by covering the part of the image displaying the area in need of coverage in the original video signal with software.

8. The surveillance system according to claim 1, wherein the video processing module includes a computer.

9. A surveillance system, comprising:

a video recorder used to record a scene and generate an original video signal, wherein the scene includes an area in need of coverage; and

a video processing module, wherein the video processing module receives the original video signal and performs an interference process on a part of the image displaying the area in need of coverage in the original video signal to generate a post-processing video signal for storage in a storage medium, wherein the interference process prevents the part of the image displaying the area in need of coverage in the post-processing video signal from being identified.

10. The surveillance system according to claim 9, wherein the storage medium is a magnetic tape or a hard disc.

11. The surveillance system according to claim 9, further including a display for displaying the post-processing video signal.

12. The surveillance system according to claim 9, wherein the interference process is performed by mosaicing the part of the image displaying the area in need of coverage in the original video signal with software.

13. The surveillance system according to claim 9, wherein the interference process is performed by removing the part of the image displaying the area in need of coverage in the original video signal with software.

14. The surveillance system according to claim 9, wherein the interference process is performed by covering the part of the image displaying the area in need of coverage in the original video signal with software.

15. The surveillance system according to claim 9, wherein the video processing module includes a computer.

16. A surveillance method, comprising:

recording a scene to generate an original video signal, wherein the scene includes an area in need of coverage;

performing an interference process on a part of the image displaying the area in need of coverage in the original video signal to generate a post-processing video signal, wherein the part of the image displaying the area in need of coverage in the post-processing video signal cannot be identified; and

storing the post-processing video signal in a storage medium.

17. The surveillance method according to claim 16, further including displaying the post-processing video signal by using a display.

18. The surveillance method according to claim 16, wherein the interference process includes mosaicing the part of the image displaying the area in need of coverage in the original video signal.

19. The surveillance method according to claim 16, wherein the interference process includes removing the part of the image displaying the area in need of coverage in the original video signal.

20. The surveillance method according to claim 16, wherein the interference process includes covering the part of the image displaying the area in need of coverage in the original video signal.