INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM

• US 20070242903A1
• Filed: 06/15/2007
• Published: 10/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takeda, Naoki, Kobayashi, Naoki, Fujimori, Yasuhiro, Takahashi, Yasuaki, KONDO, Tetsujiro, Ohta, Koji
• Granted Patent: US 7,830,410 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/307
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/002 specially adapted for covering the peripheral part of the vehicle, e.g. for viewing tyres, bumpers or the like integrated in the windows B60R1/001; combined with rear-view mirrors B60R1/08
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/382 Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19647 Systems specially adapted for intrusion detection in or around a vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19652 Systems using zones in a single scene defined for different treatment, e.g. outer zone gives pre-alarm, inner zone gives alarm
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1966 Wireless systems, other than telephone systems, used to communicate with a camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19663 Surveillance related processing done local to the camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19669 Event triggers storage or change of storage policy
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1968 Interfaces for setting up or customising the system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19695 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors start video recording or forwarding but do not generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

A feature extracting unit obtains sensor data from a plurality of sensors to calculate each feature. When an event determining unit determines the occurrence of an event based on each feature, a display data constructor generates remote-controller display data for displaying the event, and controls a remote-controller display device to display the remote-controller display data. When a user decision is input from a user input if based on this display, a control unit controls the sensors to be turned ON or OFF. When an infrared sensor detects an abnormality, a microwave sensor whose power consumption is small after the infrared sensor is turned ON. When the microwave sensor detects an abnormality, a video camera and a microphone are turned ON, and the microwave sensor is turned OFF. A communication unit wirelessly transmits an image signal captured by the video camera and an audio signal processed by the microphone. Then, if the infrared sensor does not detect an abnormality, the video camera and the microphone are turned OFF. With this arrangement, power consumption can be suppressed. The present invention is applied to, for example, a security system, for example, for monitoring outside a vehicle by a video camera disposed in the vehicle when the vehicle is parked.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus for processing information, comprising:

reception means for receiving remote-controller display data consisting of event data for reporting the occurrence of an event from a first information processing apparatus;

display means for displaying the remote-controller display data received by said reception means;

input reception means for receiving the input of a user decision based on an indication of said display means; and

transmission means for transmitting a decision signal based on the user decision received by said input reception means to said first information processing apparatus.

2. An information processing method for an information processing apparatus for processing information, comprising:

receiving remote-controller display data including event data for reporting the occurrence of an event from a first information processing apparatus;

controlling an indication of the remote-controller display data received;

receiving an input based on the indication controlled; and

transmitting a decision signal based on the input received to said first information processing apparatus.

3. A computer-readable recording medium storing computer program instructions which when executed by a computer programmed with the instructions causes the computer to perform the method comprising:

receiving remote-controller display data including event data for reporting the occurrence of an event from an information processing apparatus;

displaying on a display the remote-controller display data received by the information processing apparatus;

receiving an input based on an indication of the display; and

transmitting a decision signal based on the input received to said information processing apparatus.

4. An information processing apparatus for processing information, comprising:

a reception mechanism configured to receive remote-controller display data including event data for reporting the occurrence of an event from a first information processing apparatus;

a display for displaying the remote-controller display data received by said reception mechanism;

an input reception mechanism configured to receive an input based on an indication of said display; and

a transmission mechanism configured to transmit a decision signal based on the input received by said input reception mechanism to said first information processing apparatus.