MONITORING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20080158356A1
• Filed: 12/05/2007
• Published: 07/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Imaizumi, Satoshi, Tamiya, Keisuke
• Granted Patent: US 8,648,909 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19608 Tracking movement of a target, e.g. by detecting an object predefined as a target, using target direction and or velocity to predict its new position
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

A monitoring apparatus includes a display control unit configured to cause a display device to display an image captured by a camera and a registration screen which corresponds to the image, which allows a user to register an object status within the image and a registration unit configured to register the object status within the image input through the registration screen.

Claims

1. A monitoring apparatus comprising:

a display control unit configured to cause a display device to display an image captured by a camera and to display a registration screen corresponding to the image which allows a user to register an object status within the displayed image; and

a registration unit configured to register the object status input by the user via the registration screen.

2. The monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit is configured to cause a display device to display a registration screen corresponding to a shooting direction of the camera.

3. The monitoring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display control unit is configured to cause a display device to display a registration screen corresponding to a preset defined by at least pan and tilt angles of the camera when the shooting direction of the camera corresponds to the preset.

4. The monitoring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display control unit switches the registration screen displayed on the display device according to a time period.

5. The monitoring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display control unit switches the registration screen displayed on the display device according to a user type.

6. A method of registering an object status within an image captured by a camera, the method comprising:

causing a display device to display an image captured by a camera and a registration screen corresponding to the image, which allows a user to register an object status within the image; and

registering the object status input by the user via the registration screen.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising causing the display device to display a registration screen corresponding to a shooting direction of the camera.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising causing the display device to display a registration screen corresponding to a preset defined by at least pan and tilt angles of the camera when the shooting direction of the camera corresponds to the preset.

9. The method according to claim 7, further comprising switching the registration screen displayed on the display device according to a user type.

10. The method according to claim 7, further comprising switching the registration screen displayed on the display device according to a time period.

11. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program which causes a computer to execute a method of registering an object status within an image captured by a camera, the method comprising:

causing a display device to display an image captured by a camera and a registration screen corresponding to the image which allows a user to register an object status within the image; and

registering the object status within the image input through the registration screen.

12. The storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the method further comprises causing the display device to display a registration screen corresponding to a shooting direction of the camera.

13. The storage medium according to claim 12, wherein the method further comprises causing the display device to display a registration screen corresponding to a preset defined by at least pan angle and tilt angle of the camera when the shooting direction of the camera corresponds to the preset.

14. The storage medium according to claim 12, wherein the method further comprises switching the registration screen displayed by the display device according to a user.

15. The storage medium according to claim 12, wherein the method further comprises switching the registration screen displayed by the display device according to a time period.