Monitor Observation System and its Observation Control Method

• US 20100182429A1
• Filed: 03/19/2009
• Published: 07/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Orion Technology Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Orion Technology Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Wol Sup
• Application Number:
  US12/407,614
• Publication Number:
  US 20100182429A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19634 Electrical details of the system, e.g. component blocks for carrying out specific functions
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19691 Signalling events for better perception by user, e.g. indicating alarms by making display brighter, adding text, creating a sound
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/188 Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253

Abstract

The present invention implements a monitor observation system, comprising: an external device installed in an observation object area to output a trigger signal in accordance with an input signal source; and a monitor device for detecting the trigger signal outputted from the external device, checking whether the trigger signal conforms to a preset trigger signal condition or not, if so, outputting a corresponding warning sound, and performing transition to the screen conforming to the preset trigger signal condition for displaying.

Claims

1. A monitor observation system, comprising:

an external device installed in an observation object area to output a trigger signal in accordance with an input signal source; and

a monitor device for detecting the trigger signal outputted from the external device, checking whether the trigger signal conforms to a preset trigger signal condition or not, if so, outputting a corresponding warning sound, and performing transition to the screen conforming to the preset trigger signal condition for displaying.

2. The monitor observation system of claim 1, wherein the monitor device comprises:

a trigger signal input unit connected to the external device to receive a trigger signal outputted from the external device;

a trigger signal setting unit for setting a condition for a trigger signal in a way that the user wants so that a corresponding warning sound is outputted and a corresponding screen setting is done;

a control unit for checking from which signal source the trigger signal outputted from the external device is inputted, judging whether the trigger signal conforms to the preset trigger signal setting condition stored in the memory unit or not, and, if so, outputting a warning sound conforming to the preset trigger signal setting condition and performing transition to the screen conforming to the preset trigger signal setting condition;

a memory unit for storing information on the trigger signal setting condition preset through the trigger signal setting unit and storing condition information of the signal source of the trigger signal from the external device;

a screen output unit for receiving a control signal from the control unit and displaying an image signal in accordance with the preset trigger signal setting condition; and

a warning sound generating unit for receiving a control signal from the control unit and outputting a warning sound in accordance with the preset trigger signal setting condition.

3. The monitor observation system of claim 2, wherein the trigger signal setting unit comprises:

a trigger function setting unit for determining whether to use a trigger function or not;

a trigger type setting unit for determining whether to use an external or internal trigger;

a trigger input setting unit for determining in which manner a trigger signal is to be inputted;

a warning sound output setting unit for determining whether to use a warning sound or not;

a trigger time setting unit for determining a trigger time;

a trigger option setting unit for determining an input signal of a trigger; and

a display type setting unit for determining a monitor screen output pattern.

4. An observation control method of a monitor observation system, comprising the steps of:

receiving a trigger signal outputted from an external device through a trigger signal input unit of a monitor device;

judging from which signal source, among a Normal Open signal, a Normal Close signal, a High Level signal, and a Low Level signal, the trigger signal is inputted;

judging whether identified condition information of the trigger signal outputted from the external device conforms to information of the preset trigger setting condition stored in the memory unit or not; and

upon receipt of the condition information of the trigger signal source, outputting a warning sound conforming the preset trigger setting condition stored in the memory unit and performing transition to the screen conforming to the preset trigger setting condition stored in the memory unit.