WEARABLE CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD OF NOTIFYING PERSON

• US 20170076140A1
• Filed: 09/09/2016
• Published: 03/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: HAGIO, Minoru, WANIGUCHI, Kazuya
• Application Number:
  US15/261,232
• Publication Number:
  US 20170076140A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/20 in augmented reality scenes
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/172 Classification, e.g. identification
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/179 metadata assisted face recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41422 located in transportation means, e.g. personal vehicle arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/50 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/61 based on recognised objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/611 where the recognised objects include parts of the human body
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control

Abstract

An on-vehicle camera system captures a subject, detects a face of a person included in a captured image of the captured subject, and transmits information on the detected face to the server. The server receives the information on the face, collates information on a face of a person involved in an incident which is registered in advance with the received information on the face, and notifies the wearable camera of the information on the person involved in the incident in a case where the received information on the face is matched with the information on the face of the person involved in the registered incident from the result of the collation.

Claims

1. A wearable camera system comprising:

a wearable camera which belongs to a user;

an on-vehicle camera system which is installed on a patrol car or the like, and is capable of communicating with the wearable camera; and

a server which is capable of communicating with the wearable camera and the on-vehicle camera system,

wherein the on-vehicle camera system captures a subject, detects a face of a person included in a captured image of the captured subject, and transmits information on the detected face to the server,

wherein the server receives the transmitted information on the face, collates information on a face of a person involved in an incident which is registered in advance with the received information on the face, and notifies the wearable camera of the information on the person involved in the incident in a case where the received information on the face is matched with the information on the face of the person involved in the registered incident from the result of the collation, and

wherein the wearable camera notifies the user of the notified information on the person.

2. The wearable camera system of claim 1, wherein the on-vehicle camera system obtains position information of a master device, and transmits the information on the face to the server together with the position information.

3. The wearable camera system of claim 1, wherein the wearable camera which includes a vibrator for vibrating notifies the user of the information on the person by changing a vibrating pattern so as to cause the vibrator to vibrate in accordance with the notified information on the person.

4. The wearable camera system of claim 1, wherein the wearable camera which includes a light source for flashing notifies the user of the information on the person by changing a flashing pattern so as to cause the light source to flash in accordance with the notified information on the person.

5. The wearable camera system of claim 1, wherein the wearable camera displays the notified information on the person, and displays the information on the person by changing a display type in accordance with a level of importance of the notified information on the person.

6. The wearable camera system of claim 1, wherein the wearable camera outputs a sound corresponding to the notified information on the person.

7. The wearable camera system of claim 1, wherein the wearable camera starts streaming distribution of a video based on the captured image to the server in accordance with the notification of the information on the person from the server.

8. The wearable camera system of claim 1, wherein the wearable camera starts recording of the captured image in accordance with the notification of the information on the person from the server.

9. The wearable camera system of claim 1, wherein the on-vehicle camera system obtains the information on the face by deriving the information on the face features from the detected face.

10. The wearable camera system of claim 1, wherein the on-vehicle camera system obtains the information on the face by cutting out the detected face image of the person from the captured image of the captured subject.

11. A method of notifying person in wearable camera system including a wearable camera which belongs to a user;

an on-vehicle camera system which is installed on a patrol car or the like, and is capable of communicating with the wearable camera; and

a server which is capable of communicating with the wearable camera and the on-vehicle camera system,

wherein the on-vehicle camera system captures a subject, detects a face of a person included in a captured image of the captured subject, and transmits information on the detected face to the server,

wherein the server receives the transmitted information on the face, collates information on a face of a person involved in an incident which is registered in advance with the received information on the face, and notifies the wearable camera of the information on the person involved in the incident in a case where the received information on the face is matched with the information on the face of the person involved in the registered incident from the result of the collation, and

wherein the wearable camera notifies the user of the notified information on the person.

12. A wearable camera system in which a first wearable camera which is capable of being mounted on a uniform of a police officer or is capable of being carried by the police officer is communicably connected to a sever,

wherein the first wearable camera captures a subject, detects a face of a person included in a captured image of the captured subject, and transmits information on the detected face to the server,

wherein the server registers a face image of a person involved in an incident and information on the person in association with each other in a storage, collates the transmitted information on the face with the storage, and in a case where a face of a person specified based on the information on the face is registered in the storage, notifies a plurality of wearable cameras which include the first wearable camera of the information on the person registered in the storage, and

wherein the plurality of wearable cameras notify the information on the person notified from a notifier of a police officer who has the wearable camera mounted on his or her uniform, or carries the wearable camera.

13. The wearable camera system according to claim 12,

wherein the first wearable camera obtains position information of a master device, and transmits the information on the face to which the position information is added to the server, and

wherein the server notifies all of the wearable cameras including the first wearable camera in a predetermined range of the transmitted position information.

14. The wearable camera system according to claim 12,

wherein the first wearable camera stores identification information of the first wearable camera in a storage, and then transmits information on the face, to which identification information of the first wearable camera is added, to the server, and

wherein the server stores, a table in which identification information of the police officers who belong to a group and identification information of the wearable cameras used by the police officers are associated with each other in the storage, and then notifies the stored table to all of the wearable cameras which are associated with the group to which a police officer belongs, which corresponds to the transmitted identification of the first wearable camera.

15. The wearable camera system according to claim 12,

wherein the first wearable camera stores identification information of a police officer who uses the first wearable camera in the storage, and then transmits information on the face, to which identification information of the police officer is added, to the server, and

wherein the server stores, a table in which identification information of the police officers who belong to a group and identification information of the wearable cameras used by the police officers are associated with each other in the storage, and then notifies the stored table to all of the wearable cameras which are associated with the group to which a police officer belongs, which corresponds to the transmitted identification information of the police officer.

16. The wearable camera system according to claim 12,

wherein the first wearable camera obtains position information of a master device, and transmits the information on the face, to which the position information is added, to the server, and

wherein the server notifies the plurality of wearable cameras of map information including the information on the person registered in storage and the position information.

17. The wearable camera system according to claim 12, wherein the server notifies the plurality of wearable cameras of the information on the person registered in the storage and a captured image including a face of the person captured by the first wearable camera.

18. A method of notifying a person in a wearable camera system in which a first wearable camera which is capable of being mounted on a uniform of a police officer or carried by the police officer is communicably connected to a sever,

wherein the first wearable camera captures a subject, detects a face of a person included in a captured image of the captured subject, and transmits information on the detected face to the server,

wherein the server registers a face image of person involved in an incident and information on the person in association with each other in a storage, collates the transmitted information on the face with the storage, and in a case where a face of a person specified based on the information on the face is registered in the storage, notifies a plurality of wearable cameras which include the first wearable camera of the information on the person registered in the storage, and

wherein the plurality of wearable cameras notify the information on the person notified from a notifier of a police officer who has the wearable camera mounted on his or her uniform, or carries the wearable camera.