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Monitoring system and imaging system

  • US 6,456,320 B2
  • Filed: 05/26/1998
  • Issued: 09/24/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A monitoring system comprising:

  • an imaging device for imaging a monitoring area;

    means for detecting information corresponding to amount of movement of an object in the monitoring area on the basis of an output of the imaging device;

    means for judging whether or not a person to be monitored exits from the monitoring area on the basis of the information relating to the movement of the object; and

    reporting means for reporting, when it is judged that the person to be monitored exits from the monitoring area, to a supervisor that the person to be monitored exits from the monitoring area.

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