Surveillance system and a surveillance camera

• US 7,227,569 B2
• Filed: 05/06/2003
• Issued: 06/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Maruya, Kensuke
• Primary Examiner(s): PHILIPPE, GIMS S
• Application Number:
  US10/430,492
• Publication Number:
  US 20050057653A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,491 Days
• Field of Search: 348/143, 348/151, 348/155, 348/161, 348/169, 382/107, 382/156, 382/190, 340/506
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/52 Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69
• 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: G08B 13/19641 Multiple cameras having overlapping views on a single scene
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19656 Network used to communicate with a camera, e.g. WAN, LAN, Internet
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/009 Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

The surveillance system is a system that a plurality of surveillance camera units cooperatively acquire image of a movable object. Each of the surveillance camera units is equipped with a image recognition function. A surveillance camera unit that has recognized the feature information on the movable object in the image picked up transmits the image to a monitor unit via a network and the feature information on the movable object to the other surveillance camera unit via the network. A surveillance camera unit that has recognized the feature information received from the other camera unit in the image picked up transmits the image to the monitor unit via the network as well as transmits the feature information on the movable object to the other surveillance camera unit via the network. This makes it possible to keep tracking of a target even in a space including more blind spots.

Claims

1. An apparatus for filling a receptacle, the apparatus comprising:

a reservoir adapted to contain a supply of powder pharmaceutical formulation;

a holder adapted to hold a receptacle in a position where it may receive powder from the reservoir,

an extension extending above the receptacle, and

a plunger moveable within the extension,

whereby powder from the supply may fill the receptacle and at least a portion of the extension and the plunger may force the powder in the extension into the receptacle.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the plunger comprises a piston.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the plunger comprises a portion of the receptacle.

4. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the holder is adapted to hold a bottom portion of a capsule.

5. An apparatus according to claim 4 wherein the plunger comprises a top portion of the capsule.

6. An apparatus according to claim 4 wherein the plunger comprises a member adapted to advance a top portion of the capsule.

7. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the holder is adapted to hold a cavity containing layer of a multi-layered package.

8. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the holder and the extension are integrally formed.

9. An apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a powder fluidizer to cause powder to flow from the reservoir to the receptacle.

10. An apparatus for filling a receptacle, the apparatus comprising:

a reservoir adapted to contain a supply of powder pharmaceutical formulation;

a holder adapted to hold a receptacle in a position where it may receive powder from the reservoir,

an extension extending above the receptacle, and

a powder compactor,

whereby powder from the supply may fill the receptacle and at least a portion of the extension and whereby the powder compactor may compact the powder so that the powder in the portion of the extension may be received in the receptacle.

11. An apparatus according to claim 10 wherein the compactor comprises a piston.

12. An apparatus according to claim 10 wherein the compactor comprises a portion of the receptacle.

13. An apparatus according to claim 10 wherein the compactor comprises a vibrating member.

14. An apparatus according to claim 10 wherein the compactor comprises a vibrating membrane adapted to compact by the powder by acoustic energy.

15. An apparatus according to claim 10 wherein the holder is adapted to hold a bottom portion of a capsule.

16. An apparatus according to claim 15 wherein the compactor comprises a top portion of the capsule.

17. An apparatus according to claim 15 wherein the compactor comprises a member adapted to advance a top portion of the capsule.