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Image processing system using rotatable surveillance camera

  • US 7,283,646 B2
  • Filed: 11/12/2003
  • Issued: 10/16/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An image processing system using a rotatable surveillance camera comprising:

  • a surveillance camera rotatably mounted on a turntable;

    an image processing apparatus; and

    a camera operation section,wherein the system allows mode setting to be switched between an automatic monitoring mode for automatically monitoring an object by means of image processing and a manual operation mode that enables acquisition of a picture taken by the surveillance camera with any desired field of view allowed by the specifications of the camera by manual remote operation from the camera operation section, andthe image processing apparatus in the automatic monitoring mode has a function of recognizing on a screen a plurality of reference points whose locations on a road are given, calculating orientation parameters of the surveillance camera based on the positions of the reference points on the screen, and detecting a position or motion of the object based on a photographed image of the object using the orientation parameters.

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