Omnidirectional monitoring control system, omnidirectional monitoring control method, omnidirectional monitoring control program, and computer readable recording medium
First Claim
1. An omnidirectional monitoring control system, comprising:
- an omnidirectional camera for taking an omnidirectional image over a viewing angle of a maximum of 360 degrees;
at least one zoom camera for performing positional control and magnification ratio control;
a control section for rotating the omnidirectional image about a central axis of the omnidirectional image at a prescribed angle such that an apparent reference position of the omnidirectional camera is matched with an apparent reference position for driving the at least one zoom camera, and driving the at least one zoom camera to allow a prescribed monitoring position of omnidirectional image data obtained by the rotation to be photographed by the at least one zoom camera; and
a display section for displaying the omnidirectional image taken by the omnidirectional camera and a zoom image taken by the at least one zoom camera.
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Abstract
An omnidirectional monitoring control system includes an omnidirectional camera for taking an omnidirectional image over a viewing angle of a maximum of 360 degrees; at least one zoom camera for performing positional control and magnification ratio control; a control section for rotating the omnidirectional image about a central axis of the omnidirectional image at a prescribed angle such that an apparent reference position of the omnidirectional camera is matched with an apparent reference position for driving the at least one zoom camera, and driving the at least one zoom camera to allow a prescribed monitoring position of omnidirectional image data obtained by the rotation to be photographed by the at least one zoom camera; and a display section for displaying the omnidirectional image taken by the omnidirectional camera and a zoom image taken by the at least one zoom camera.
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19 Claims
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1. An omnidirectional monitoring control system, comprising:
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an omnidirectional camera for taking an omnidirectional image over a viewing angle of a maximum of 360 degrees; at least one zoom camera for performing positional control and magnification ratio control; a control section for rotating the omnidirectional image about a central axis of the omnidirectional image at a prescribed angle such that an apparent reference position of the omnidirectional camera is matched with an apparent reference position for driving the at least one zoom camera, and driving the at least one zoom camera to allow a prescribed monitoring position of omnidirectional image data obtained by the rotation to be photographed by the at least one zoom camera; and a display section for displaying the omnidirectional image taken by the omnidirectional camera and a zoom image taken by the at least one zoom camera. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An omnidirectional monitoring control method, comprising the steps of:
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processing an omnidirectional image taken by an omnidirectional camera capable of taking an omnidirectional image over a viewing angle of a maximum of 360 degrees; displaying the processed omnidirectional image; setting a prescribed range of the omnidirectional image as an omnidirectional monitoring range, and when the omnidirectional monitoring range is circular, dividing the omnidirectional monitoring range concentrically and radially into a plurality of monitoring areas based on input data representing the number of monitoring areas; detecting a movement of a subject in the omnidirectional monitoring range; specifying one of the monitoring areas based on a detection result obtained by the detecting section or manually; converting information on the monitoring area specified by the specifying section into control information for controlling the zoom camera to be at a prescribed position and to have a prescribed magnification ratio for zoom-photographing the monitoring area specified by the specifying section; and controlling the zoom camera to be at the prescribed position and to have the prescribed magnification ratio for zoom-photographing the monitoring area specified by the specifying section, based on the control information converted by the converting section.
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19. A zoom camera control program embodied in a computer-readable medium for executing an omnidirectional monitoring control method comprising the steps of:
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processing an omnidirectional image taken by an omnidirectional camera capable of taking an omnidirectional image over a viewing angle of a maximum of 360 degrees; displaying the processed omnidirectional image; setting a prescribed range of the omnidirectional image as an omnidirectional monitoring range, and when the omnidirectional monitoring range is circular, dividing the omnidirectional monitoring range concentrically and radially into a plurality of monitoring areas based on input data representing the number of monitoring areas; detecting a movement of a subject in the omnidirectional monitoring range; specifying one of the monitoring areas based on a detection result obtained by the detecting section or manually; converting information on the monitoring area specified by the specifying section into control information for controlling the zoom camera to be at a prescribed position and to have a prescribed magnification ratio for zoom-photographing the monitoring area specified by the specifying section; and
controlling the zoom camera to be at the prescribed position and to have the prescribed magnification ratio for zoom-photographing the monitoring area specified by the specifying section, based on the control information converted by the converting section.
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Specification