Information processing system and method, information processing apparatus, image-capturing device and method, recording medium, and program
First Claim
1. An image-capturing device comprising:
- image-capturing means installed inside a vehicle at a position to capture an image outside the vehicle through a window while the vehicle is off;
direction setting means for setting an image-capturing direction of said image-capturing means;
power supply control means for prohibiting power from being supplied to the image-capturing means to make the image-capturing means inoperable after the image-capturing means is disposed in the image-capturing direction for a predetermined amount of time;
detection means for detecting that an object outside the vehicle is approaching the vehicle; and
the power supply control means supplies power to said image-capturing means when the object outside the vehicle detected by said detection means is determined to be approaching the vehicle, while the vehicle remains off.
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Abstract
A feature extracting unit obtains sensor data from a plurality of sensors to calculate each feature. When an event determining unit determines the occurrence of an event based on each feature, a display data constructor generates remote-controller display data for displaying the event, and controls a remote-controller display device to display the remote-controller display data. When a user decision is input from a user input IF based on this display, a control unit controls the sensors to be turned ON or OFF. When an infrared sensor detects an abnormality, a microwave sensor whose power consumption is small after the infrared sensor is turned ON. When the microwave sensor detects an abnormality, a video camera and a microphone are turned ON, and the microwave sensor is turned OFF. A communication unit wirelessly transmits an image signal captured by the video camera and an audio signal processed by the microphone. Then, if the infrared sensor does not detect an abnormality, the video camera and the microphone are turned OFF. With this arrangement, power consumption can be suppressed. The present invention is applied to, for example, a security system, for example, for monitoring outside a vehicle by a video camera disposed in the vehicle when the vehicle is parked.
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45 Claims
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1. An image-capturing device comprising:
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image-capturing means installed inside a vehicle at a position to capture an image outside the vehicle through a window while the vehicle is off; direction setting means for setting an image-capturing direction of said image-capturing means; power supply control means for prohibiting power from being supplied to the image-capturing means to make the image-capturing means inoperable after the image-capturing means is disposed in the image-capturing direction for a predetermined amount of time; detection means for detecting that an object outside the vehicle is approaching the vehicle; and the power supply control means supplies power to said image-capturing means when the object outside the vehicle detected by said detection means is determined to be approaching the vehicle, while the vehicle remains off. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An image-capturing device comprising:
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image-capturing means installed inside a vehicle at a position to capture an image outside the vehicle through a window while the vehicle is off; direction setting means for setting an image-capturing direction of said image-capturing means; power supply control means for prohibiting power from being supplied to the image-capturing means to make the image-capturing means inoperable after the image-capturing means is disposed in the image-capturing direction for a predetermined amount of time; detection means for detecting that an object outside the vehicle is approaching the vehicle; a battery for supplying power to said image-capturing means; and the power supply control means supplies power to said image-capturing means when the object outside the vehicle detected by said detection means is determined to be approaching the vehicle while the vehicle remains off, wherein, when the remaining amount of power from said battery is smaller than a reference value, said power supply control means replaces said battery with power from another battery of the vehicle to supply power to the image-capturing means.
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10. An image-capturing method for an image-capturing apparatus which comprises image-capturing means installed inside a vehicle at a position to capture an image outside the vehicle through a window, said image-capturing method comprising:
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setting an image-capturing direction of said image-capturing means with a processor; prohibiting power from being supplied to the image-capturing means to make the image-capturing means inoperable after the image-capturing means is disposed in the image-capturing direction for a predetermined amount of time with a power control unit; detecting that an object outside the vehicle is approaching the vehicle with a sensor; and supplying power with the power control unit to said image-capturing means when the object outside the vehicle detected by said detecting is determined to be approaching the vehicle while the vehicle remains off. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-readable recording medium encoded with computer-executable instructions for an image-capturing devices which when executed by the image-capturing device causes the image-capturing device to implement a method comprising:
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setting an image-capturing direction of said image-capturing device with a processor; prohibiting power from being supplied to the image-capturing device to make the image-capturing device inoperable after the image-capturing device is disposed in the image-capturing direction for a predetermined amount of time with a power control unit; detecting that an object outside the vehicle is approaching the vehicle with a sensor; and supplying power with the power control unit to said image-capturing device when the object outside the vehicle detected by said detecting is determined to be approaching the vehicle while the vehicle remains off. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An image-capturing method for an image-capturing device installed inside a vehicle at a position to capture an image outside the vehicle through a window, said image-capturing method comprising:
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setting an image-capturing direction of said image-capturing device with a processor; prohibiting power from being supplied to the image-capturing device to make the image-capturing device inoperable after the image-capturing device is disposed in the image-capturing direction for a predetermined amount of time with a power control unit; detecting than an object outside the vehicle is approaching the vehicle with a sensor; and supplying power to said image-capturing device when the object outside the vehicle detected by said detection means is determined to be approaching the vehicle while the vehicle remains off, wherein, when the remaining amount of power from a battery supplying power to the image-capturing device is smaller than a reference value, said battery is replaced with another battery of the vehicle to supply power to the image-capturing device. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. A vehicle comprising:
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a drive system configured to drive the vehicle; and an image-capturing device, said image capturing device including; image-capturing means installed inside the vehicle at a position to capture an image outside the vehicle through a window; direction setting means for setting an image-capturing direction of said image-capturing means towards a building; power supply control means for prohibiting power from being supplied to the image-capturing means to make the image-capturing means inoperable after the image-capturing means is disposed in the image-capturing direction for a predetermined amount of time; detection means for detecting that an object outside the vehicle is approaching the vehicle; and the power supply control means supplies power to said image-capturing means when the object outside the vehicle detected by said detection means is determined to be approaching the vehicle while the vehicle remains off.
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29. An image-capturing device comprising:
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an image-capturer installed inside a vehicle at a position to capture an image outside the vehicle through a window while the vehicle is off; a direction setter which, during use, sets an image-capturing direction of said image-capturer; a power supply controller which, during use, prohibits power from being supplied to the image-capturer to make the image-capturer inoperable after the image-capturer is disposed in the image-capturing direction for a predetermined amount of time; a detector which, during use, detects an object outside the vehicle is approaching the vehicle; and the power supply controller is further configured to supply power to said image-capturer when the object outside the vehicle detected by said detector is determined to be approaching the vehicle while the vehicle remains off. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An image-capturing device comprising:
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an image-capturer installed inside a vehicle at a position to capture an image outside the vehicle through a window while the vehicle is off; a direction setter which, during use, sets an image-capturing direction of said image-capturer; a power supply controller which, during use, prohibits power from being supplied to the image-capturer to make the image-capturer inoperable after the image-capturer is disposed in the image-capturing direction for a predetermined time; a detector which, during use, detects that an object outside the vehicle is approaching the vehicle; a battery for supplying power to said image-capturer; and the power supply controller is further configured to supply power to said image-capturer when the object outside the vehicle detected by said detector is determined to be approaching the vehicle while the vehicle remains off, wherein, when the remaining amount of power from said battery is smaller than a reference value, said power supply controller replaces said battery with power from another battery of the vehicle to supply power to the image-capturer.
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37. A vehicle comprising:
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a drive system configured to drive the vehicle; and an image-capturing device, said image capturing device including; an image-capturer installed inside the vehicle at a position to capture an image outside the vehicle through a window while the vehicle is off; a direction setter which, in use, sets an image-capturing direction of said image-capturer; a power supply controller which, in use, prohibits power from being supplied to the image-capturer to make the image-capturer inoperable after the image-capturer is disposed in the image-capturing direction for a predetermined amount of time; a detector which, in use, detects that an object outside the vehicle is approaching the vehicle; and the power supply controller is further configured to supply power to said image-capturer when the object outside the vehicle detected by said detector is determined to be approaching the vehicle while the vehicle remains off.
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38. An image-capturing method for an image-capturing apparatus which comprises an image-capturer installed inside a vehicle at a position to capture an image outside the vehicle through a window, said image-capturing method comprising:
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setting an image-capturing direction of said image-capturer with a processor; prohibiting power from being supplied to the image-capturer to make the image capturing device inoperable after the image-capturer is disposed in the image-capturing direction for a predetermined amount of time with a power control unit; detecting that an object outside the vehicle is approaching the vehicle with a sensor; and supplying power with the power control unit to said image-capturer when the object outside the vehicle detected by said detecting is determined to be approaching the vehicle while the vehicle remains off. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40)
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41. An image-capturing method for an image-capturing apparatus which comprises an image capturer installed inside a vehicle at a position to capture an image outside the vehicle through a window, said image-capturing method comprising:
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setting an image-capturing direction of said image-capturer with a processor; prohibiting power from being supplied to the image-capturer to make the image-capturer inoperable after the image-capturer is dispose in the image-capturing direction for a predetermined time with a power control unit; detecting that an object outside the vehicle is approaching the vehicle with a sensor; supplying power to said image-capturer with a battery for; and supplying power with the power control unit to said image-capturer when the object outside the vehicle detected by said detector is determined to be approaching the vehicle while the vehicle remains off, wherein, when the remaining amount of power from said battery supplying power for capturing images is smaller than a reference value, replacing said battery with another battery of the vehicle to supply power to the image-capturer. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45)
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