Situation monitoring device and situation monitoring system
First Claim
1. A situation monitoring device comprising:
- a place recognition unit configured to recognize a place of installation where the situation monitoring device is installed, wherein the place recognition unit commences a process of recognition of the place of installation when a change in a sensed image is detected;
a table holding unit configured to hold a recognition information table in which an object to be recognized and a type of a situation to be recognized for the object is stored in correspondence with the place of installation;
a determination unit configured to determine an object to be recognized and a type of a situation to be recognized for the object, by referring to the recognition information table in accordance with the place of installation recognized by the place recognition unit;
a situation recognition unit configured to recognize a situation of the type determined by the determination unit for the object; and
a communications unit configured to report the situation for the object recognized by the situation recognition unit to a user.
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Abstract
A situation monitoring device which enables monitoring of a variety of situations and reporting in response to the situation using a single device is provided. The situation monitoring device is easy to install and to use and a system therefore can be implemented inexpensively. The situation monitoring device recognizes a place or installation where the device is installed (step S102), holds relational information correlating the place of installation and the situation to be recognized and determines a predetermined situation to be recognized according to place of installation recognition results and the relational information (step S104), recognizes a determined predetermined situation (step S106), and reports the result of the predetermined situation to a user (step S108).
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25 Claims
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1. A situation monitoring device comprising:
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a place recognition unit configured to recognize a place of installation where the situation monitoring device is installed, wherein the place recognition unit commences a process of recognition of the place of installation when a change in a sensed image is detected; a table holding unit configured to hold a recognition information table in which an object to be recognized and a type of a situation to be recognized for the object is stored in correspondence with the place of installation; a determination unit configured to determine an object to be recognized and a type of a situation to be recognized for the object, by referring to the recognition information table in accordance with the place of installation recognized by the place recognition unit; a situation recognition unit configured to recognize a situation of the type determined by the determination unit for the object; and a communications unit configured to report the situation for the object recognized by the situation recognition unit to a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of controlling a situation monitoring device, the method comprising:
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a place recognition step of recognizing a place of installation where the situation monitoring device is installed, wherein a process of recognition of the place of installation is commenced when a change in a sensed image is detected; a table holding step of holding a recognition information table in which an object to be recognized and a type of a situation to be recognized for the object is stored in correspondence with the place of installation; a determination step of determining an object to be recognized and a type of a situation to be recognized for the object, by referring to the recognition information table in accordance with the place of installation recognized in the place recognition step; a situation recognition step of recognizing a situation of the type determined in the determination step for the object; and a communications step of reporting the situation for the object recognized in the situation recognition step to a user.
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25. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium retrievably storing computer-executable program code which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method of controlling a situation monitoring device, the storage medium comprising computer-executable program code for:
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a place recognition step of recognizing a place of installation where the situation monitoring device is installed, wherein a process of recognition of the place of installation is commenced when a change in a sensed image is detected; a table holding step of holding a recognition information table in which an object to be recognized and a type of a situation to be recognized for the object is stored in correspondence with the place of installation; a determination step of determining an object to be recognized and a type of a situation to be recognized for the object, by referring to the recognition information table in accordance with the place of installation recognized in the place recognition step; a situation recognition step of recognizing a situation of the type determined in the determination step for the object; and a communications step of reporting the situation for the object recognized in the situation recognition step to a user.
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