Camera monitoring apparatus and registration method thereof

• US 8,648,909 B2
• Filed: 12/05/2007
• Issued: 02/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Imaizumi, Satoshi, Tamiya, Keisuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Osman, Ramy M
• Application Number:
  US11/950,657
• Publication Number:
  US 20080158356A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,260 Days
• Field of Search: 348/143, 348/148, 348/159, 348/211.3, 348/211.11, 348/144, 348/211.1
• US Class Current: 348/143
• 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: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

A monitoring apparatus includes a display control unit configured to cause a display device to display an image captured by a camera and a registration screen which corresponds to the image, which allows a user to register an object status within the image and a registration unit configured to register the object status within the image input through the registration screen.

Claims

1. A monitoring apparatus comprising:

a display control unit configured to cause a display device to display an image captured by a camera which is remotely controlled over a network and a registration screen corresponding to a physical direction the camera is facing for capturing the image; and

a registration unit configured to register a status of an object seen in the image captured by the camera, input to the registration screen by a user.

2. The monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit is configured to cause the display device to display the registration screen corresponding to a preset direction defined by at least pan and tilt angles of the camera when the physical direction of the camera is facing in the preset direction.

3. The monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit switches the registration screen displayed on the display device according to a time period.

4. The monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit switches the registration screen displayed on the display device according to a user type.

5. A method of registering data within an image captured by a camera, the method comprising:

causing a display device to display an image captured by a camera which is remotely controlled over a network and a registration screen corresponding to a physical direction the camera is facing for capturing the image; and

registering a status of an object seen in the image captured by the camera, input to the registration screen by a user.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising causing the display device to display the registration screen corresponding to a preset direction defined by at least pan and tilt angles of the camera when the physical direction of the camera is facing in the preset direction.

7. The method according to claim 5, further comprising switching the registration screen displayed on the display device according to a user type.

8. The method according to claim 5, further comprising switching the registration screen displayed on the display device according to a time period.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program which causes a computer to execute a method of registering data within an image captured by a camera, the method comprising:

causing a display device to display an image captured by a camera which is remotely controlled over a network and a registration screen corresponding to a physical direction the camera is facing for capturing the image; and

registering a status of an object seen in the image captured by the camera, input to the registration screen by a user.

10. The storage medium according to claim 9, wherein the method further comprises causing the display device to display the registration screen corresponding to a preset direction defined by at least pan angle and tilt angle of the camera when the physical direction of the camera facing in the preset direction.

11. The storage medium according to claim 9, wherein the method further comprises switching the registration screen displayed by the display device according to a user.

12. The storage medium according to claim 9, wherein the method further comprises switching the registration screen displayed by the display device according to a time period.