Surveillance system

• US 9,030,555 B2
• Filed: 11/25/2009
• Issued: 05/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Sung Jin, Yoon, Hyoung Hwa, Yu, Jae Shin
• Primary Examiner(s): Kelley, Christopher S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tarko, Asmamaw G
• Application Number:
  US12/625,614
• Publication Number:
  US 20110122247A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,994 Days
• Field of Search: 348/149, 348/180, 348/184, 348/185, 348/333, 348/143, 348/E7.085, 382/187
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19652 Systems using zones in a single scene defined for different treatment, e.g. outer zone gives pre-alarm, inner zone gives alarm
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1968 Interfaces for setting up or customising the system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19682 Graphic User Interface [GUI] presenting system data to the user, e.g. information on a screen helping a user interacting with an alarm system

Abstract

A method of operating a surveillance system having a display unit configured to display a surveillance image includes acquiring the surveillance image from at least one acquisition device. The method also includes setting surveillance event that includes setting a desired surveillance object indicating an attribute of the surveillance event. Further, the method includes displaying the selected surveillance object with the acquired surveillance image on the display unit to indicate the set surveillance event and analyzing the acquired surveillance image to determine whether the set surveillance event has occurred. In addition, the method includes performing an indicating operation in the surveillance system in response to the occurrence of the set surveillance event.

Claims

1. A method of operating a surveillance system having a display unit configured to display a surveillance image of a surveillance location, the method comprising:

acquiring the surveillance image of the surveillance location;

receiving a first text input by a user;

analyzing the received first text and the acquired surveillance image;

extracting, by at least one processor, a part of the acquired surveillance image corresponding to a part of the surveillance location, wherein the part of the surveillance location corresponds to a meaning of the received first text that is obtained based on a result of analyzing the received first text;

setting the part of the surveillance image as a surveillance region;

displaying a surveillance object corresponding to the received first text such that the surveillance object is overlapped with the surveillance region;

receiving a second text input by the user, the second text input corresponding to the displayed surveillance object;

displaying the surveillance object together with the received second text;

setting a surveillance event that occurs with respect to the surveillance object based on at least one of the meaning of the received first text or a meaning of the second text that is obtained based on a result of analyzing the received second text;

analyzing, by at least one processor, the surveillance region corresponding to the surveillance object and determining whether the set surveillance event has occurred based on a result of analyzing the surveillance region; and

responsive to a determination that the set surveillance event has occurred, performing an indicating operation in the surveillance system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein extracting the part of the acquired surveillance image corresponding to a part of the surveillance location that corresponds to a meaning of the received first text includes extracting the part of the acquired surveillance image using an auto-segmentation based on the meaning of the received first text.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein extracting the part of the acquired surveillance image corresponding to a part of the surveillance location that corresponds to a meaning of the received first text includes:

separating the surveillance image into a plurality of regions by considering a change of a contour and color of the surveillance image based on a result of analyzing the acquired surveillance image; and

selecting a region corresponding to the meaning of the received first text from the plurality of regions included in the acquired surveillance image.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the surveillance image based on the set surveillance event having occurred.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the indicating operation comprises displaying an indication image or text in response to the occurrence of the set surveillance event on the displaying unit.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the indicating operation comprises generating an alarm or producing a voice stored in a storage unit in response to the occurrence of the set surveillance event.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the indicating operation comprises sending a text message to a registered telephone number in response to the occurrence of the set surveillance event.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the second text is received from the user in response to displaying the surveillance object.

9. A method of operating a surveillance system having a display unit configured to display a surveillance image of a surveillance location received from image acquisition devices, the method comprising:

acquiring and displaying the surveillance image of a surveillance location;

receiving a first text input by a user;

analyzing the received first text and obtaining a meaning of the received first text;

searching, by at least one processor, a plurality of surveillance objects corresponding to the meaning of the received first text from among a plurality of image objects stored in a storage unit;

displaying the plurality of surveillance objects in a selectable list and selecting a surveillance object from among the plurality of surveillance objects in response to a selection by a user;

displaying the selected surveillance object with the surveillance image such that the selected surveillance object is overlapped with a part of the surveillance image corresponding to a part of the surveillance location;

setting the part of the surveillance image as a surveillance region;

receiving a second text input by the user, the second text input corresponding to the selected surveillance object;

displaying the selected surveillance object together with the received second text;

setting a surveillance event that occurs with respect to the selected surveillance object based on at least one of the obtained meaning of the received first text or a meaning of the second text that is obtained based on a result of analyzing the received second text;

analyzing, by at least one processor, the surveillance and determining whether the set surveillance event has occurred based on a result of analyzing the surveillance region; and

responsive to a determination that the set surveillance event has occurred, performing an indicating operation in the surveillance system.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein receiving the first text comprises:

inputting text from a user;

detecting related texts similar to the inputted text from among a plurality of texts stored in the storage unit;

displaying the related texts on the display unit; and

enabling selection of the related texts.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the searching the image object comprises:

accessing a pre-stored image pattern stored in the storage unit corresponding to the meaning to the received first text; and

detecting an image object corresponding to the image pattern from among the plurality of image objects based on the retrieved image pattern.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein a shape of the surveillance object comprises at least one of a line or a closed curve comprising a polygon.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein a predetermined surveillance event matches with the surveillance object.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the surveillance object reflects an attribute of the surveillance event.

15. A surveillance system, comprising:

an input unit configured to receive a first text input by a user;

a storage unit configured to store a plurality of image objects; and

a controller configured to perform operations comprising;

analyzing the received first text and obtaining a meaning of the received first text;

searching a plurality of surveillance objects corresponding to the meaning of the received first text from among the plurality of image objects stored in the storage unit;

displaying the plurality of surveillance objects in a selectable list and selecting a surveillance object from among the plurality of surveillance objects in response to a selection by a user;

displaying the selected surveillance object with a surveillance image of a surveillance location such that the selected surveillance object is overlapped with a part of the surveillance image corresponding to a part of the surveillance location;

setting the part of the surveillance image as a surveillance region;

receiving a second text input by the user, the second text input corresponding to the selected surveillance object;

displaying the selected surveillance object together with the received second text;

setting a surveillance event that occurs with respect to the selected surveillance object based on at least one of the obtained meaning of the received first text or a meaning of the second text that is obtained based on a result of analyzing the received second text;

analyzing the surveillance region and determining whether the set surveillance event has occurred based on a result of the analyzing the surveillance region; and

responsive to a determination that the set surveillance event has occurred, performing an indicating operation in the surveillance system.

16. The surveillance system of claim 15, wherein the input unit is a touch screen or a touch pad.

17. The surveillance system of claim 15, wherein the surveillance object is indicative of the attribute of the surveillance event.

18. The surveillance system of claim 15, wherein at least one of a position, a size, or a shape of the displayed surveillance object is set or changed by the user.

19. The surveillance system of claim 15, wherein outputs of a display unit are classified into a surveillance image display region and an input region for inputting text based on the text being input.

20. The surveillance system of claim 15, wherein the input information comprises selecting one of the texts stored in the storage unit.