Imaging systems, moving bodies, and imaging control methods for remote monitoring of a moving target
First Claim
1. An imaging system comprising:
- a management server, wherein the management server stores a table indicating a correspondence between one or more wireless tag IDs, one or more photographic targets, and a plurality of single movable bodies, wherein each single movable body is assigned to monitor at least one of the one or more photographic targets prior to receiving an imaging request; and
a single movable body of the plurality of single movable bodies capable of moving in one or more dimensions configured to communicate with the management server,wherein the management server comprises;
an imaging instruction unit configured to;
refer to the table when the imaging request designating a photographic target is received from a user terminal;
identify the one or more wireless tag IDs corresponding to the photographic target;
identify the single movable body assigned to the photographic target using identification information corresponding to the photographic target; and
transmit the one or more wireless tag IDs to the single movable body; and
an image providing unit configured to associate and store the one or more wireless tag IDs and an image of the photographic target received from the single movable body;
wherein the single movable body comprises;
at least one wireless tag reader configured to read a wireless tag ID from a wireless tag through wireless communication;
a position estimating unit configured to estimate a position of the photographic target based on a radio field intensity of wireless communication with the wireless tag having the wireless tag ID of the photographic target;
an imaging unit configured to take the image of the photographic target; and
a movement control unit configured to control movement of the single movable body in one or more dimensions based on inputs from the position estimating unit.
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Abstract
To provide a new framework that can flexibly take images of a moving target in remote monitoring without the need to arrange a plurality of network cameras, an autonomously movable moving body is used to take an image of a photographic target in accordance with a request from a user terminal, and the photographic image is provided to the user terminal. The moving body includes: a position estimating unit that acquires, from a wireless tag reader, a radio field intensity of wireless communication with a wireless tag held by the photographic target to estimate a position of the photographic target based on the acquired radio field intensity; a movement control unit that controls the movement of the moving body so that the moving body moves to the estimated position as a destination; and an imaging unit that takes an image of the photographic target when the moving body is located near the destination, associates the photographic image with a wireless tag ID designated by the request, and transmits the photographic image to an apparatus outside the moving body.
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20 Claims
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1. An imaging system comprising:
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a management server, wherein the management server stores a table indicating a correspondence between one or more wireless tag IDs, one or more photographic targets, and a plurality of single movable bodies, wherein each single movable body is assigned to monitor at least one of the one or more photographic targets prior to receiving an imaging request; and a single movable body of the plurality of single movable bodies capable of moving in one or more dimensions configured to communicate with the management server, wherein the management server comprises; an imaging instruction unit configured to; refer to the table when the imaging request designating a photographic target is received from a user terminal; identify the one or more wireless tag IDs corresponding to the photographic target; identify the single movable body assigned to the photographic target using identification information corresponding to the photographic target; and transmit the one or more wireless tag IDs to the single movable body; and an image providing unit configured to associate and store the one or more wireless tag IDs and an image of the photographic target received from the single movable body; wherein the single movable body comprises; at least one wireless tag reader configured to read a wireless tag ID from a wireless tag through wireless communication; a position estimating unit configured to estimate a position of the photographic target based on a radio field intensity of wireless communication with the wireless tag having the wireless tag ID of the photographic target; an imaging unit configured to take the image of the photographic target; and a movement control unit configured to control movement of the single movable body in one or more dimensions based on inputs from the position estimating unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An imaging method comprising:
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receiving, by a management device, an imaging request designating a photographic target is received from a user terminal; identifying, by the management device, one or more wireless tag IDs corresponding to the photographic target in a table, wherein the table comprises a correspondence between the one or more wireless tag IDs, one or more photographic targets and a plurality of single movable bodies, wherein each single movable body is assigned to monitor at least one of the one or more photographic targets prior to receiving the imaging request; identifying, by the management device, a single movable body of the plurality of single movable bodies, assigned to the photographic target, using identification information corresponding to the photographic target; transmitting, by the management device, the one or more wireless tag IDs to the single movable body; reading, by the single movable body, a wireless tag ID from a wireless tag through wireless communication; estimating, by the single movable body, a position of the photographic target based on a radio field intensity of wireless communication with the wireless tag having the wireless tag ID of the photographic target; moving, by a movement control unit executing on the single movable body, the single movable body in one or more dimensions based on inputs from the position estimating unit; imaging, by the single movable body, the photographic target; associating, by the management device, the one or more wireless tag IDs and the image received from the single movable body; and storing, by the management device, the one or more wireless tag IDs and the image received from the single movable body. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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