Surveillance system and method

• US 9,268,010 B2
• Filed: 10/12/2012
• Issued: 02/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hanwha Vision Company Limited (Hanwha Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. (Hanwha Corporation)
• Inventors: Jeon, Ki-Yong
• Primary Examiner(s): Gregory, Bernarr
• Application Number:
  US13/650,291
• Publication Number:
  US 20130093615A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,229 Days
• Field of Search: 382/100, 382/103, 342 25 R- 25 F, 342/27, 342/28, 342 52- 55, 342/59, 342/118, 342125-128, 342/133, 342/134, 342/139, 342/140, 342/165, 342173-175, 342/195, 342450-465, 342/169, 342/82, 342/89
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/003 Bistatic radar systems; Multistatic radar systems
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/867 Combination of radar systems with cameras
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/4004 of parts of a radar system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19695 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors start video recording or forwarding but do not generate an alarm themselves

Abstract

Provided is a surveillance system including a radar transmitter which transmits a detection signal to an object existing within a surveillance region, and at least one radar receiver which is installed separate from the radar transmitter within the surveillance region, receives a signal reflected by the object, and predicts a signal distance of the object which is a sum of a distance from the radar transmitter to the object and a distance from the object to the at least one radar receiver.

Claims

1. A radar receiving apparatus comprising:

a signal receiving unit configured to receive an output radar signal transmitted from a radar transmitter and a signal reflected from an object, the reflected signal obtained by reflection of the output radar signal transmitted from the radar transmitter, which is separately disposed from the radar receiving apparatus and the object in a surveillance zone;

a signal processor configured to estimate, based on the reflected signal and the output radar signal, a signal distance of the object which is a sum of a distance from the radar transmitter to the object and a distance from the object to the radar receiving apparatus; and

a synchronizer which transmits a synchronization request signal to at least one of the radar transmitter and a server and receives a synchronization signal from the at least one of the radar transmitter and the server in response to the synchronization request signal, and controls the radar receiving apparatus to synchronize with the at least one of the radar transmitter and the server using the synchronization signal,

wherein the synchronization request signal comprises a first time stamp indicating a time when the synchronizer transmits the synchronization request signal to the at least one of the radar transmitter and the server,

wherein the synchronization signal comprises a second time stamp indicating a time when the at least one of the radar transmitter and the server transmits the synchronization signal to the synchronizer of the radar receiving apparatus, and

wherein the synchronizer calculates an error value by using the synchronization signal and controls the radar receiving apparatus to synchronize with the at least one of the radar transmitter and the server.

2. The radar receiving apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second time stamp further indicates a time when the at least one of the radar transmitter and the server receives the synchronization request signal, and

wherein the synchronizer calculates the error value by further using a time when the synchronizer receives the synchronization signal.

3. The radar receiving apparatus of claim 1, wherein if the synchronization signal is received from the radar transmitter, the synchronization signal comprises an identification code which identifies the radar transmitter from another radar transmitter and the server.

4. The radar receiving apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the signal processor estimates the signal distance of the object further based on the synchronization signal.

5. A radar transmitting apparatus comprising:

a signal transmitting unit configured to transmit an output radar signal to an object which exists in a surveillance zone; and

a synchronizer configured to perform synchronization with a radar receiver which exists in the surveillance zone separately from the radar transmitting apparatus,

wherein the radar receiver estimates a signal distance of the object which is a sum of a distance between the radar transmitting apparatus and the object and a distance between the object and the radar receiver based on the output radar signal and a signal reflected from the object, the reflected signal obtained by reflection of the output radar signal,

wherein the synchronizer of the radar transmitting apparatus is configured to transmit a synchronization signal to the radar receiver to perform the synchronization with the radar receiver or is configured to receive a synchronization signal from a server installed outside the radar transmitting apparatus to perform the synchronization with the radar receiver.

6. The radar transmitting apparatus of claim 5, wherein the radar receiver estimates the signal distance further based on the synchronization signal.

7. The radar transmitting apparatus of claim 5, wherein the synchronization signal comprises an identification code which identifies the radar transmitter from another radar transmitter and the server.

8. The radar transmitting apparatus of claim 5, wherein the synchronizer which transmits a synchronization request signal to the server and receives a synchronization signal from the server in response to the synchronization request signal, and controls the radar transmitting apparatus to synchronize with the radar receiver using the synchronization signal,

wherein the synchronization request signal comprises a first time stamp indicating a time when the synchronizer transmits the synchronization request signal to the server, and

wherein the synchronization signal comprises a second time stamp indicating a time when the server transmits the synchronization signal to the synchronizer of the radar transmitting apparatus, and

wherein the synchronizer calculates an error value by using the synchronization signal and controls the radar transmitting apparatus to synchronize with the radar receiver.

9. A surveillance system comprising:

a radar transmitting apparatus;

a radar receiving apparatus comprising;

a signal receiving unit configured to receive a signal reflected from an object, the reflected signal obtained by reflection of an output radar signal transmitted from the radar transmitting apparatus, which is separately disposed from the radar receiving apparatus and the object in a surveillance zone; and

a signal processor configured to estimate, based on the output radar signal and the reflected signal, a signal distance of the object which is a sum of a distance from the radar transmitting apparatus to the object and a distance from the object to the radar receiving apparatus; and

a video processing device configured to receive the signal distance from the radar receiving apparatus to detect a location of the object, and generate a control signal for controlling a camera to be directed toward the object, to control a photographing direction of the camera.

10. The surveillance system of claim 9, wherein the radar transmitting apparatus comprises:

a signal transmitting unit configured to transmit the output radar signal to the object; and

a synchronizer configured to transmit a synchronization signal to the radar receiving apparatus, which exists in the surveillance zone separately from the radar transmitting apparatus and receives the reflected signal, to synchronize with the radar receiving apparatus.

11. The surveillance system of claim 10, wherein the radar receiving apparatus is configured to estimate the signal distance of the object further based on the synchronization signal.

12. A surveillance method comprising:

receiving, at a radar receiver, an output radar signal transmitted from a radar transmitter and a signal reflected from the object, the reflected signal obtained by reflection of an output radar signal transmitted from the radar transmitter, which is separately disposed from the radar receiver and the object in a surveillance zone;

estimating a signal distance of the object which is a sum of a distance from the radar transmitter to the object and a distance from the object to the radar receiver, based on the reflected signal and the output radar signal;

transmitting a synchronization request signal from the radar receiver to at least one of the radar transmitter and a server;

receiving, at the radar receiver, a synchronization signal from the at least one of the radar transmitter and a server in response to the synchronization request signal; and

synchronizing, at the radar receiver, with the at least one of the radar transmitter and the server using the synchronization signal,

wherein the synchronization request signal comprises a first time stamp indicating a time when the radar receiver transmits the synchronization request signal to the at least one of the radar transmitter and the server,

wherein the synchronization signal comprises a second time stamp indicating a time when the at least one of the radar transmitter and the server transmits the synchronization signal to the radar receiver, and

wherein the synchronizing at the radar receiver is performed by calculating an error value by using the synchronization signal.

13. The method of claim 12,

wherein the signal distance of the object is estimated further based on the synchronization signal.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the second time stamp further indicates a time when the at least one of the radar transmitter and the server receives the synchronization request signal, and

wherein the calculating the error value is performed further using a time when the radar receiver receives the synchronization signal.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising

transmitting a synchronization request signal from the radar transmitter to the server,

receiving, at the radar transmitter, the synchronization signal from the server in response to the synchronization request signal, and

synchronizing, at the radar transmitter, with the radar receiver using the synchronization signal,

wherein the synchronizing at the radar transmitter is performed by calculating an error value by using the synchronization signal.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising

receiving, at a video processing device, the signal distance from the radar receiver to detect a location of the object, and

generating a control signal for controlling a camera to be directed toward the object, to control a photographing direction of the camera.