Monitor apparatus and monitor system

• US 10,643,472 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2017
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Song, Yan, Nishiyama, Manabu, Watanabe, Tomoki, Sekine, Masahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Ricky
• Application Number:
  US15/444,751
• Publication Number:
  US 20170347066A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,162 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/40201 Detect contact, collision with human
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/40317 For collision avoidance and detection
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/40339 Avoid collision
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/40476 Collision, planning for collision free path
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10016 Video; Image sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30196 Human being; Person
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30232 Surveillance
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30236 Traffic on road, railway or crossing
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30241 Trajectory
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/292 Multi-camera tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/70 Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras camera calibration G06T7/80
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/255 Detecting or recognising potential candidate objects based on visual cues, e.g. shapes
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/96 Management of image or video recognition tasks
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/52 Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/54 of traffic, e.g. cars on the road, trains or boats
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/103 Static body considered as a whole, e.g. static pedestrian or occupant recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/166 for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/167 Driving aids for lane monitoring, lane changing, e.g. blind spot detection
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/168 Driving aids for parking, e.g. acoustic or visual feedback on parking space
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a monitor apparatus includes a memory and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires first information indicating a position and a moving direction of a target, acquires second information indicating a position of each of moving objects and sensors which are provided in the moving objects, selects at least one of a first moving object for monitoring the target from among the moving objects or a first sensor for monitoring the target from among the sensors, based on the first information and the second information, and transmits third information indicating the target and at least one of the first moving object or the first sensor.

Claims

1. A monitor apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

processing circuitry configured to;

acquire first information indicating a position and a moving direction of a target;

acquire second information indicating a position of each of moving objects and sensors which are provided in the moving objects;

select at least one of a first moving object for monitoring the target from among the moving objects or a first sensor for monitoring the target from among the sensors, based on the first information and the second information; and

transmit third information indicating the target and at least one of the first moving object or the first sensor,

wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to;

record a number of times each of the moving objects or the sensors is selected by the processing circuitry; and

select at least one of the first moving object from among the moving objects or the first sensor from among the sensors based on at least one of the number of times or a battery level of each of the moving objects.

2. The monitor apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to receive fourth information obtained by a sensor provided in the first moving object or the first sensor.

3. The monitor apparatus of claim 2, wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to:

acquire the first information based on an image captured by a camera; and

calculate a position and a moving direction of the target based on the fourth information.

4. The monitor apparatus of claim 2, wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to:

calculate a position and a moving direction of the target based on the fourth information;

select at least one of a second moving object for monitoring the target from among the moving objects or a second sensor for monitoring the target from among the sensors, based on the calculated position and moving direction of the target; and

transmit information indicating the target and at least one of the second moving object or the second sensor.

5. The monitor apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to transmit, to the first moving object, information for setting the sensor provided in the first moving object or the first sensor into an ON state.

6. The monitor apparatus of claim 5, wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to:

transmit, to the first moving object, information for setting a sensor not selected by the processing circuitry into an OFF state; and

transmit, to a second moving object, information for setting, into an OFF state, a sensor provided in the second moving object which is not selected by the processing circuitry.

7. The monitor apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to:

select, from the moving objects which are present in a first region, one or more moving objects which are present in a second region where the target is present, wherein the second region is a part of the first region; and

select the first moving object for monitoring the target from the selected one or more moving objects, based on the first information and the second information.

8. A monitor system comprising a monitor apparatus, at least one fixed camera and moving objects, wherein

the monitor apparatus is configured to:

acquire first information indicating a position and a moving direction of a target based on an image captured by the at least one fixed camera;

acquire second information indicating a position of each of the moving objects and sensors which are provided in the moving objects;

select at least one of a first moving object for monitoring the target from among the moving objects or a first sensor for monitoring the target from among the sensors, based on the first information and the second information; and

transmit third information indicating the target and at least one of the first moving object or the first sensor,

wherein the monitor apparatus is further configured to;

record a number of times each of the moving objects or the sensors is selected by the monitor apparatus; and

select at least one of the first moving object from among the moving objects or the first sensor from among the sensors based on at least one of the number of times or a battery level of each of the moving objects.

9. The monitor system of claim 8, wherein

the monitor apparatus is further configured to receive fourth information obtained by a sensor provided in the first moving object or the first sensor.

10. The monitor system of claim 9, wherein

the monitor apparatus is further configured to:

acquire the first information based on an image captured by the at least one fixed camera; and

calculate a position and a moving direction of the target based on the fourth information.

11. The monitor system of claim 9, wherein

the monitor apparatus is further configured to:

calculate a position and a moving direction of the target based on the fourth information;

select at least one of a second moving object for monitoring the target from among the moving objects or a second sensor for monitoring the target from among the sensors, based on the calculated position and moving direction of the target; and

transmit information indicating the target and at least one of the second moving object or the second sensor.

12. The monitor system of claim 8, wherein

the monitor apparatus is further configured to transmit, to the first moving object, information for setting the sensor provided in the first moving object or the first sensor into an ON state.

13. A method comprising:

acquiring first information indicating a position and a moving direction of a target;

acquiring second information indicating a position of each of moving objects and sensors which are provided in the moving objects;

selecting at least one of a first moving object for monitoring the target from among the moving objects or a first sensor for monitoring the target from among the sensors, based on the first information and the second information; and

transmitting third information indicating the target and at least one of the first moving object or the first sensor,

wherein the method further comprises;

recording a number of times each of the moving objects or the sensors is selected; and

selecting at least one of the first moving object from among the moving objects or the first sensor from among the sensors based on at least one of the number of times or a battery level of each of the moving objects.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving fourth information obtained by a sensor provided in the first moving object or the first sensor.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

acquiring the first information based on an image captured by a fixed camera; and

calculating a position and a moving direction of the target based on the fourth information.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

calculating a position and a moving direction of the target based on the fourth information;

selecting at least one of a second moving object for monitoring the target from among the moving objects or a second sensor for monitoring the target from among the sensors, based on the calculated position and moving direction of the target; and

transmitting information indicating the target and at least one of the second moving object or the second sensor.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

transmitting, to the first moving object, information for setting the sensor provided in the first moving object or the first sensor into an ON state.