Video or information processing method and processing apparatus, and monitoring method and monitoring apparatus using the same

• US 20040227739A1
• Filed: 06/25/2004
• Published: 11/18/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/1991
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Atsuhiko Hirota, Atsuhiko Nishikawa, Kimiya Yamaashi, Koichiro Tanikoshi, Masayasu Futakawa, Masayuki Tani, Shinya Tanifuji
• Original Assignee: Atsuhiko Hirota, Atsuhiko Nishikawa, Kimiya Yamaashi, Koichiro Tanikoshi, Masayasu Futakawa, Masayuki Tani, Shinya Tanifuji
• Inventors: Tanikoshi, Koichiro, Tanifuji, Shinya, Tani, Masayuki, Yamaashi, Kimiya, Futakawa, Masayasu, Hirota, Atsuhiko, Nishikawa, Atsuhiko
• Application Number:
  US10/875,336
• Publication Number:
  US 20040227739A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0216 Human interface functionality, e.g. monitoring system providing help to the user in the selection of tests or in its configuration
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0267 Fault communication, e.g. human machine interface [HMI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance

Abstract

In a remote operation monitoring system and the like, it is a video processing apparatus capable of intuitively grasping an object operated by an operator and an operation result. The video processing apparatus includes a unit (310, 320, 2104, 2202) for storing information about at least one object displayed on a screen of a display unit; a unit (12, 2105) for designating information about the object; a unit (300, 2201) for searching the store unit based upon the designated information, and for obtaining information within the store unit corresponding to the designated information; and also a unit (20, 2103) for performing a process related to the object based on the obtained information. An operator can readily grasp an object to be operated and a result.

Claims

1-64. -64. (Canceled)

65. An image processing defining process, comprising:

displaying on a screen a video image being monitored by a video camera;

designating an area of the video image on the video image being monitored by the video camera, on the screen used in the displaying;

process defining by defining a predetermined operation process to be executed when an event is executed at the area designated by the designating operation; and

storing within a storing unit and in correspondence with the video camera, the operation process defined by the process defining operation.

66. An image processing defining apparatus, comprising:

a display unit which displays on a screen thereof, a video image being monitored by a video camera;

an area designating unit which designates an area of the video image on the video image being monitored by the video camera, on the screen displayed by the display unit;

a process defining unit which defines a predetermined operation process to be executed when an event is executed at the area designated by the area designating unit; and

a storing unit which stores, in correspondence with the video camera, the operation process defined by the process defining unit.

67. An apparatus for defining a man-machine interface using video images, comprising:

displaying means for displaying on a screen thereof a video image supplied from a video camera;

drawing means for drawing a figure element to be overlaid on the video image on the screen;

selecting means for selecting at least one figure element from figure elements drawn on the video image by the drawing means;

operation defining means for defining an operation to be executed when an event is generated at a region on the video image occupied by the figure element selected by the selecting means; and

storing means for storing, in correspondence with the video camera producing the video image on which the figure element is drawn, the operation defined by the operation defining means.

68. An apparatus for defining a man-machine interface using video images, comprising:

displaying means for displaying on a screen thereof a video image supplied from a video camera;

graphic picture defining means for defining a graphic picture to be overlaid on the video image by drawing at least one figure element on the video image on the screen;

storing means for storing, in correspondence with the video camera producing the video image on which the at least one figure element is drawn, the picture defined by the graphic picture defining means; and

graphic picture displaying means for overlaying on a video image the graphic picture stored in correspondence with the video camera producing the video image.