SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM

• US 20110122247A1
• Filed: 11/25/2009
• Published: 05/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: YU, Jae Shin, YOON, Hyoung Hwa, KIM, Sung Jin
• Granted Patent: US 9,030,555 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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, the method comprising:

acquiring the surveillance image from at least one acquisition device;

setting a surveillance event that includes selecting a desired surveillance object indicating an attribute of the surveillance event and input information including at least one of text, a symbol and a number;

displaying the selected surveillance object and information with the acquired surveillance image on the display unit;

analyzing the acquired surveillance image to determine whether the set surveillance event has occurred;

determining, based on the acquired surveillance image, that the set surveillance event has occurred; 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 selecting the surveillance object includes selecting a symbol stored in a storage unit.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the surveillance object comprises at least one text character.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the surveillance image in response to the determination that the set surveillance event has occurred.

5. The method of claim 1, when 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, when 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, when 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. A method of operating a surveillance system having a display unit configured to display a surveillance image received from one or more image acquisition devices, the method comprising:

displaying the surveillance image on the display unit;

receiving text;

accessing surveillance objects stored in a storage unit;

detecting correspondence between the received text and a subset of less than all of the accessed surveillance objects; and

displaying the subset of less than all of the surveillance objects together with the surveillance image on the display unit.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein receiving text includes receiving text via user input.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein receiving the text comprises:

inputting text from a user;

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

displaying the related texts on the display unit; and

enabling selection of the related texts.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein detecting the surveillance object comprises:

searching an image object corresponding to the received text from among a plurality of image objects stored in the storage unit; and

displaying the surveillance object corresponding to the image object.

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

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

detecting the image object corresponding to the image pattern from among the surveillance images based on the retrieved image pattern.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein a shape of the surveillance object comprises one of a line and a closed curve comprising a polygon.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein a predetermined surveillance event matches with the surveillance object.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the surveillance object in setting the surveillance event reflects an attribute of the surveillance event.

16. The method of claim 8, further comprising enabling a user to set or change one of a position, a size, and a shape of the surveillance object.

17. The method of claim 8, wherein the displaying the surveillance object comprises:

providing one or more surveillance objects corresponding to the received text;

selecting the surveillance object from among surveillance objects; and

displaying the selected surveillance object.

18. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

setting a surveillance event that includes setting a position or region where the surveillance object has been displayed; and

monitoring whether the surveillance event has occurred.

19. A surveillance system, comprising:

an input unit configured to input information including at least one of text, a symbol and a number;

a storage unit configured to store a plurality of surveillance objects and information, with each corresponding to at least one of the surveillance objects; and

a controller configured to perform operations comprising;

searching the plurality of the surveillance objects stored in the storage unit to detect a surveillance object corresponding to the information; and

displaying the surveillance object and the information, together with the surveillance images on the display unit.

20. The surveillance system of claim 19, wherein the input unit is a touch screen or a touch pad.

21. The surveillance system of claim 20, wherein the controller is configured to search a plurality of image objects to detect an image object corresponding to the inputted text from among the plurality of image objects, and to display the surveillance object corresponding to the image object.

22. The surveillance system of claim 19, wherein the surveillance object is indicative of the attribute of the surveillance event.

23. The surveillance system of claim 19, wherein at least one of a position, a size, and a shape of the displayed surveillance object is set or changed by a user.

24. The surveillance system of claim 19, wherein the display unit is classified into a surveillance image display region and an input region for inputting text when the text is inputted.

25. The surveillance system of claim 19, wherein the input information comprises selecting one of the texts stored in the storage unit.