WEARABLE CAMERA

• US 20160191862A1
• Filed: 11/09/2015
• Published: 06/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: I-Pro Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Tanabiki, Ryoko, Yokomitsu, Yasushi, Tagawa, Haruo, Yamaguchi, Kazuhiko
• Granted Patent: US 9,661,283 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/10 Terrestrial scenes scenes under surveillance with static cameras G06V20/52; scenes perceived from the exterior of a vehicle G06V20/56; scenes perceived from the interior of a vehicle G06V20/59
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/41 Higher-level, semantic clustering, classification or understanding of video scenes, e.g. detection, labelling or Markovian modelling of sport events or news items segmenting video sequences G06V20/49
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2213/001 Constructional or mechanical details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/65 Control of camera operation in relation to power supply
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

A capture, a storage that stores data of a video image captured by the capture, an attribute information assigning switch that inputs an operation of assigning attribute information related to the data of a video image, and an attribute selecting switch that inputs an operation of selecting the attribute information are included. When there is an input from the attribute information assigning switch, the attribute information associated with a setting state of the attribute selecting switch is stored in the storage by being assigned to data of a video image.

Claims

1. A wearable camera which is equipped by a police officer or the like, the camera comprising:

a capture that captures a video image of a scene;

a storage that stores data of a video image captured by the capture; and

an operation input section that inputs an operation performed by a user,

wherein the operation input section includes an attribute selecting switch that selects any one among a plurality of pieces of attribute information which is classification information indicating contents of the data of a video image and causes the selected attribute information to be a setting state, and an attribute information assigning switch that assigns the attribute information caused to be the setting state, and

wherein in response to an operation of the attribute information assigning switch performed during a session from a start of video image data recording till a start of next video image data recording, the storage stores data of a video image which is currently video-recorded or data of a video image which is video-recorded immediately before, by associating the attribute information caused to be the setting state by the attribute selecting switch therewith.

2. The camera of claim 1, further comprising:

a storage that stores second data of a video image which is captured by another camera,

wherein the operation input section assigns attribute information to the second data of a video image.

3. The camera of claim 1,

wherein the attribute information indicates a traffic accident, drunken driving, or speeding.

4. The camera of claim 1,

wherein the attribute selecting switch is a slide-type switch.

5. The camera of claim 1,

wherein the attribute information assigning switch is a push button-type switch.

6. The camera of claim 1,

wherein the attribute selecting switch and the attribute information assigning switch are disposed on a side face of the wearable camera.

7. The camera of claim 6,

wherein the attribute selecting switch and the attribute information assigning switch are disposed on the same side face.

8. A wearable camera which is equipped by a police officer or the like, the camera comprising:

a capture that captures a video image of a scene;

a storage that stores data of a video image captured by the capture; and

an operation input section that inputs an operation performed by a user,

wherein the operation input section includes an attribute selecting switch that selects any one among a plurality of pieces of attribute information which is classification information indicating contents of the data of a video image and causes the selected attribute information to be a setting state, and an attribute information assigning switch that assigns the attribute information caused to be the setting state, and

wherein when there are multiple times of operations of the attribute information assigning switch performed during a session from a start of video image data recording till a start of next video image data recording, the storage stores data of a video image which is currently video-recorded or data of a video image which is video-recorded immediately before, by associating the plurality of pieces of attribute information caused to be different setting states by the attribute selecting switch while the attribute information assigning switch is in operation.

9. The camera of claim 8,

wherein when an input from the attribute information assigning switch is detected during an operation of video image data recording performed by the capture, the storage stores the attribute information together with time information of a time the input is detected, by associating data of a video image being video-recorded, and when an input from the attribute information assigning switch is detected during a session from an end of an operation of video image data recording performed by the capture till a start of an operation of next video recording, the storage stores data of a video image of which video recording ends immediately before, by associating the attribute information together with time information of a time of the start of video recording.