SURVEILLANCE CAMERA, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20180316896A1
• Filed: 04/13/2018
• Published: 11/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Higuchi, Shintaro
• Application Number:
  US15/953,294
• Publication Number:
  US 20180316896A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19695 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors start video recording or forwarding but do not generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/51 for comparison or discrimination
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/188 Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253

Abstract

A surveillance camera outputs data if audio data of sound collected by a sound collector contains a specified sound component. The surveillance camera terminates outputting of the data when the sound volume of the audio data of the output data reaches or falls below a predetermined sound volume.

Claims

1. A surveillance camera comprising:

an image pickup unit configured to capture an image;

a sound collector associated with the image pickup unit, the sound collector configured to collect sound; and

a control unit configured to output moving image data based on audio data of the collected sound containing a specific sound component,

wherein the control unit terminates outputting of the moving image data when sound volume of the collected sound reaches or falls below a predetermined sound volume.

2. The surveillance camera according to claim 1, wherein the control unit terminates outputting of the moving image data when the specific sound component has not been detected from audio data associated with the moving image data for a specific time period, and the sound volume of the audio data has been lower than the predetermined sound volume for a specific time period.

3. The surveillance camera according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined sound volume is sound volume of audio data before outputting of the moving image data begins.

4. The surveillance camera according to claim 1, wherein outputting of the moving image data is delivery of the moving image data to an external device.

5. The surveillance camera according to claim 1, wherein outputting of the moving image data is storing the moving image data in a portable memory.

6. The surveillance camera according to claim 1, wherein the moving image data is either one or both of the audio data of the collected sound and image data of the captured image.

7. An information processing device comprising:

a first acquisition unit configured to acquire moving image data from an image pickup unit;

a second acquisition unit configured to acquire audio data of sound collected by a sound collector associated with the image pickup unit; and

a control unit configured to output the moving image data based on the audio data containing a specific sound component,

wherein the control unit terminates outputting the moving image data when sound volume of the collected sound reaches or falls below a predetermined sound volume.

8. A method performed by a surveillance camera, the method comprising:

capturing an image;

collecting sound in a target area where the image was captured;

outputting moving image data based on audio data of the collected sound containing a specific sound component; and

terminating outputting the moving image data when sound volume of the collected sound reaches or falls below a predetermined sound volume.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein outputting of the moving image data is terminated when the specific sound component has not been detected from audio data associated with the moving image data for a specific time period, and the sound volume of the audio data has been lower than the predetermined sound volume for a specific time period.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the predetermined sound volume is sound volume of audio data before outputting of the moving image data begins.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein outputting of the moving image data is delivery of the moving image data to an external device.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein outputting of the moving image data is storing the moving image data in a portable memory.

13. The method according to claim 8, wherein the moving image data is either one or both of the audio data of the collected sound and image data of the captured image.

14. A method performed by an information processing device comprising:

acquiring moving image data from an image pickup unit;

acquiring audio data of sound collected by a sound collector associated with the image pickup unit; and

outputting the moving image data based on the audio data containing a specific sound component,

wherein outputting of the moving image data is terminated when sound volume of the collected sound reaches or falls below a predetermined sound volume.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a method, the method comprising:

capturing an image;

collecting sound in a target area where the image was captured;

outputting moving image data based on audio data of the collected sound containing a specific sound component; and

terminating outputting the moving image data when sound volume of the collected sound reaches or falls below a predetermined sound volume.

16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a method, the method comprising:

acquiring moving image data from an image pickup unit;

acquiring audio data of sound collected by a sound collector associated with the image pickup unit; and

outputting the moving image data based on the audio data containing a specific sound component,

wherein outputting of the moving image data is terminated when sound volume of the collected sound reaches or falls below a predetermined sound volume.