System, system construction method, managing terminal and program

• US 8,957,965 B2
• Filed: 12/07/2010
• Issued: 02/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd. (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Moribe, Hirotaka, Terada, Shinsuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Hee-Yong
• Application Number:
  US12/961,748
• Publication Number:
  US 20110134256A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,533 Days
• Field of Search: 348/143, 348/207.1
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

A system includes a managing terminal, a mobile device, and cameras. The mobile device sends, when it is near one of the cameras, positional information of the mobile device and a uniquely created identifier via a network to the managing terminal and displays information indicating the identifier in the form of a video image. The camera shoots the video image being displayed by the mobile device and including the information indicating the identifier to create a second video image including the information and sends the second video image via a network to the managing terminal. The managing terminal receives the second video image, extracts the identifier therefrom, and stores, if the identifier matches the identifier sent from the mobile device, the IP address assigned to the camera and the positional information with a correspondence established therebetween.

Claims

1. A system comprising a managing terminal, a mobile device coupled via a first network or a second network with the managing terminal, and cameras coupled via the first network with the managing terminal, wherein:

the mobile device is configured to send, when the mobile device is near one of the cameras, acquired positional information and an identifier of the mobile device uniquely created by the mobile device via the network to the managing terminal and display information indicating the identifier in the form of a video image;

the camera is configured to shoot the video image being displayed by the mobile device and including the information indicating the identifier to create a second video image including the information, and send the second video image including the information indicating the identifier via the first network to the managing terminal; and

the managing terminal is configured to receive the second video image sent from the camera, extract the identifier from the second video image and store, if the extracted identifier matches the identifier sent from the mobile device, an IP address assigned to the camera and the positional information in association with each other, into a storage.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the positional information is more specifically geographical positional information.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the positional information is more specifically geographical positional information including latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates.

4. A processor-implemented system construction method of constructing a system comprising a managing terminal, a mobile device coupled via a first network or a second network with the managing terminal, and cameras coupled via the first network with the managing terminal, the processor-implemented system construction method being implemented by a processor, to effect operations comprising:

by the mobile device, when the mobile device is near one of the cameras, acquired positional information and an identifier of the mobile device uniquely created by the mobile device are sent via the first or second network to the managing terminal and information indicating the identifier is displayed in the form of a video image on the mobile device;

by the camera, the video image being displayed on the mobile device and including the information indicating the identifier to create a second video image including the information is shot, and the second video image is sent via the first network to the managing terminal; and

by the managing terminal, the second video image sent from the camera is received, the identifier from the second video image is extracted, and if the extracted identifier matches the identifier sent from the mobile device, the IP address of the camera and the positional information are stored in association with each other, into a storage.

5. The processor-implemented system construction method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the positional information is more specifically geographical positional information.

6. The processor-implemented system construction method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the positional information is more specifically geographical positional information including latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates.

7. A managing terminal coupled via a first network or a second network with a mobile device and cameras, comprising:

a control section;

a communication section; and

a storage for storing information, wherein;

the communication section receives, via the first or second network, positional information and an identifier of the mobile device uniquely created by the mobile device, which are sent from the mobile device when the mobile device is near one of the cameras, and also receives via the first network a video image which is sent from the camera and which includes information indicating the identifier; and

the control section extracts the identifier from the video image, and stores into the storage, if the extracted identifier matches the identifier sent from the mobile device, an IP address of the camera and the positional information, in association with each other.

8. The managing terminal as claimed in claim 7, wherein the positional information is more specifically geographical positional information.

9. The managing terminal as claimed in claim 7, wherein the positional information is more specifically geographical positional information including latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium embodying a program which is executable on a computer coupled via a first network or a second network with a mobile device and cameras, wherein the program makes a managing terminal execute the processing of:

receiving via the first network or second network, positional information and an identifier of the mobile device uniquely created by the mobile device, which are sent from the mobile device when the mobile device is near one of the cameras;

receiving via the first network a video image which is sent from the camera and which includes information indicating the identifier;

extracting the identifier from the video imaged received from the camera;

storing, if the extracted identifier matches the identifier sent from the mobile device, an IP address of the camera and the positional information in association with each other, into a storage.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 10, wherein the positional information is more specifically geographical positional information.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 10, wherein the positional information is more specifically geographical positional information including latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates.