Device and method for controlling a camera
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsEster Marjan Van Der Heide, Fei Zuo
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Abstract
A device (20) and method for controlling a camera (10) are provided. The device comprises an input unit (21) configured to obtain video data from the camera; an image processing unit (22) configured to determine from the obtained video data if a particular person is present alone in a first area monitored by the camera; a control unit (23) configured to generate a control signal for controlling the camera to operate in a first monitoring mode or a second monitoring mode based on the determination by the image processing unit if the particular person is present alone in the first area monitored by the camera; and an output unit (24) configured to output the control signal to the camera.
Claims20
A device for controlling a camera, the device comprising:
- an input configured to obtain video data from the camera;
- an image processor configured to determine from the obtained video data if a particular person is present alone in a first area monitored by the camera;
- a controller configured to generate a control signal for controlling the camera to operate in a first monitoring mode or a second monitoring mode based on the determination by the image processor if the particular person is present alone in the first area monitored by the camera, wherein the control signal is configured to control the camera to operate in the first monitoring mode in which the first area or a third area is monitored in case the particular person is not alone in the first area and to operate in the second monitoring mode in which a second area is monitored in case the particular person is alone in the first area, wherein the second area is smaller than the first area and substantially includes the particular person and the third area is larger than the second area but smaller than the first area and includes one or more persons, other than the particular person, present in the first area;
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- an output configured to output the control signal to the camera.
A method for controlling a camera, the method comprising:
- obtaining video data from the camera;
- determining from the obtained video data if a particular person is present alone in a first area monitored by the camera;
- generating a control signal for controlling the camera to operate in a first monitoring mode or a second monitoring mode based on the determination if the particular person is present alone in the first area monitored by the camera, wherein the control signal is configured to control the camera to operate in the first monitoring mode in which the first area or a third area is monitored in case the particular person is not alone in the first area and to operate in the second monitoring mode in which a second area is monitored in case the particular person is alone in the first area, wherein the second area is smaller than the first area and substantially includes the particular person and the third area is larger than the second area but smaller than the first area and includes one or more persons, other than the particular person, present in the first area;
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- outputting the control signal to the camera.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.