Remote monitoring system
OwnerHiroshi Arakawa, Tomoaki Itoh +2inventors
InventorsHiroshi Arakawa, Tomoaki Itoh, Junichi Sato, Takao Yamaguchi
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Abstract
Cameras respectively installed at a plurality of homes and a monitoring center of a security service provider for centralized monitoring are connected together via a network. Each camera, which has a programmable internal module configuration, acquires from a module control center a program module for executing, based on video data about a target for monitoring, a recognition process for detection of the occurrence of abnormal events to the monitored target, and link information about the program module, as required.
Claims8
A remote monitoring system implemented by connecting, via a communications line, image acquisition means for acquiring images of a target for monitoring and a system installed on the side of a central monitoring station,
- said image acquisition means comprising:
- a transmitting part for transmitting video data about said monitored target,
- a receiving part for receiving function change information, and
- a module control part for changing, according to said function change information, a programmable internal module configuration.
A camera for use in a remote monitoring system for acquiring images of a target for monitoring, said camera comprising:
- a transmitting part for transmitting video data about said monitored target,
- a receiving part for receiving function change information, and
- a module control part for changing, according to said function change information, a programmable internal module configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.