Monitoring system
AssigneeMinolta Co., Ltd.
InventorsNatsuko Shiota, Masaaki Nakai, Kyoko Nakamura
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Abstract
A monitoring system according to the present invention includes a camera; a display device for displaying a time-varying image captured by the camera; a switching section for switching a view on the display device from the time-varying image to a still image in response to a user command; a storage section for storing information regarding an object to be monitored, the object being selected by pointing at the object in the still image on the display device; and a detecting section for detecting the object in an image captured by the camera, based on the image and the information regarding the object to be monitored which is stored in the storage section.
Claims14
A monitoring system comprising:
- first and second cameras for capturing an image of first and second areas, respectively;
- first and second detectors for detecting an object to be monitored or abnormality in the first and second areas, respectively;
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- a controller for controlling view fields of the first and second cameras, wherein, when the second detector detects the object or abnormality in the second area, the first camera is controlled so that it views the second area within its view field, and, when the first detector detects the object or abnormality in the first area, the second camera is controlled so that it views the first area within its view field.
A computer program for controlling a monitoring system comprising first and second cameras for capturing an image of first and second areas, respectively;
- and first and second detectors for detecting an object or abnormality in the first and second areas, respectively, the computer program including instructions for causing a computer to implement a method comprising:
- controlling the first camera so that it views the second area within its view field when the second detector detects the object or abnormality in the second area;
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- controlling the second camera so that it views the first area within its view field when the first detector detects the object or abnormality in the first area.
A monitoring system comprising:
- a first camera;
- a display device for displaying a time-varying image captured by the camera;
- a switching section for switching a view on the display device from the time-varying image to a still image in response to a user command;
- a storage section for storing information regarding an object to be monitored, the object being selected by pointing at the object in the still image on the display device;
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- a detecting section for detecting the object in an image captured by the camera, based on the image and the information regarding the object to be monitored which is stored in the storage section.
A computer program for controlling a monitoring system comprising a first camera and a display device for displaying a time-varying image captured by the camera;
- the computer program including instructions for causing a computer to implement a method comprising:
- switching a view on the display device from the time-varying image to a still image in response to a user command;
- storing information regarding an object to be monitored, the object being selected by pointing at the object in the still image on the display device;
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- detecting the object in an image captured by the camera, based on the image and the information regarding the object to be monitored.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.