Image capturing system, camera control device for use therein, image capturing method, camera control method, and computer program

An image capturing system including a camera control device and a plurality of cameras connected to the camera control device, wherein each of the cameras comprises:

• an image generation unit for generating an image by capturing the image;
• and an image transmission unit for transmitting the image generated by the image generation unit to the camera control device, the camera control device comprises:
• an image input unit for inputting the image transmitted from the camera;
• and an image recognition unit for performing a recognition processing on the moving object in the image based on the image input in the image input unit, and the image capturing system further comprises:
• a detection unit for detecting the moving object from the image generated by the image generation unit;
• and a determination unit for determining an image of which camera among the cameras is to be recognized in the image recognition unit based on an angle evaluation value for an angle of the moving object relative to the camera.

An image capturing method in an image capturing system including a camera control device and a plurality of cameras connected to the camera control device, comprising:

• an image generation step of generating an image by capturing the image in each of the cameras;
• a moving object detection step of detecting a moving object from the image generated in the image generation step in each of the cameras;
• a position information transmission step of transmitting information on the position of the moving object to the camera control device from each of the cameras;
• an image delivery camera selection step of selecting some cameras as image delivery cameras from among the cameras based on the information on the position transmitted from each of the cameras in the camera control device;
• an image delivery camera notification step of notifying the selection result in the image delivery camera selection step to the cameras;
• an image transmission step of transmitting images containing the moving object from the cameras selected in the image delivery camera selection step to the camera control device;
• and an image input step of inputting the images transmitted in the image transmission step in the camera control device.