Video surveillance apparatus and method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMorten Engel KRISTIANSEN
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Abstract
A video surveillance apparatus determines a field of view of a video surveillance camera (110) having a sensor (120) mounted thereon. A distance measuring means is configured to obtain a plurality of distance measurements based on data received from the sensor (120). A field of view determining means is configured to determine, based on the plurality of distance measurements, the field of view of the camera (110).
Claims15
A video surveillance apparatus for determining a field of view of a camera having a sensor mounted thereon, comprising:
- a distance measuring means configured to obtain a plurality of distance measurements based on data received from the sensor;
- a field of view determining means configured to determine, based on the plurality of distance measurements, the field of view of the camera.
A method for determining a field of view of a video surveillance camera having a sensor mounted thereon, comprising:
- receiving data from the sensor;
- obtaining a plurality of distance measurements based on data received from the sensor;
- and
- determining the field of view of the camera based on the plurality of distance measurements.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer program comprising computer readable instructions, which when run on a computer, causes the computer to carry out a method for determining a field of view of a video surveillance camera having a sensor mounted thereon, comprising:
- receiving data from the sensor;
- obtaining a plurality of distance measurements based on data received from the sensor;
- and
- determining the field of view of the camera based on the plurality of distance measurements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.