Security apparatus and control method thereof
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsHarsh Kupwade Patil, Mohamed Elfataoui
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a security apparatus comprising: a camera; a sensing unit; and a control unit, wherein the control unit activates the camera according to detection of an object within a predetermined range through the sensing unit, records an image photographed by the activated camera, extracts a feature from the recorded image, determines whether the recorded image includes biometric data, and when the recorded image includes the biometric data, determines whether the recorded image includes a pre-recognized object.
Claims21
1-12. (canceled)
A security device, comprising:
- a camera;
- a sensor;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- activate the camera when an object is detected within a preset range by the sensor such that an image captured via the activated camera is recorded, the recorded image including the detected object;
- extract a feature from the recorded image to determine whether the recorded image includes biometric data;
- and
- upon determining that the recorded image includes biometric data, determine whether the recorded image includes a pre-recognized object.
A method for controlling a security device, the method comprising:
- detecting, by a sensor, an object within a preset range;
- activating a camera when the object is detected;
- recording an image captured via the activated camera, the recorded image including the detected object;
- extracting a feature from the recorded image;
- determining whether the recorded image includes biometric data;
- and
- upon determining that the recorded image includes biometric data, determining whether the recorded image includes a pre-recognized object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.