# US 2019/0320108 A1 · Method for controlling monitoring camera, and monitoring system employing method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0320108 A1 - Document ID: US20190320108A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/314,715 - Filed: 2016-10-27 - Published: 2019-10-17 - Earliest claimed: 2016-10-13 - Assignees: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yeon Woo KIM; Ho Jung LEE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190320108A1 ## CPC - G08B 13/19689: {Remote control of cameras, e.g. remote orientation or image zooming control for a PTZ camera} - H04N 23/66: Remote control of cameras or camera parts, e.g. by remote control devices - G06F 3/041: Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means - G08B 13/19682: {Graphic User Interface [GUI] presenting system data to the user, e.g. information on a screen helping a user interacting with an alarm system} - G08B 13/19684: {Portable terminal, e.g. mobile phone, used for viewing video remotely} - H04N 5/93: Regeneration of the television signal or of selected parts thereof - H04N 7/183: {for receiving images from a single remote source} - H04N 23/631: {Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters} - H04N 23/633: {for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera} - H04N 23/695: Control of camera direction for changing a field of view, e.g. pan, tilt or based on tracking of objects - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Provided is a method of controlling a monitoring camera. In the method, a live-view video is displayed on a first region of a display panel, and a plurality of angle-range icons corresponding to panning angle-ranges or tilting angle-ranges is displayed on a second region of the display panel. When one of the plurality of angle-range icons is selected, a control signal for executing panning or tilting at a representative angle of a panning angle-range or tilting angle-range of the selected angle-range icon is transmitted to the monitoring camera. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of controlling a monitoring camera, performed by a user input/output (I/O) device that receives information of an event and a live-view video from the monitoring camera, the method comprising: displaying the live-view video received from the monitoring camera on a first region of a display panel; displaying, on a second region of the display panel, a plurality of angle-range icons corresponding to panning angle-ranges or tilting angle-ranges; and when one of the plurality of angle-range icons is selected, transmitting, to the monitoring camera, a control signal for executing panning or tilting at a representative angle of a panning angle-range or tilting angle-range of the selected angle-range icon. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the representative angle is a center angle of the panning angle-range or tilting angle-range. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for executing the method of claim 1. ### Claim 4 A monitoring system comprising: a user I/O device in which a display panel is installed; and a monitoring camera configured to perform photography while performing panning or tilting according to control signals from the user I/O device and to provide information of an event and a live-view video to the user I/O device, wherein the live-view video received from the monitoring camera is displayed on a first region of the display panel, a plurality of angle-range icons corresponding to panning angle-ranges or tilting angle-ranges are displayed on a second region of the display panel, and when one of the plurality of angle-range icons is selected, panning or tilting is performed at a representative angle of a panning angle-range or tilting angle-range of the selected angle-range icon. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The monitoring system of claim 4, wherein the representative angle is a center angle of the panning angle-range or tilting angle-range. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The monitoring system of claim 5, wherein when one of the plurality of angle-range icons is selected according to a first method, panning or tilting is performed at a representative angle of a panning angle-range or tilting angle-range of the selected angle-range icon, and when one of the plurality of angle-range icons is selected according to a second method, cumulative information of an event that has occurred in a panning angle-range or tilting angle-range of the selected angle-range icon is displayed. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The monitoring system of claim 6, wherein in the first method, one angle-range icon is touched, but is not dragged, and in the second method, one angle-range icon is dragged while being touched. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The monitoring system of claim 6, wherein, according to the number of times an event has occurred in the panning angle-range or tilting angle-range of each of the plurality of angle-range icons, a color of each of the plurality of angle-range icons is changed. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The monitoring system of claim 6, wherein, when the cumulative information of the event is displayed, a cumulative-information icon providing the cumulative information of the event is displayed around the selected angle-range icon. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The monitoring system of claim 9, wherein the cumulative-information icon comprises: a character indicating a type of the event; and the number of times the event has occurred. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The monitoring system of claim 9, wherein when the cumulative-information icon is selected, a list of event videos corresponding to the cumulative-information icon is displayed, and when one video is selected from the list of event videos, the selected video is reproduced. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The monitoring system of claim 11, wherein the list of event videos comprises thumbnail still images respectively representing the event videos. ### Claim 13 (depends on 5) The monitoring system of claim 5, further comprising sensors configured to indicate that an event has occurred, wherein, when an event occurs, event occurrence signals from the sensors are transmitted to the monitoring camera, and the monitoring camera transmits information of the event to the user I/O device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The monitoring system of claim 13, wherein in the user I/O device, panning angle-ranges or tilting angle-ranges corresponding to respective locations of the sensors are set, and upon receiving the information of the event, the user I/O device displays cumulative information of the event for a panning angle-range or tilting angle-range of a location where the event has occurred, for a set period of time. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The monitoring system of claim 14, wherein, when the cumulative information of the event is displayed for the set period of time, a cumulative-information icon providing the cumulative information of the event is displayed around an angle-range icon of the panning angle-range or tilting angle-range of the location where the event has occurred, for the set period of time.