Monitoring apparatus and system

A monitoring apparatus comprising:

• a communication unit which receives streaming data and metadata of a video from each of a plurality of cameras installed indoors when the cameras obtain videos by capturing specific areas, respectively;
• a metadata analysis unit which analyzes the received metadata and extracts information about an event that occurred;
• a video selection unit which selects a video containing an area in which the event occurred from the videos based on the extracted information about the event;
• a screen unit which receives the selected video from the video selection unit and immediately displays the received video;
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• a storage unit which stores the received streaming data and metadata of the videos,
• wherein, the screen unit displays both a first video from a first camera and a second video from a second camera in a split screen when the first video and the second video have motion events at the same time, and the screen unit stops displaying the first video and displays the second video in a full screen when the first video has no more motion event and the second video still has the motion event.

A monitoring system comprising:

• a plurality of cameras installed indoors and each comprising an image pickup unit which obtains a video by capturing a specific area and an event occurrence determination unit which determines whether an event has occurred in the video;
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• a monitoring apparatus comprising a communication unit which receives streaming data and metadata of the video from each of the cameras, a video selection unit which selects a video containing an area in which the event occurred from the videos based on information about the event that occurred, and a screen unit which receives the selected video from the video selection unit and displays the received video,
• wherein, the screen unit displays both a first video from a first camera and a second video from a second camera in a split screen when the first video and the second video have motion events at the same time, and the screen unit stops displaying the first video and displays the second video in a full screen when the first video has no more motion event and the second video still has the motion event.