Video monitoring apparatus, control method thereof, and computer readable medium

A video monitoring method for monitoring inside a monitored area using at least one video acquisition unit, the video monitoring method comprising:

• determining, by a processor, a position and a pose of the at least one video acquisition unit to reduce hiding, caused by overlapping among different objects simultaneously appearing in a view of the at least one video acquisition unit, to become lower than a predetermined threshold level based on environmental object information and staying characteristic information;
• generating, by the processor, control information for controlling the at least one video acquisition unit based on the position and the pose determined;
• change the position and the pose of the at least video acquisition unit based on the control information;
• and
• performing, by the processor, at least one of analyzing a video captured by the at least one video acquisition unit at the determined position and the determined pose, displaying the video and issuing an alert in accordance with a result of analyzing the video, wherein
• the environmental object information indicates an environmental object including a structural object present in the monitored area and a placed object placed in or on the structural object, and
• the staying characteristic information indicates a staying characteristic of each different object determined depending on the environmental object.

A non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium storing program code executable by a processor to perform processing for monitoring inside a monitored area using at least one video acquisition unit, the processing comprising:

• determining a position and a pose of the at least one video acquisition unit to reduce hiding, caused by overlapping among different objects simultaneously appearing in a view of the at least one video acquisition unit, to become lower than a predetermined threshold level based on environmental object information and staying characteristic information;
• generating control information for controlling the at least one video acquisition unit based on the position and the pose determined;
• change the position and the pose of the at least video acquisition unit based on the control information;
• and
• performing at least one of analyzing a video captured by the at least one video acquisition unit at the determined position and the determined pose, displaying the video and issuing an alert in accordance with a result of analyzing the video, wherein
• the environmental object information indicates an environmental object including a structural object present in the monitored area and a placed object placed in or on the structural object, and
• the staying characteristic information indicates a staying characteristic of each different object determined depending on the environmental object.