Method and apparatus for programming an automatic monitoring system

A programming device, comprising:

• an input means for inputting encoded picture data for graphic plotting,
• a picture data filing means for filing said picture data input from said input means,
• a higher-level language data filing means for filing picture data filed in said picture data filing means in higher-level language data,
• a programming unit equipped with a machine language transformation means for transforming said higher-level language data into machine language data, said programming unit including a higher-level language transformation means for transforming the picture data filed in said picture data filing means into graphic plotting instructions in said higher-level language in accordance with a predetermined set of higher-level language transformation rules, and
• wherein said encoded picture data relate to at least one of picture classification, coordinate information, and picture attributes.

A method of producing a program, comprising the steps of:

• inputting encoded picture data for graphic plotting;
• filing the input picture data in a picture data filing means;
• transforming said input picture data stored in said picture data filing means into graphic plotting instructions in a higher-level language in accordance with a predetermined set of higher-level language transformation rules;
• filing said higher-level language data graphic plotting instructions in a higher-level language data filing means;
• transforming said higher-level language data graphic plotting instructions into machine language data;
• and
• storing said predetermined set of higher-level language transformation rules in a language transformation table memory.