Monitoring apparatus

A monitoring apparatus for monitoring and detecting an abnormality of each of target-objects in a house used by a predetermined member which is one of the target-objects, and executing a countermeasure for preventing a crime in accordance with an abnormal situation of the target-object, comprising:

• first storing unit configured to store general monitor knowledge and information on a general feature of the target-objects, a general observing method of the target-objects and a general executing method relating to the target-objects;
• input unit configured to input individual monitor knowledge and information on the respective target-objects with utilizing the general monitor knowledge and information;
• second storing unit configured to store the individual monitor knowledge and information;
• planning unit configured to plan observing and countermeasure programs relating to the abnormal situation of the target-object based on the general and individual monitor-knowledge and information, wherein the planning unit judges the reasonableness of the automatic switching between the presence monitoring under a presence mode in which the predetermined member stays and the absence monitoring under an absence mode in which no predetermined member stays, based on a daily schedule so as to prevent the switching of the monitoring mode based in an erroneous judgment;
• observing unit configured to set one of the presence monitoring and absence monitoring based on the judgment in the planning unit, and to observe the target-object in accordance with an observing program to generate a situation information in the one of the presence monitoring and absence monitoring, the observing unit causes the planning unit to learn the daily schedule;
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• executing unit configured to execute a countermeasure program in accordance with the situation information from the observing unit.