Camera layout determination support device

A camera layout determination support device for supporting a determination of a layout of cameras that conduct surveillance on a surveillance area, comprising:

• a need table preparation unit that generates a need table which is a data set including data of candidate cameras to be arranged, desired camera functions satisfying customer requests, and customer-defined small areas into which the surveillance area is divided;
• and
• a clustering unit that clusters data sets including the need table, and generates temporary position data of the candidate cameras to be arranged, wherein
• the need table preparation unit
• receives data of a surveillance layout including the customer-defined small areas, divides the surveillance area into blocks using grids, and generates a map in which each of the customer-defined small areas is divided into a plurality of the blocks;
• and
• receives data of customer requests including desired camera functions for each of the small areas,
• generates a customer request table that is data concerning whether or not each of the desired functions is necessary for each of the small areas, associates the customer request table with the map, and calculates a number of necessary cameras to be arranged according to the customer request table and the map in order to generate the need table;
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• the clustering unit receives the data sets including the map and the need table, labels the block using an area vector described using a fuzzy set, and clusters the data sets including the map and the need table, in order to generate the temporary position data of the candidate cameras to be arranged.