Information processing apparatus, information processing method, camera system, control method for camera system, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10404947-B2
Application number	US-201414187569-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 24, 2014
Priority date	Mar 15, 2013
Publication date	Sep 3, 2019
Grant date	Sep 3, 2019

Abstract

An information processing apparatus comprising: an association unit configured to associate coordinates on a video captured by a first camera with coordinates on a video captured by a second camera based on specific positions specified in the video captured by the first camera and in the video captured by the second camera; an input unit configured to input position information for event detection by the first camera; and a determination unit configured to determine position information for event detection by the second camera based on the position information for the event detection by the first camera and on the association made by the association unit between the coordinates on the video captured by the first camera and the coordinates on the video captured by the second camera.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a memory configured to store a program; and
a processor operatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the program stored in the memory, wherein the processor:
(1) associates coordinates on a video captured by a first camera with coordinates on a video captured by a second camera;
(2) obtains, according to a user operation to designate a specific position within the field of view of the video captured by the first camera to be applied to an event detection in the video captured by the first camera, first position information of the specific position in the video captured by the first camera, wherein the specific position designated by the user operation is (a) a line segment for passage detection as the event detection or (b) a closed region for intrusion detection as the event detection; and
(3) sets for the second camera, based on (a) the obtained first position information of the specific position designated by the user operation in the video captured by the first camera and (b) the association between the coordinates on the video captured by the first camera and the coordinates on the video captured by the second camera, second position information of a specific position to be applied to an event detection in the video captured by the second camera.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor further:
displays an image based on the second position information determined in the determination on the video captured by the second camera; and
accepts a user input for modifying the determined second position information.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor further:
transmits the second position information of the specific position in the video captured by the second camera to the second camera in accordance with the determination.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor further:
associates the coordinates on the video captured by the first camera with the coordinates on the video captured by the second camera based on specific positions designated by a user in the video captured by the first camera and in the video captured by the second camera.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor further:
detects a specific object from the captured videos; and
associates the coordinates on the video captured by the first camera with the coordinates on the video captured by the second camera based on positions of the specific object detected in the video captured by the first camera and in the video captured by the second camera.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor further:
associates the coordinates on the video captured by the first camera with the coordinates on the video captured by the second camera based on specific positions specified in overlapping regions in areas captured by the first camera and the second camera in the video captured by the first camera and in the video captured by the second camera.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor further:
executes first association processing for associating the coordinates on the video captured by the first camera with coordinates on a predetermined map, and second association processing for associating the coordinates on the video captured by the second camera with the coordinates on the predetermined map; and
converts coordinates corresponding to the first position information of the specific position in the video captured by the first camera into coordinates on the predetermined map using a result of the first association processing, and determines coordinates corresponding to the second position information of the specific position in the video captured by the second camera using the coordinates on the predetermined map and a result of the second association processing.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when the first camera has detected an event based on the first position information of the specific position in the video captured by the first camera, an image corresponding to the event is displayed on the video captured by the second camera at a position corresponding to a position in the video captured by the first camera at which the event has been detected.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the obtained first position information of the specific position designated by the user operation in the video captured by the first camera is set for the first camera so that the first camera detects the event occurring at the specific position.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the specific position in the video captured by the first camera and the specific position in the video captured by the second camera correspond to the same position in a monitored space, and
wherein the monitored space includes capturing ranges of the first camera and the second camera, and the same position is included in each of the capturing ranges.

11. The information processing apparatus according the claim 1 , wherein in the event detection, an event corresponding to an object at the specific position is to be detected and an event corresponding to an object at a position different from the specific position is not to be detected.

12. An information processing method implemented by an information processing apparatus using a processor, operatively coupled to a memory, to perform steps comprising:
associating coordinates on a video captured by a first camera with coordinates on a video captured by a second camera;
obtaining, according to a user operation to designate a specific position within the field of view of the video captured by the first camera to be applied to an event detection in the video captured by the first camera, first position information of the specific position in the video captured by the first camera, wherein the specific position designated by the user operation is (a) a line segment for passage detection as the event detection or (b) a closed region for intrusion detection as the event detection; and
setting for the second camera, based on (a) the obtained first position information of the specific position designated by the user operation in the video captured by the first camera and (b) the association between the coordinates on the video captured by the first camera and the coordinates on the video captured by the second camera, second position information of a specific position to be applied to an event detection in the video captured by the second camera.

13. The information processing method according to claim 12 , further comprising steps of:
displaying an image based on the second position information determined on the video captured by the second camera; and
accepting a user input for modifying the determined second position information.

14. The information processing method according to claim 12 , further comprising a step of:
transmitting the second position information of the specific position in the video captured by the second camera to the second camera in accordance with the determination.

15. The information processing method according to claim 12 , further comprising a step of:
detecting a specific object from the captured videos,
wherein the coordinates on the video captured by the first camera are associated with the coordinates on the video captured by the second camera b

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Kitagawa Eiichiro

Classifications

• G08B13/19645

  Multiple cameras, each having view on one of a plurality of scenes, e.g. multiple cameras for multi-room surveillance or for tracking an object by view hand-over · CPC title

• G08B29/22

  Provisions facilitating manual calibration, e.g. input or output provisions for testing; Holding of intermittent values to permit measurement · CPC title

• H04N7/181 Primary

  for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources · CPC title