Monitoring camera system and monitoring method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10728504-B2
Application number	US-201816129057-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2018
Priority date	Sep 29, 2017
Publication date	Jul 28, 2020
Grant date	Jul 28, 2020

Abstract

A monitoring camera system includes a camera and a master device communicating with the camera and a mobile communication terminal having a display. The camera detects movement of a person at a first timing in an imaging area and transmits a predetermined notification to the master device at a second timing. The master device transmits an image request for requesting a first captured image captured at the first timing and a second captured image captured at the second timing to the camera, based on the predetermined notification from the camera. The camera transmits the first captured image and the second captured image in association with each other to the master device based on the image request transmitted from the master device. The master device transmits the first captured image and the second captured image in association with each other to the mobile communication terminal to be displayed on the display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A monitoring camera system, comprising:
a camera; and
a master device, which, in operation, communicates with the camera and a mobile communication terminal having a display,
wherein the camera, in operation, detects, at a first timing, a presence of a person in an imaging area by detecting motion of the person in the imaging area, and captures a first image including the person in the imaging area in response to the camera detecting the motion of the person,
wherein the camera, in operation, determines, at a second timing after the first timing, the person is not present in the imaging area by determining the motion of the person is no longer being detected by the camera, and captures a second image including the imaging area without the person in response to the camera determining the motion of the person is no longer being detected by the camera,
wherein the camera, in operation, transmits a first before-and-after notification to the master device in response to the first image and the second image being captured,
wherein the master device, in operation, transmits, in response to the first before-and-after notification transmitted from the camera being received by the master device, an image request for requesting the first image and the second image to the camera,
wherein the camera, in operation, transmits, in response to the image request transmitted from the master device being received by the camera, the first image and the second image together to the master device, and
wherein the master device, in operation and in response to the master device receiving the first image and the second image from the camera, holds the first image and the second image, and transmits a second before-and-after notification to the mobile communication terminal,
wherein each of the first before-and-after notification and the second before-and-after notification indicates both the camera detected the motion of the person in the imaging area, and the camera determined the motion of the person is no longer being detected by the camera,
wherein the master device, in operation, transmits, subsequent to the second before-and-after notification being transmitted, the first image and the second image together to the mobile communication terminal to be displayed on the display.

2. The system of claim 1 ,
wherein the camera, in operation, discontinues processing of detecting movement until a predetermined time period elapses from the first timing, and resumes processing of detecting movement after the predetermined time period has elapsed from the first timing.

3. The system of claim 1 ,
wherein the first image and the second image are displayed side by side in the display of the mobile communication terminal.

4. A monitoring method for a monitoring camera system including a camera and a master device in communication with the camera and a mobile communication terminal having a display, the monitoring method comprising:
detecting, by the camera, at a first timing, a presence of a person in an imaging area by detecting motion of the person in the imaging area;
capturing, by the camera, a first image including the person in the imaging area in response to the camera detecting the motion of the person;
determining, by the camera, at a second timing after the first timing, the person is not present in the imaging area by determining the motion of the person is no longer being detected by the camera,
capturing, by the camera, a second image including the imaging area without the person in response to the camera determining the motion of the person is no longer being detected by the camera;
transmitting, by the camera, a first before-and-after notification to the master device in response to the first image and the second image being captured;
transmitting, by the master device and in response to the first before-and-after notification transmitted from the camera being received by the master device, an image request for requesting the first image and the second image to the camera;
transmitting, by the camera and in response to the image request transmitted from the master device being received by the camera, the first image and the second image together to the master device;
holding, by the master device and in response to the master device receiving the first image and the second image from the camera, the first image and the second image,
transmitting, by the master device and in response to the master device receiving the first image and the second image from the camera, a second before-and-after notification to the mobile communication terminal; and
transmitting, by the master device and subsequent to the second before-and-after notification being transmitted, the first image and the second image together to the mobile communication terminal to be displayed on the display,
wherein each of the first before-and-after notification and the second before-and-after notification indicates both the camera detected the motion of the person in the imaging area, and the camera determined the motion of the person is no longer being detected by the camera.

5. The system of claim 1 ,
wherein the mobile communication terminal displays the first image and the second image concurrently.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein
the first image is a single image of the person in the imaging area, and the second image is a single image of the imaging area.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein
the master device, in operation, holds the first image and the second image from being transmitted to the mobile communication terminal until the mobile communication terminal requests the first image and the second image from the master device.

8. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
discontinuing, by the camera, processing of detecting movement until a predetermined time period elapses from the first timing, and resumes processing of detecting movement after the predetermined time period has elapsed from the first timing.

9. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
holding, by the master device, the first image and the second image from being transmitted to the mobile communication terminal until the mobile communication terminal requests the first image and the second image from the master device.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wakeyama Daisuke
• Komatsu Katsumi
• Takahashi Takeshi
• Hyakudome Takahiro
• Oie Yoko
• Yamaguchi Koji
• Kido Noriaki
• Horiuchi Yasuhiro

Classifications

• G08B13/19656

  Network used to communicate with a camera, e.g. WAN, LAN, Internet · CPC title

• H04N7/188

  Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position (signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253) · CPC title

• H04N7/183 Primary

  for receiving images from a single remote source · CPC title

• G08B13/19

  using infrared-radiation detection systems {(G08B13/194 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• G08B13/19658

  Telephone systems used to communicate with a camera, e.g. PSTN, GSM, POTS · CPC title