Monitoring system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11199627-B2
Application number	US-201716300403-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 9, 2017
Priority date	May 17, 2016
Publication date	Dec 14, 2021
Grant date	Dec 14, 2021

Abstract

Monitoring system includes: a light projecting and receiving unit including an emitting section to emit a light flux, a scanning section to make the light flux scan within a monitoring space, and a light receiving section to receive a light flux reflected from an object within the monitoring space; a processing section to measure a distance to the object by processing signals from the light projecting and receiving unit and to output a measurement point marker group provided with three-dimensional distance information for each measurement point; a user interface that sets a monitoring region in a virtual space by an operation of a user; and a display device that, when the monitoring region has been set via the user interface, displays the set monitoring region together with the measurement point marker group, wherein the processing section outputs an alarm signal when an object invades within the monitoring region during monitoring.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A monitoring system, comprising:
a light projecting and receiving unit including an emitting section to emit a light flux, a scanning section to make the light flux scan within a monitoring space, and a light receiving section to receive a light flux reflected from an object within the monitoring space;
a processing section to measure a distance to the object by processing signals from the light projecting and receiving unit and to output a measurement point marker group provided with three-dimensional distance information for each measurement point;
a user interface to set a monitoring region in a virtual space by an operation of a user; and
a display device that, when the monitoring region has been set via the user interface, displays the set monitoring region together with the measurement point marker group,
wherein the processing section outputs an alarm signal when an object invades within the monitoring region during monitoring,
wherein input of temporary attitude information is made possible through the user interface so as to adjust an attitude or position of the measurement point marker group to be displayed on the display device, and the display device performs coordinate conversion at least relative to the measurement point marker group on the basis of the input temporary attitude information and displays the measurement point marker group after having been subjected to the coordinate conversion together with the virtual space, and
wherein the input of temporary attitude information is performed so as to make the attitude and position of the measurement point marker group follow relative to the attitude and position of the object as a horizontal surface actually existing in the monitoring space.

2. The monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the measurement point marker group is displayed with a different color correspondingly to a distance or reflected light intensity of the measurement point.

3. The monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein, when an instruction to change a viewpoint position through the user interface has been performed, the display device displays the measurement point marker group at a viewpoint position after the changing.

4. The monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the scanning section makes the light flux scan two-dimensionally within a monitoring space.

5. The monitoring system according to claim 4 , wherein in a case where a locus of the light flux having scanned adjoins another locus of the light flux, the locus is brought in contact with another locus without a clearance.

6. The monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of a measurement point marker constituting the measurement point marker group is same as a shape of the light flux made to scan actually.

7. A monitoring system, comprising:
a light projecting and receiving unit including an emitting section to emit a light flux, a scanning section to make the light flux scan within a monitoring space, and a light receiving section to receive a light flux reflected from an object within the monitoring space;
a processing section to measure a distance to the object by processing signals from the light projecting and receiving unit and to output a measurement point marker group provided with three-dimensional distance information for each measurement point;
a user interface to set a monitoring region in a virtual space by an operation of a user; and
a display device that, when the monitoring region has been set via the user interface, displays the set monitoring region together with the measurement point marker group,
wherein the processing section outputs an alarm signal when an object invades within the monitoring region during monitoring,
wherein input of temporary attitude information is made possible through the user interface so as to adjust an attitude or position of the measurement point marker group to be displayed on the display device, and the display device performs coordinate conversion at least relative to the measurement point marker group on the basis of the input temporary attitude information and displays the measurement point marker group after having been subjected to the coordinate conversion together with the virtual space, and
wherein the input of temporary attitude information is performed so as to make the attitude and position of the measurement point marker group follow relative to the attitude and position of the object as a vertical surface actually existing in the monitoring space.

8. The monitoring system according to claim 7 , wherein the measurement point marker group is displayed with a different color correspondingly to a distance or reflected light intensity of the measurement point.

9. The monitoring system according to claim 7 , wherein, when an instruction to change a viewpoint position through the user interface has been performed, the display device displays the measurement point marker group at a viewpoint position after the changing.

10. The monitoring system according to claim 7 , wherein the scanning section makes the light flux scan two-dimensionally within a monitoring space.

11. The monitoring system according to claim 10 , wherein in a case where a locus of the light flux having scanned adjoins another locus of the light flux, the locus is brought in contact with another locus without a clearance.

12. The monitoring system according to claim 7 , wherein a shape of a measurement point marker constituting the measurement point marker group is same as a shape of the light flux made to scan actually.

Assignees

• Konica Minolta Inc

Inventors

• Fujita Junichi

Classifications

• G08B13/187 Primary

  by interference of a radiation field · CPC title

• G06F3/0484

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• G02B26/101

  with both horizontal and vertical deflecting means, e.g. raster or XY scanners (colour television using laser beams scanning a display screen H04N9/3129) · CPC title

• G01V8/18

  using mechanical scanning systems · CPC title

• G01S17/10 Primary

  using transmission of interrupted, pulse-modulated waves (determination of distance by phase measurements G01S17/32) · CPC title