CN101155297A - Monitoring camera and system combining laser positioning - Google Patents

Monitoring camera and system combining laser positioning Download PDF

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CN101155297A
CN101155297A CNA2006101524137A CN200610152413A CN101155297A CN 101155297 A CN101155297 A CN 101155297A CN A2006101524137 A CNA2006101524137 A CN A2006101524137A CN 200610152413 A CN200610152413 A CN 200610152413A CN 101155297 A CN101155297 A CN 101155297A
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张庆杉
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    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00Television systems
    • H04N7/18Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
    • H04N7/183Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast for receiving images from a single remote source
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    • G08BSIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
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    • G08B13/19617Surveillance camera constructional details
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A watching cinematograph, comprising a case, a watching lens as well as at least a beam aiming device. The watching lens is fixed on the case, and is suitable to towards a watching direction. The beam aiming device is fixed on the case and lies on the side of the watching lens. The beam aiming device is suitable to give off beam towards the watching direction; the beam is used to provide locating position for the positioning of the watching lens. By means of the locating function of the beam aiming device, the installation of the watching cinematograph is simplified.

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Monitoring camera and supervisory control system in conjunction with laser positioning
Technical field
The invention relates to a kind of supervisory control system (monitoring system), and particularly relevant for a kind of supervisory control system and monitoring camera (monitoring camera) thereof with beam position (light beam positioning) function.
Background technology
Monitoring camera is fixed on the wall or on the building usually, in order to monitor the context of each public space of interior of building or building.In addition, monitoring camera generally is applied in the supervisory control system.One supervisory control system generally includes a plurality of monitoring cameras, a monitoring host computer (monitoring host) and a monitor (monitor), and wherein monitoring host computer is electrically connected to monitoring camera and monitor.Monitoring camera becomes the video conversion that it monitored image signal to be passed to monitoring host computer, and makes monitor be shown the image that monitoring camera monitors.Thus, guard (guard), save personnel (security service personnel) from damage and just can see through supervisory control system and come a plurality of public spaces inside and outside the building are monitored.
Prior art is installed on monitoring camera in the process on the building, and installation personnel is understood the angle and the position of supervision usually by assisting of monitor, otherwise can't determine the scope that monitors.Usually the segment distance of being separated by between monitor and the monitoring camera, so installation personnel must be back and forth repeatedly to arrive the on-the-spot monitoring camera of adjusting between this two positions again after watching monitor, could determine correct monitoring range, thereby make that the whole erection process is very time-consuming and it is difficult to install.In addition, if the background in the place that monitors too dull (all is the wall of same color or same decorative pattern as whole face) or insufficient light, installation personnel is not easy to learn by dull on the screen or dim image frame whether the present monitoring range of monitoring camera is exactly in fact predetermined monitoring range.Moreover, in the range estimation mode monitoring camera is not installed directly if do not see through the assistance of monitor, often after installation, its monitoring range can depart from the monitoring range of originally being scheduled to.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of monitoring camera, it has the beam position function, so that installation process is simplified.
Another object of the present invention provides a kind of supervisory control system, and its monitoring camera has the beam position function, so that installation process is simplified.
For reaching above-mentioned or other purpose, the present invention proposes a kind of monitoring camera, and it comprises a casing (housing), a watching lens (monitoring lens) and at least one beam aiming device (lightbeam sight).Watching lens is fixed in casing, and is suitable for towards a monitoring direction (monitoringdirection).Beam aiming device is fixed in casing, and is positioned at by the watching lens.Beam aiming device is suitable for sending a light beam towards monitoring direction, and this light beam is located an image in order to certain image position (image lockingposition) to be provided for watching lens.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned monitoring direction is parallel in fact with the direction of transfer of light beam.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned beam aiming device is a laser sight (laser sight).
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned monitoring camera more comprises a switching device (switchdevice), and it is fixed in casing.This switching device comprises a switching circuit (switch circuit) and a start assembly (action device).Switching circuit is electrically connected to beam aiming device, in order to the On/Off light beam.The start assembly is suitable for stressed start and makes switching circuit conducting or disconnection.
For reaching above-mentioned or other purpose, the present invention more proposes a kind of supervisory control system, and it comprises above-mentioned monitoring camera, a monitoring host computer and a monitor.Monitoring host computer is electrically connected to monitoring camera.The video conversion that monitoring camera is suitable for the location is that an image signal is passed to monitoring host computer, and monitoring host computer is suitable for transmitting a controlling signal with the control monitoring camera.Monitor is electrically connected to monitoring host computer, and in order to show a monitoring image.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned monitoring camera is that the mode that sees through LAN (intranet), internet (internet) or wireless network (wireless network) is electrically connected to monitoring host computer.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned supervisory control system more comprises a data storage device (datastorage apparatus), is electrically connected to monitoring host computer, and is suitable for image signal is stored as an image data.
Based on above-mentioned, because monitoring camera utilization of the present invention is disposed at the other beam aiming device of watching lens and sends light beam, to provide the fixation position for watching lens location image, so monitoring camera can be mounted to a preferable setting angle and a position accurately under the situation of external connection monitors not, install to make things convenient for installation personnel.
For above and other objects of the present invention, feature and advantage can be become apparent, preferred embodiment cited below particularly, and cooperate appended graphicly, be described in detail below.
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Fig. 1 is fixed in the schematic diagram of an object for the monitoring camera of one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is the calcspar of the supervisory control system of one embodiment of the invention.
100: monitoring camera 110: casing
120: watching lens 130: beam aiming device
140: switching device 142: switching circuit
144: start assembly 200: object
300: Reference 400: supervisory control system
410: monitoring host computer 420: monitor
430: data storage device A: monitoring direction
B: light beam C: fixation position
D: monitoring range
Embodiment
Fig. 1 is fixed in the schematic diagram of an object for the monitoring camera of one embodiment of the invention.See also shown in Figure 1ly, the monitoring camera 100 of present embodiment is suitable for being installed on the object 200, and object 200 for example is building, wall, ceiling, support, ground or any other suitable supporter, and the object 200 that Fig. 1 illustrated is a ceiling.Monitoring camera 100 comprises a casing 110, a watching lens 120 and a beam aiming device 130.
Watching lens 120 is fixed in casing 110, and is suitable for towards a monitoring direction A.Beam aiming device 130 is fixed in casing 110, and it is other to be positioned at watching lens 120.Beam aiming device 130 is suitable for sending a light beam B towards monitoring direction A, and light beam B is in order to provide certain image position C for watching lens 120 location one image.Particularly, in the present embodiment, monitoring direction A is parallel in fact with the direction of transfer of light beam B, and light beam B can project and be monitored the fixation position C that camera lens 120 is aimed on the Reference 300, and makes light beam form a luminous point on Reference 300.Wherein, Reference 300 for example is that wall, ceiling, furniture, ornaments thing, people, animals and plants maybe can make light beam B form any object of luminous point thereon.Thus, monitoring camera 100 can monitor that just being positioned at the online of fixation position C and watching lens 120 is the image of the monitoring range D at center, and wherein monitoring range D can enlarge with the multiplying power of watching lens 120 or dwindle.Yet in other embodiments of the invention, the direction of transfer of monitoring direction A and light beam B also can be not parallel.The beam aiming device 130 of monitoring camera 100 also can be a plurality of, provides suitable fixation position C or a plurality of fixation position C with the demand of looking.
In the present embodiment, beam aiming device 130 is a laser sight, and light beam B is the laser beam that the laser sight is sent.Yet in other embodiments of the invention, beam aiming device 130 can also be any light source that can form luminous point, hot spot or light scattering pattern etc. on object.
The monitoring camera 100 of present embodiment can more comprise a switching device 140, and it is fixed in casing 110.Switching device 140 comprises a switching circuit 142 and a start assembly 144.Switching circuit 142 is electrically connected to beam aiming device 130, in order to On/Off light beam B.Start assembly 144 is suitable for stressed start and makes switching circuit 142 conductings or disconnection.For instance, when making switching circuit 142 conductings when the 144 stressed starts of start assembly, switching circuit 142 is opened light beam B; And when switching circuit 142 was disconnected, switching circuit 142 cut out light beam B.Start assembly 144 for example is the assembly that a button (button), knob (knob), control lever (control stick) or other any force-applied start make switching circuit 142 conductings or disconnection.The switching circuit 142 that Fig. 1 illustrated is a button, and it is suitable for being pressed and makes switching circuit 142 conductings or disconnection.Yet in other embodiments of the invention, the function in order to On/Off light beam B also can be integrated together in other function of monitoring camera 100 in other operating assembly or interface of monitoring camera 100.
When the installation personnel desire is installed on monitoring camera 100 on the object 200, can earlier beam aiming device 130 be opened.For example, installation personnel can be to start assembly 144 application of forces, so that switching circuit 142 is opened light beam B.Then, Yi Bian rotate the angle of monitoring camera 100 or the position of mobile monitoring video camera 100, Yi Bian observe the change in location of luminous point.When luminous point drops on for the fixation position C on the Reference 300 of watching lens 120 location, just monitoring camera 100 can be fixed on the object 200.So far, monitoring camera 100 just can be mounted to a preferable setting angle and a position accurately, fast and expediently under the situation of external connection monitors not.
What deserves to be mentioned is, if the outward appearance of Reference 300 is too during the insufficient light of dull (for example whole face all is the wall of same color or same decorative pattern) or installation environment, monitoring camera 100 still can utilize the luminous point that is projeced on the Reference 300 to locate, and has the problem of installing unlike existing monitoring camera under above-mentioned condition.Especially the beam aiming device 130 of present embodiment is the laser sight, and the laser beam that it provided can not dispersed.Therefore, even under dim environment, beam aiming device 130 still can form clearly luminous point and locate for monitoring camera 100 on Reference 300.
In addition, monitoring camera 100 can be applicable in the supervisory control system, below will be illustrated for embodiment.
Fig. 2 is the calcspar of the supervisory control system of one embodiment of the invention.See also shown in Figure 2ly, the supervisory control system 400 of present embodiment comprises monitoring camera 100, a monitoring host computer 410 and a monitor 420 of the foregoing description.Monitoring host computer 410 is electrically connected to monitoring camera 100.The video conversion that monitoring camera 100 is suitable for the location is that an image signal is passed to monitoring host computer 410, and monitoring host computer 410 is suitable for transmitting a controlling signal with control monitoring camera 100.Monitor 420 is electrically connected to monitoring host computer 410, and in order to show a monitoring image.For instance, monitoring host computer 410 can be by the transmitting control signal to monitoring camera 100 focal length or monitoring direction A (seeing also shown in Figure 1) to change its watching lens 120 (seeing also shown in Figure 1).
It should be noted that the present invention does not limit the quantity of the monitoring camera 100 and the monitor 420 of supervisory control system 400.In other embodiments of the invention, the quantity of monitoring camera 100 also can be a plurality of, and/or the quantity of monitor 420 also can be a plurality of.A plurality of monitors 420 can show 100 picked image of different monitoring cameras separately, and perhaps, the mode that single monitor 420 can also divided frame shows 100 picked image of several monitoring cameras simultaneously.
In the present embodiment, the monitoring host computer 410 of supervisory control system 400 can be a computer (computer), and monitoring camera 100 to be the modes that see through LAN, internet or wireless network be electrically connected to monitoring host computer 410, this kind supervisory control system 400 is commonly referred to digital network monitoring and control system (digital network monitoring system).In addition, supervisory control system 400 can more comprise a data storage device 430, is electrically connected to monitoring host computer 410, and is suitable for image signal is stored as an image data.For instance, data storage device 430 is hard disk driver, floppy drive, recording apparatus, CD writer or other suitable data storage device, image signal is stored in rigid disk, diskette, video tape, CD or other suitable data storage medium.In addition, data storage device 430 also can be converted to image signal with the image data of being stored before and be passed to monitoring host computer 410, and makes monitor 420 show these images.
In other embodiments of the invention, monitoring host computer 410 and data storage device 430 also can be integrated into a digital network videocorder (digital network video recorder, DNVR).Yet it is to see through network phone calls to be connected to monitoring host computer 410 that the present invention does not limit monitoring camera 100, and in other embodiments of the invention, monitoring camera 100 also can see through simple circuit and be electrically connected to monitoring host computer 410.
In sum, because monitoring camera utilization of the present invention is disposed at the other beam aiming device of watching lens and sends light beam, providing the fixation position for watching lens location image, so monitoring camera can be mounted to a preferable setting angle and a position accurately, fast and expediently under the situation of external screen not.In addition, in various supervisory control system, all can adopt monitoring camera of the present invention, set up the efficient of supervisory control system with raising.
Though the present invention discloses as above with preferred embodiment; right its is not in order to limiting the present invention, anyly has the knack of this skill person, without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; when can doing a little change and retouching, so protection scope of the present invention is as the criterion when looking the appending claims person of defining.

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1. monitoring camera is characterized in that comprising:
One casing;
One watching lens is fixed in this casing, and is suitable for towards a monitoring direction; And
At least one beam aiming device is fixed in this casing, and is positioned at by this watching lens, and this beam aiming device is suitable for sending a light beam towards this monitoring direction, and this light beam is located an image in order to certain image position to be provided for this watching lens.
2. monitoring camera according to claim 1 is characterized in that wherein this monitoring direction is parallel in fact with the direction of transfer of this light beam.
3. monitoring camera according to claim 1 is characterized in that wherein this beam aiming device is a laser sight.
4. monitoring camera according to claim 1 is characterized in that more comprising a switching device, and be fixed in this casing, this switching device comprises:
One switching circuit is electrically connected to this beam aiming device, in order to this light beam of On/Off; And
One start assembly is suitable for stressed start and makes this switching circuit conducting or disconnection.
5. supervisory control system is characterized in that comprising:
At least one monitoring camera comprises:
One casing;
One watching lens is fixed in this casing, and is suitable for towards a monitoring direction; And
At least one beam aiming device is fixed in this casing, and is positioned at by this watching lens, and this beam aiming device is suitable for sending a light beam towards this monitoring direction, and this light beam is located an image in order to certain image position to be provided for this watching lens;
One monitoring host computer is electrically connected to this monitoring camera, and the video conversion that this monitoring camera is suitable for this location is that an image signal is passed to this monitoring host computer, and this monitoring host computer is suitable for transmitting a controlling signal to control this monitoring camera; And
One monitor is electrically connected to this monitoring host computer, and in order to show a monitoring image.
6. supervisory control system according to claim 5 is characterized in that wherein this monitoring direction is parallel in fact with the direction of transfer of this light beam.
7. supervisory control system according to claim 5 is characterized in that wherein this beam aiming device is a laser sight.
8. supervisory control system according to claim 5 is characterized in that more comprising a switching device, and be fixed in this casing, this switching device comprises:
One switching circuit is electrically connected to this beam aiming device, and when this switching circuit conducting, this beam aiming device is suitable for sending this light beam, and when this switching circuit disconnected, this beam aiming device can not sent this light beam; And
One start assembly is suitable for stressed start and makes this switching circuit conducting or disconnection.
9. supervisory control system according to claim 5 is characterized in that the mode that this monitoring camera wherein sees through LAN, internet or wireless network is electrically connected to this monitoring host computer.
10. supervisory control system according to claim 5 is characterized in that more comprising a data storage device, is electrically connected to this monitoring host computer, and is suitable for this image signal is stored as an image data.
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