KR101281494B1 - An auto control system of intelligent ptz camera using smart phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An intelligent camera automatic control system using a smartphone is provided to monitor the image of an intelligent camera through a smartphone in real time and to open a pop-up image on the smartphone when an event pre-set in the intelligent camera occurs, thereby enabling a user to instantly respond to an emergency. CONSTITUTION: An intelligent camera automatic control system using a smartphone includes the following parts: an intelligent camera (200) installed in an urban railway based station, taking images of the inside of the station, analyzing the images, and transmitting image data if a specific event is determined to have occurred; a station manager smartphone (100) displaying the image data transmitted from the intelligent camera with a pop-up form; and a server (400) receiving the image data, taken from the intelligent camera and treated with image-processing and analysis, and wirelessly transmitting the image data to the smartphone. The smartphone includes a sprinkler control part generating a sprinkler control signal to control a sprinkler installed around the intelligent camera. When a sprinkler control signal outputted from the smartphone is transmitted to the server, the server activates the sprinkler. The intelligent camera includes a manager access approval part, an event occurrence image transmission part, an intelligent camera menu control part, a removal function setting part, an automatic tracking function setting part, an entrance function setting part, a passing function setting part, a movement detecting function setting part, and a negligence function setting part. [Reference numerals] (100) Smart phone; (200) Intelligent camera; (201) Speaker; (300) Sprinkler; (400) Server

Description

{An Auto Control System of Intelligent PTZ Camera using Smart Phone}

The present invention relates to an intelligent camera automatic control system using a smart phone, and more particularly, to monitor in real time the video of the intelligent camera installed in the urban railway-based history through a smart phone, when an event set in the intelligent camera occurs. The present invention relates to an intelligent camera automatic control system using a smart phone that displays a pop-up image on a smart phone to immediately respond to an emergency.

In general, the managers of the existing subway stations have monitored the situation inside the history through general cameras installed in the stations through monitors installed in control rooms. However, the monitoring of history through such a general camera and monitor has a problem that the concentration of the monitor sharply drops from 20 minutes after the start of monitoring.

On the other hand, in recent years, the importance of the CCTV system for the prevention of terrorism and crime is increasing, and a lot of changes are being made from analog video to digital video.

Although these CCTV systems have limited success factors in the actual commercial field, many advances have been made in the field of academic research and as research continues to be applied to the industrial world with the advancement of computers. Many advances are being made for the safety of workers and the convenience of railroad workers.

At this time, a lot of researches on surveillance system using intelligent camera system have been conducted. Intelligent camera basically plays the role of presenting detailed information by processing and analyzing image data input from camera, but restricts the image received from camera until now. It remains in the basic technical stage of checking the image with a terminal.

As a result, intelligent cameras can be used to monitor and supervise the situation in history more conveniently, but the fundamental problem of the system of simply monitoring the camera's video is not solved. In case of an emergency situation where only the manager resides, there is a problem of lack of manpower but it is not able to respond quickly.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of these points and an object of the present invention is to monitor the image of the intelligent camera installed in the urban railway-based history in real time through the smartphone and to display a pop-up image on the smartphone when an event set in the intelligent camera occurs. It is to provide an intelligent camera automatic control system using a smartphone that can immediately respond to emergencies.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide an intelligent camera automatic control system using a smart phone to enable a quick response in the event of a fire by connecting the smart phone and the sprinkler in the event of a fire, which is referred to as the biggest accident in the subway history. have.

In order to solve such a technical problem,

It is installed in the urban railway based history, and it is for the history manager to display the image data transmitted from the intelligent camera and to display the image data transmitted from the intelligent camera when it is determined that a specific event has occurred by capturing the image in the history and analyzing the image. It provides an intelligent camera automatic control system using a smartphone, characterized in that consisting of a smartphone.

At this time, the intelligent camera is characterized in that the PTZ camera.

The intelligent camera may further include a speaker to receive voice data generated through the smartphone and output the received voice data through the speaker.

In addition, the image data captured by the intelligent camera performs image processing and analysis to transmit to the server, the server is characterized in that the wireless transmission to the smartphone.

The smart phone may display information regarding the installation location of the intelligent camera in which the image data and the specific event occur in a picture in picture (PIP).

In addition, the smartphone includes a manager connection unit for inducing administrator authentication and access so that an administrator registered in the history can access the intelligent camera, and an intelligent camera image receiving unit for receiving and displaying image data of the intelligent camera. It features.

At this time, the smart phone is characterized in that it further comprises an intelligent camera controller for accessing the intelligent camera to set menus and functions of the intelligent camera.

The smartphone may further include a voice transmitter configured to transmit voice data to the intelligent camera, and the intelligent camera outputs the voice data received from the smartphone through a speaker.

The smartphone further includes a sprinkler control unit for generating a sprinkler control signal for controlling a sprinkler installed around an intelligent camera, and when the sprinkler control signal output from the smartphone is transmitted to a server, the server Is characterized in that for operating the sprinkler.

On the other hand, the intelligent camera, the administrator connection approval unit for authorizing the connection by differentially granting the access authority to only the administrator associated with a specific intelligent camera, and generates specific event occurrence event information and image data to the smart phone Characterized in that it comprises an event generating image transmission unit for transmitting.

At this time, when the control signal for setting the menu and function of the intelligent camera is received from the smart phone, the intelligent camera menu control unit for setting various menus of the intelligent camera is further included.

The apparatus may further include a removed function setting unit configured to generate a specific event in the event generating image transmission unit when an object disappears from a portion set as the ROI visible from the intelligent camera.

On the other hand, when the moving object occurs in the screen of the image data captured by the intelligent camera is characterized in that it further comprises an automatic tracking function setting unit for setting a specific event to track until disappear from the screen.

The apparatus may further include an input function setting unit configured to generate a specific event by the event generating image transmission unit when an object enters a region of interest of the image data captured by the intelligent camera.

The apparatus may further include a passing function setting unit configured to set a line of image data photographed by the intelligent camera and set an event generating image transmission unit to generate a specific event when an arbitrary object passes through the line. .

The apparatus may further include a motion detection function setting unit configured to generate an event in the event generating image transmission unit when the moving object is detected in the fixed screen of the image data captured by the intelligent camera.

The apparatus may further include an unattended function setting unit configured to detect when an object disappears in the ROI of the image data photographed by the intelligent camera and to generate a specific event in the event generating image transmission unit.

According to the present invention, the urban railway-based history can be actively and efficiently monitored by connecting an intelligent camera and a smart phone.

In particular, the present invention can be in conjunction with the sprinkler early in the event of a fire can be suppressed early to spread the fire can reduce the damage to life and property to a minimum.

In addition, the existing system requires an additional cost to set up a plurality of surveillance areas using a fixed camera, while the system according to the present invention can also effectively monitor a plurality of areas without a significant cost using an active PTZ camera. have.

1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an example of an intelligent camera automatic control system using a smart phone according to the present invention.
2 is a view showing a monitoring and control function of the smart phone according to the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a monitoring and control function of an intelligent camera according to the present invention.

With reference to the accompanying drawings, the intelligent camera automatic control system using a smart phone according to the present invention will be able to understand the features by the embodiments described in detail below.

According to Figure 1 is an intelligent camera automatic control system using a smart phone according to the present invention based on the intelligent camera 200 in the history based on the urban railway through the smart phone 100 of the intelligent camera 200 installed in the current history The video can be monitored in real time, and if a specific event set in the intelligent camera 200 occurs pop-up (pop up) video on the smartphone 100 supplied to the managers in the history to respond immediately in case of emergency. System to ensure that

The present invention delivers the image data to not only the current manager of the history but also all managers related to the history to quickly recognize the occurrence of various emergencies, as well as the image of the fire occurrence place in the event of a fire in the subway (100) At the same time as transmitting the remote control using the smartphone 100 to the sprinkler 300 is installed near the intelligent camera 200.

In addition, when various emergencies occur, a registered manager is connected to the server 400 with the smartphone 100 to adjust the location of the intelligent camera 200 and set an event.

In this case, the intelligent camera 200 can remotely adjust the shooting direction of the camera by using a PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom) camera.

In this case, the PTZ camera has a structure in which a video camera equipped with an electric zoom lens is coupled to a pan / tilt driving device that can be rotated up, down, left, and right, and in particular, a smartphone 100 or a server 400. External control such as) enables PTZ camera rotation and lens zoom in / out.

Therefore, compared to a fixed camera, although it is expensive, it has the advantage of monitoring a large area around the camera through the rotation of the camera, and zooming in the distance / near-field surveillance and the interest of interest through the zoom lens.

In addition, the intelligent camera 200 may further include a speaker 201 to generate a warning sound through the smart phone 100 or output voice data such as a voice guidance of an administrator through the speaker 201 to be delivered to the passenger. . Of course, the speaker 201 receives and outputs guide voice data through the server 400 installed in the control room.

Meanwhile, the intelligent camera 200 performs image processing and analysis on the captured image data, and then transmits the image data to the server 400, and the server 400 transmits and displays the image data to the smartphone 100 provided to an administrator. Allow managers to recognize specific situations.

In this case, the intelligent camera 200 should be supported by a technology for intelligent image analysis for transmitting image data photographed in the history when a specific event occurs.

In this case, starting with a method of detecting a moving object from image data, an event meeting various conditions is generated.

In addition, the intelligent camera 200 transmits the image data to the server 400 when the event occurs in order to prevent the fire from growing in conjunction with the sprinkler 300 when the fire occurs, in this case, in addition to the current image data The server 400 transmits the information to the server 400, and the server 400 wirelessly transmits image data and information on an event occurrence place to the smartphone 100 such as a manager in charge. In this case, active system monitoring is possible by showing the current image data and information on the event location in picture in picture (PIP).

Meanwhile, when the smartphone 100 transmits intelligent camera control data and sprinkler control data and voice data to the server 400, the server 400 adjusts the position and event setting of the PTZ camera which is the intelligent camera 200. Enable or control the operation of the sprinkler 300 or output voice data through the speaker 201.

Hereinafter, the configuration of each part of the present invention will be described in detail.

First, referring to FIG. 2, the smartphone 100 may wirelessly communicate with the server 400, and may be a portable communication device that can be carried by an administrator, such as an administrator connection unit 102, an intelligent camera control unit 104, and an intelligent communication unit. The camera image receiver 106, the voice transmitter 108, and the sprinkler controller 110 are included.

In this case, the manager connection unit 102 plays a role of administrator authentication and access so that only administrators registered in the history can access the intelligent camera 200. Not all managers are granted the same rights, but are differentially granted according to the manager's role.

For example, the middle manager has the authority to monitor the intelligent camera 200 in a specific area of history, and the senior manager has the authority to monitor and integrate the intelligent camera 200 in all the areas of history.

Therefore, when attempting to access a specific intelligent camera 200 through the manager connection unit 102, the connection information is transmitted to the server 400, the server 400 receives the image data received from the specific intelligent camera 200 can do.

Of course, the image data received from the specific intelligent camera 200 due to the occurrence of the event is to transmit the image data to the specific smart phone 100, it is possible to receive the image data accordingly.

 Next, the intelligent camera controller 104 accesses and controls the intelligent camera 200 using the smartphone 100. Therefore, when the smart camera 100 is connected to the intelligent camera 200, a menu and a function of the intelligent camera 200 may be set.

When the intelligent camera image receiving unit 106 is connected to the intelligent camera 200, the intelligent camera 200 may receive the image of the designated intelligent camera 200 in real time and check it with the smart phone 100, and the intelligent function of the intelligent camera 200 may be determined. When the event occurs, the image data is sent to the smartphone 100 as a pop-up to express.

On the other hand, the voice transmitter 108 is a configuration that is provided with a microphone when the warning sound or guide broadcast data through the microphone of the smart phone 100 is transmitted to the warning sound or guide broadcast data to the server 400, which is the intelligent camera 200 By transmitting the alert sound or guide broadcast data through the speaker 201 installed on one side to transmit the emergency situation to the passengers so that rapid evacuation can be made.

In addition, the sprinkler control unit 110 is to control the sprinkler 300 is installed around the intelligent camera 200, the sprinkler control unit 110 to operate the sprinkler 300 due to the fire occurs. When driven to generate a sprinkler control signal is transmitted to the server 400, the server 400 can suppress the fire initially by operating a specific sprinkler 300.

At this time, in the existing history system, the smoke comes up and the flame rises before the various sensors installed to operate in conjunction with the sprinkler 300 and the fire receiving panel, but using the sprinkler control unit 110 of the present invention intelligent camera 200 By installing the sprinkler 300 near) can be operated quickly and accurately using the smart phone 100 in accordance with the rating restrictions of the administrator in the event of an emergency.

According to such a configuration, the sprinkler 300 can be operated by detecting smoke before the initial fire, that is, the flame, thereby minimizing human injury.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 3, the intelligent camera 200 installed in the history has menus and intelligent functions set or controlled by the smartphone 100 at a remote location. The administrator connection approval unit 202 and the intelligent camera menu control unit ( 204, the intelligent camera controller 206, the event generating image transmitter 208, the voice data receiver 210, the image and voice data storage 212, the removed function setting unit 214, and the automatic tracking function setting unit ( 216, the incoming function setting unit 218, the passing function setting unit 220, the motion detection function setting unit 222, and the neglected function setting unit 224.

Such an intelligent camera 200 differentially grants an access right to the manager so that only the manager associated with the specific intelligent camera 200 is connected. In addition, when the connection is approved, the authentication number and the accessor of the connected smart phone 100 is recorded in a memory provided in the intelligent camera 200.

Next, the intelligent camera menu control unit 204 sets various menus of the intelligent camera 200 when the smart camera 100 is connected to the intelligent camera 200. That is, the menu and functions of the intelligent camera 200 are set by the operation of the intelligent camera controller 206 of the smartphone 100, and in detail, a preset, tour, pattern, auto scan, etc. can be set, and the camera CCD It provides the setting part and provides the camera's characteristics and OSD (On Screen Display).

In addition, the intelligent camera controller 206 is responsible for setting the intelligent function except for the menu portion provided by the intelligent camera 200.

The event generation image transmitter 208 transmits event information and image data to external devices such as the smartphone 100 and the server 400 when an event of six intelligent functions provided by the intelligent camera 200 occurs. It is in charge of delivering function.

At this time, the six intelligent functions are commonly required motion detection, neglected object detection, removed object detection, falling over detection, incoming detection, automatic tracking function, regardless of the specific application area of the intelligent camera 200.

In this case, the motion detection is a process of finding a region different from the previous image in the input image, and can detect and track the region by using the feature.

In addition, the detection of removed or left unattended objects detects the situation in which objects are left unattended or removed by someone, and the fall or inbound detection detects when a line or area is moved over or an object enters the setting area. The automatic tracking function refers to a function of continuously tracking an object detected by motion detection.

In this case, the removed function setting unit 214, the automatic tracking function setting unit 216, the incoming function setting unit 218, the passing function setting unit 220 for setting a specific situation to generate six intelligent events, The motion detection function setting unit 222 and the left function setting unit 224 are provided.

Each setting unit 214, 216, 218, 220, 222, 224 may set the event occurrence state through the intelligent camera control unit 104 of the administrator's smartphone (100).

The removed function setting unit 214 generates an event when an object disappears from the part set as the ROI visible from the PTZ camera which is the intelligent camera 200. In this case, the removed function setting unit 214 sets a region of interest and sets a minimum, a maximum size, and an object detection time of the object to be detected.

In addition, the automatic tracking function setting unit 216 sets an event to track until the object disappears when the moving object occurs in the screen of the image data captured by the intelligent camera 200. At this time, the automatic tracking function setting unit 216 sets the minimum, maximum size of the object to be tracked, and the position to be returned when the object is missed and whether the zoom is linked.

The incoming function setting unit 218 generates an event when an object enters the ROI. It will be useful when applied to restricted area intrusion detection field.

Also, the passing function setting unit 220 sets a line and generates an event when an arbitrary object passes through the line. At this time, the passing function setting unit 220 sets the minimum, maximum size and line of the object, and also sets the passing direction of the line.

The motion detection function setting unit 222 generates an event when detecting an object moving in the fixed screen. In this case, the motion detection function setting unit 222 sets the minimum and maximum size of the object to be detected and sets the sensitivity of the detection object.

In addition, the neglected function setting unit 224 detects when an object disappears in the ROI seen by the intelligent camera 200 to generate an event. In this case, the neglected function setting unit 224 sets the ROI, similarly to the removed function setting unit 214, and sets the minimum, maximum size, and object detection time of the object to be detected.

On the other hand, the voice data receiving unit 210 receives a voice from the smart phone 100 when an emergency occurs and functions to output through the speaker.

In addition, the video and audio data storage unit 212 stores a video data currently captured by the intelligent camera 200 and the voice data received from the smart phone 100.

Hereinafter, an operation example of the intelligent camera automatic control system using a smartphone according to the present invention.

When attempting to access the intelligent camera 200 using the smartphone 100, the manager connection unit 202 is activated to attempt to access a specific intelligent camera 200. In this case, a connection is attempted via the server 400, and the intelligent camera 200 authenticates whether the administrator is registered in the administrator connection authentication unit 202, and permits access to the intelligent camera 200 if the administrator is registered. .

The administrator who is allowed to access the smartphone 100 may set the direction of the intelligent camera 200, the zoom-in function setting or the event function, and may check the image data captured by the intelligent camera 200 in real time.

On the other hand, the intelligent camera 200 analyzes the captured image data, and when the event set is generated, the event-generating image transmitter 208 transmits the image data. The image data transmitted from the intelligent camera 200 is to inform the administrator that an emergency situation occurs due to a set event, and the image data is displayed in a pop-up form on the administrator's smartphone 100.

At this time, when the manager recognizes that there is a passenger entering the danger zone, such as a track outside the platform, through the confirmation of the image data, the manager generates voice data such as a warning sound or a guide broadcast by driving the voice transmitter 108. Done.

As such, voice data generated through the voice transmitter 108 of the smart phone 100 is wirelessly transmitted and received by the server 400, and the server 400 transmits voice data to the intelligent camera 200, and the voice data receiver. Received by the 210 and outputs the voice data through the speaker 201 to guide the passengers and the like out of the danger zone.

On the other hand, if it is determined that a fire has occurred when the image data received through the intelligent camera image receiving unit 106 of the smart phone 100, the manager drives the sprinkler control unit 110 to generate a sprinkler control signal.

The sprinkler control signal generated through the sprinkler control unit 110 is wirelessly transmitted and received by the server 400, and the server 400 is located around the intelligent camera 200 (for example, an installation radius of a specific intelligent camera). 10m ~ 20m) by transmitting a sprinkler control signal for driving to one or more sprinkler 300 is installed to be able to extinguish the fire early.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be preferred embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

100: smartphone 200: intelligent camera
201: Speaker 300: Sprinkler
400: Server

Claims (17)

An intelligent camera installed in the metropolitan railway station-based history and photographing the image in the history and analyzing the image to transmit image data when it is determined that a specific event has occurred;
A history manager smartphone configured to display image data transmitted from the intelligent camera in a pop-up form;
It is configured to include a server that receives the image data taken by the intelligent camera and the image processing and analysis is performed and wirelessly transmitted to the smartphone,
The smartphone is configured to include a sprinkler control unit for generating a sprinkler control signal for controlling the sprinkler is installed around the intelligent camera, the server is sent when the sprinkler control signal output from the smartphone is sent to the server Operating the sprinkler,
The intelligent camera,
An administrator connection approval unit that authorizes the connection by differentially granting the administrator access only to an administrator related to a specific intelligent camera,
An event generation image transmitter configured to generate specific event occurrence event information and image data and transmit the same to the smartphone;
An intelligent camera menu controller configured to set various menus of the intelligent camera when a control signal for setting a menu and a function of the intelligent camera is received from the smartphone;
A removed function setting unit configured to generate a specific event in the event generating image transmission unit when an object disappears from a part set as the ROI visible from the intelligent camera;
An automatic tracking function setting unit configured to set a specific event to track until an object disappears from the screen when a moving object occurs in the screen of image data captured by the intelligent camera;
An input function setting unit for setting a specific event to be generated by an event generating image transmission unit when an object enters a region of interest of the image data captured by the intelligent camera;
A passing function setting unit for setting a line of image data captured by the intelligent camera and setting an event generating image transmission unit to generate a specific event when an arbitrary object passes through the line;
A motion detection function setting unit configured to generate an event in an event generating image transmission unit when a moving object is detected within a fixed screen of the image data captured by the intelligent camera;
Intelligent camera using a smart phone, characterized in that it further comprises a neglected function setting unit for detecting when the object disappears within the region of interest of the image data captured by the intelligent camera to generate a specific event in the event-generating image transmission unit Automatic control system.
The method of claim 1,
The intelligent camera is an intelligent camera automatic control system using a smartphone, characterized in that the PTZ camera.
The method of claim 1,
The intelligent camera further comprises a speaker and receives the voice data generated through the smart phone and intelligent camera automatic control system using a smartphone, characterized in that for output through the speaker.
delete The method of claim 1,
The smart phone is an intelligent camera automatic control system using a smart phone, characterized in that for displaying the image data and the information on the installation place of the intelligent camera in which a specific event occurs in a picture in picture (PIP).
The method of claim 1, wherein the smartphone,
An administrator connection unit for inducing administrator authentication and access so that an administrator registered in the history can access the intelligent camera;
Intelligent camera automatic control system using a smart phone, characterized in that it comprises an intelligent camera image receiving unit for receiving and displaying the image data of the intelligent camera.
The method according to claim 6,
The smart phone is an intelligent camera control system using a smart phone further comprises an intelligent camera control unit for accessing the intelligent camera to set the menu and functions of the intelligent camera.
The method according to claim 6,
The smart phone further includes a voice transmitter for transmitting voice data to the intelligent camera,
The intelligent camera is an intelligent camera automatic control system using a smart phone, characterized in that for outputting the voice data received from the smart phone through a speaker.
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