KR20150077057A - Video Wall system - Google Patents

Abstract

As a desirable embodiment of the present invention, a video wall system enables supporting a high quality and high resolution as if in one screen by infinitely connecting the maximum number of screens by overcoming a limit of supporting a limited number of screens. If an event occurs in an area where a surveillant manages, the present invention shows up an alarm screen on a screen that the surveillant watches in order to solve a problem without a need for an additional action of the surveillant. The present invention comprises: a wall layout portion; a monitor layout portion; a wall layout control portion; a monitor layout control portion; and an alarm portion.

Description

Video wall system {Video wall system}

The present invention relates to a video wall system.

The video wall system is a security monitoring system that monitors the entire security system at a glance and enables immediate action when a situation arises.

In the conventional video wall system, a service such as automatic image switching is provided. However, there is a limit to display an image that does not want to be monitored, and to view an image only at the same time interval and predetermined predetermined divided screen. In addition, there is a problem that the manager has to pop-up the corresponding image because the function of notifying the event automatically occurs.

KR 2010-0110658

In the present invention, not only real time monitoring is performed through a video wall system, but a large number of CCTV screens are secured at once, a sequence function is provided, and a spot function is provided to automatically provide a situation detection immediately after a special event occurs do.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a video wall system includes a Wall layout unit that implements a Wall layout so as to implement at least one display apparatus as one video wall; A monitor layout unit for controlling the monitor layout of each of the display devices so that each of the display devices constituting the Wall layout unit provides at least one screen; A Wall layout control unit for designating display time and order of the at least one display device constituting the Wall layout unit; A monitor layout control unit for designating a display time and an order of at least one screen of each of the display devices constituting the monitor layout unit, and a display control unit for notifying that at least one of the at least one image- And a notification unit for notifying the user of the information.

Preferably, when the event occurs in the photographing apparatus providing the image to the at least one or more display apparatuses constituting the at least one Wall layout, the notification unit may notify the Wall Spot that the wall layout including the photographing apparatus is automatically displayed part; A monitor spot notification unit for automatically displaying a monitor layout including the photographing apparatus when an event occurs in the photographing apparatus providing the image on the at least one or more screens constituting the at least one monitor layout; And a tile spot notification unit for automatically displaying a tile provided by the photographing apparatus when an event occurs in the photographing apparatus providing a tile representing each of the divided screens constituting the at least one monitor layout. And at least one of the Wall Spot notification unit, the Monitor Spot notification unit, and the Tile Spot notification unit may be combined to indicate that an event has occurred.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the video wall system overcomes the limitation of supporting a conventional screen, so that the maximum number of screens that conventionally support four or six screens can be connected infinitely so that a high- Can be supported.

In addition, in the related art, only the video provided in the video wall can be displayed. However, in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an external image can be received and displayed in addition to the video provided in the video wall.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when a specific event occurs in an area monitored by the video wall system, the corresponding image is automatically displayed on the video wall screen, thereby enabling an administrator to quickly perform necessary actions.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an internal structure of a video wall system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a wall layout unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a wall layout control unit for controlling display time and order of Wall Layout according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 shows an embodiment for controlling the time and order in which the monitor layout is displayed on a specified monitor of a video wall in a monitor layout section according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
5 to 7 show specific embodiments in which the notification unit 150 is implemented.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a Wall Sequence in a Wall layout control unit (FIGS. 1 and 130) according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 shows a flowchart for controlling the monitor sequence in the monitor layout control section (FIG. 1, 140) according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
10 to 12 illustrate an embodiment of a notification unit (FIG. 1, 150) as a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The wall spot notification unit (FIG. 10), the monitor spot notification unit 12). ≪ / RTI >

1 is a block diagram illustrating an internal structure of a video wall system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. 2 to 7 illustrate a specific embodiment for implementing a video wall system.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the definitions of terms used in this specification are as follows.

The Wall layout is a layout composed of at least one or more Monitor Layouts and displayed throughout the video walls (FIGS. 13 and 1300).

The Wall Sequence is a function that automatically displays the Wall layout in a video wall (FIGS. 13 and 1300) in a predetermined order at a specified time interval, and is implemented in the Wall layout control unit 130 of FIG.

Wall Spot is a function that automatically displays the Wall Layout that contains the camera when an event occurs in a specific camera.

Monitor Spot is a function that automatically displays the Monitor Layout that contains the camera when an event occurs in a specific camera.

Referring to FIGS. 2 to 7, the configuration of FIG. 1 will be described below.

The video wall system 100 includes a wall layout unit 110, a monitor layout unit 120, a wall layout control unit 130, a monitor layout control unit 140, and a notification unit 150 .

The wall layout unit 110 constitutes at least one display device as one video wall.

The monitor layout unit 120 controls the monitor layout of each display device so that each of the display devices constituting the Wall layout unit 110 provides at least one screen.

2, the Wall layout unit 110 includes eight display devices, a first display device 210, a second display device 220, a third display device 230, The video wall 200 is implemented by configuring the device 240, the fifth display device 250, the sixth display device 260, the seventh display device 270, and the eighth display device 280.

2, in the monitor layout unit 120, the first display device 210 and the eighth display device 280 among the display devices 210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260, To implement a 3 * 3 pattern monitor layout.

Specifically, the first display device 210 is implemented such that nine screens are displayed on one display device by implementing the cam1, cam2, cam3, cam4, cam5, cam6, cam7, cam8 and cam9 in a 3 * 3 pattern.

Similarly, the eighth display device 280 is implemented such that nine screens are displayed on one display device by implementing the cam10, cam11, cam12, cam13, cam14, cam15, cam16, cam17 and cam18 in a 3 * 3 pattern.

The Wall layout control unit 130 specifies a time and an order in which at least one Wall layout is displayed when the number of monitors constituting the video wall is limited while the number of images to be monitored is limited.

3, when there are 15 Wall layouts, the Wall layout control unit 130 displays the first Wall layout 310 and then displays the next Wall layout, for example, the third Wall layout 320, The third Wall layout 320 is displayed after 30 seconds after the first Wall layout 310 is displayed and the sixth Wall layout 330 after the third Wall layout 320 is displayed And displaying the fifteenth Wall layout 340 after the sixth Wall layout 330 is displayed.

As another embodiment, the Wall layout control unit 130 can control 15 wall layouts from the first Wall layout 310 to the 15th Wall layout 340 at an interval of 0 second to 15 seconds.

The monitor layout control unit 140 is configured to designate the display time and the order of each of at least one screen of each of the display devices constituting the monitor layout unit 120. [

4, the monitor layout control section 140 displays the monitor layout 9 on the fourth display device 240 among the at least one monitor layout 401, 402, 403, and 404 for 30 seconds and displays the monitor layout 10, 11, and the monitor layout 12 are displayed for 15 seconds each and the monitor layout 9 is displayed again.

The notification unit 150 is configured to notify a user monitoring a video wall that an event has occurred when at least one photographing device providing the video on the video wall (FIG. 2, 200) generates an event. 5 to 7 show specific embodiments in which the notification unit 150 is implemented.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when an event such as motion detection occurs in a specific camera that provides an image to a video wall (FIG. 2, 200), the notification unit 150 automatically displays the image of the specific camera Display the corresponding Wall layout.

Referring to FIG. 5, when there are 15 Wall layouts, it is possible to implement a main camera event in advance for each Wall layout. For example, motion detection or alarm setting for cam1 constituting the first Wall layout 510, IV setting for cam 2, motion detection setting for cam3 constituting the second Wall layout 520, 15 An event such as a motion detection setting and the like can be preset in the cam 4 constituting the Wall layout 550.

When a motion detection event occurs in the camera 3, the notification unit 150 automatically displays a second wall layout 520 for displaying a video shot by the camera 3 on a video wall. As a result, when a specific event occurs, the administrator or the user can automatically monitor the image including the event without displaying the main event by displaying the wall layout.

6 shows an embodiment in which an alarm is displayed so that an image is automatically displayed on a monitor layout including a camera when an event occurs in a specific camera in the notification unit 150 Respectively.

For example, when the eight monitor layouts are implemented, the notification unit 150 can set major camera events for each monitor layout.

For example, the notification unit (FIG. 1, 150) can be controlled so that an alarm is notified when an event of motion detection occurs in cam3 constituting the second monitor layout 610. [ In this case, if motion is detected in cam3 611, the second monitor layout 610 is automatically displayed on the display employing the second monitor layout 610 in the video wall.

7 is a diagram illustrating an example in which when an event occurs in a specific camera in the notification unit (FIG. 1, 150), an image is automatically displayed on a tile spot of a monitor layout including the camera Display of an embodiment of the present invention.

For example, if a notice of tile spot is received when an event called motion detection is generated in cam 3 in the notification unit (FIGS. 1 and 150), the cam3 image is displayed on the divided screen of the fourth display device 740 It is automatically displayed on a specific split screen.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the notification unit 150 may perform the combination by combining the embodiments disclosed in Figs. 5 to 7 in a combined manner. The notification unit 150 may include a combination of a Wall Sequence and a Wall Spot notification unit, a combination of a Wall Sequence and a Monitor Spot notification unit, a combination of a Wall Sequence and a tile spot notification unit, a combination of a Wall Spot notification unit and a Monitor Spot notification unit, Wall Sequence, Wall Sequence, Combination of Wall Spot Announcement and Monitor Spot Announcement, Wall Sequence, Combination of Wall Spot Announcement and Tile Spot Announcement, Wall Sequence, Monitor Spot Announcement, Combination of Monitor Spot Announcement and Tile Spot Announcement A combination of a wall spot notification unit, a wall spot notification unit, a monitor spot notification unit and a tile spot notification unit, a combination of a wall sequence, a wall spot notification unit, a monitor spot notification unit, and a tile spot notification unit. An example of the Wall Sequence is shown in Fig. 3, an example of the Wall Spot Announcement is shown in Fig. 5, an example of the monitor spot notification is shown in Fig. 6, and an example of the tile spot notification is shown in Fig.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a Wall Sequence in a Wall layout control unit (FIGS. 1 and 130) according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. An example of an implementation of the Wall layout control (FIG. 1, 130) is shown in FIG.

The Wall layout control unit (FIGS. 1 and 130) checks whether there is a Wall sequence that has been executed when the Wall sequence is executed (S810). 1 and 130), the wall layout control unit (130) requests the database to confirm the wall sequence information to be executed if there is no wall sequence that is being executed (S810).

1 and 130) receives a Wall layout list (see FIG. 4) included in the Wall Sequence and Duration information, which is display time information of each Wall Layout.

Thereafter, the Wall layout controller (FIGS. 1 and 130) displays the first Wall Layout according to the Wall layout list for a specified duration. When the specified duration elapses, the second Wall Layout of the Wall layout list is displayed for a specified duration, and display is performed up to the last Wall layout of the Wall layout list in a similar manner (S813 to S817). After displaying the last Wall Layout for a specified period, it can be implemented to repeatedly perform the Wall Layout List according to the user setting.

In another preferred embodiment, if the Wall Sequence that is being executed exists (S810), it is determined whether or not the Wall Sequence is the same as the Wall Layout Sequence to be executed, and if it is the same, After loading the displayed Wall Layout, the corresponding Wall Layout is displayed (S821, S822).

In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the Wall layout control unit (FIGS. 1 and 130) displays a Wall layout list (see FIG. 3) included in the Wall Sequence and Duration information, which is display time information of each Wall Layout, So that access to the database can be minimized. As a result, if an unexpected situation occurs, such as database outage, the resulting interruption can be minimized.

FIG. 9 shows a flowchart for controlling the monitor sequence in the monitor layout control section (FIG. 1, 140) according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. See FIG. 4 for an example of the implementation of the monitor layout control section (FIG. 1, 140).

In the monitor layout control section (FIGS. 1 and 140), a monitor layout list (see FIG. 4) included in the monitor sequence and Duration information, which is display time information of each monitor layout, are received.

Thereafter, the monitor layout control section (FIG. 1, 140) displays the first monitor layout for a specified duration according to the monitor layout list. When the specified duration elapses, the second monitor layout of the monitor layout list is displayed for a specified duration, and similar display is performed until the last monitor layout of the monitor layout list (S913 to S917). After the last monitor layout is displayed for the designated period, the monitor layout list may be repeatedly performed according to the user setting.

In another preferred embodiment, the monitor layout control section (Fig. 1, 140) determines whether the monitor sequence is the same as the monitor layout sequence to be executed when the monitor sequence being executed is present (S910) After loading the displayed monitor layout, the corresponding monitor layout is displayed (S921).

10 to 12 illustrate an embodiment of a notification unit (FIG. 1, 150) as a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The wall spot notification unit (FIG. 10), the monitor spot notification unit 12). ≪ / RTI >

Referring to the embodiment of FIG. 10, after confirming whether there is a wall spot already executed, if there is a wall spot already being executed, the Wall Spot notification unit stops the wall spot that is being executed, (S1020).

If there is no wall spot that is already being executed, the wall spot information to be executed is requested to the database, and the wall layout list included in the wall spot and the camera list in which the event is set are loaded (S1011). When an event of the loaded camera occurs, the Wall Spot Announcement unit displays the Wall layout to which the camera belongs (S1012, S1013, and S1014).

Referring to the embodiment of FIG. 11, the monitor spot notifying unit checks whether there is a monitor spot already being executed (S1110). If there is a monitor spot already being executed, the monitor spot which is being executed is stopped, To the database (S1120).

If there is no monitor spot already running, the monitor spot information to be executed is requested to the database, and the monitor layout list included in the monitor spot and the camera list in which the event is set are loaded (S1111). When an event of the loaded camera occurs, the monitor spot notification unit displays the monitor layout to which the camera belongs (S1112, S1113).

12, the tile spot notification unit checks whether there is a tile spot already being executed (S1210). If there is an already executed tile spot, the tile spot that is being executed is stopped, and the tile spot information to be executed is stopped To the database (S1220).

If there is no tile spot already being executed, the tile spot information to be executed is requested to the database, and the tile layout list included in the tile spot and the camera list in which the event is set are loaded (S1211). When an event of the loaded camera occurs, the tile spot notification unit displays the tile layout to which the camera belongs (S1212, S1213).

Fig. 13 shows an example of a video wall system, which is a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The client 1310 delivers an instruction to the display viewer 1330 of the video wall 1300 via the control server 1320 to control the display.

The client 1310 can view an image displayed on one monitor in an enlarged state on a full screen of the video wall 1300 or a partial screen of the video wall 1300. Also, the client 1310 can copy an image displayed on one monitor without a camera and view it on another monitor.

The client 1310 may preferably further connect an external device as well as an image in the video wall 1300 to view the input of the external device together.

 While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. 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 present invention.

Claims (2)

A Wall layout unit that implements a Wall layout so as to implement at least one display apparatus as one video wall;
A monitor layout unit for controlling the monitor layout of each of the display devices so that each of the display devices constituting the Wall layout unit provides at least one screen;
A Wall layout control unit for designating display time and order of the at least one display device constituting the Wall layout unit;
A monitor layout control unit for designating a display time and an order of at least one screen of each of the display devices constituting the monitor layout unit;
And a notification unit for informing that at least one of the at least one photographing apparatus providing the video in the video wall has generated the event when the event occurs. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the notification unit
A Wall Spot notification unit for automatically displaying a Wall layout including the photographing apparatus when an event occurs in the photographing apparatus providing the images to the at least one or more display apparatuses constituting the at least one Wall layout;
A monitor spot notification unit for automatically displaying a monitor layout including the photographing apparatus when an event occurs in the photographing apparatus providing the image on the at least one or more screens constituting the at least one monitor layout; And
A tile spot notification unit for automatically displaying a tile provided by the photographing apparatus when an event occurs in the photographing apparatus providing the tile representing each of the divided screens constituting the at least one monitor layout; Wherein the at least one of the Wall Spot notification unit, the Monitor Spot notification unit, and the Tile Spot notification unit is combined to indicate that an event has occurred.

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