CN105653110B

CN105653110B - Method for creating rule based on electronic map of monitoring system

Info

Publication number: CN105653110B
Application number: CN201410638776.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 邬疆霖; 宋伟
Original assignee: Andingbao
Current assignee: Andingbao
Priority date: 2014-11-13
Filing date: 2014-11-13
Publication date: 2021-02-12
Anticipated expiration: 2034-11-13
Also published as: CN105653110A

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for creating rules based on an electronic map of a monitoring system for monitoring a plurality of devices in a safety area, said plurality of devices being symbolized on the electronic map, said method comprising: selecting a source device on an electronic map of a monitoring system; selecting a desired activity among activities for the selected source device shown in the pop-up menu; selecting a desired action among actions that can be taken for the selected activity shown in the further popped up submenu; after the action is selected, only icons of the selected source device and icons of one or more devices capable of performing the selected action are shown in the electronic map for the user to select one or more target devices therein for performing the selected action.

Description

Method for creating rule based on electronic map of monitoring system

Technical Field

The present invention relates to an electronic map of a monitoring system, and more particularly, to a method of creating a rule based on an electronic map of a monitoring system.

Background

A system for monitoring secure areas, such as the hounerville universal monitoring system (HUS), is a distributed system designed for large-scale, multi-level management and cross-functional networks. The HUS is capable of monitoring and managing different types of analog video systems, digital video surveillance systems, intrusion and access control systems, and seamlessly integrating them into a powerful security management interface.

From VOC studies, the inventors of the present invention found that the usage rate of regular clients of the monitoring system is very low.

First, the way rules are created in current programs is very complex in engineering and therefore difficult for ordinary users to use well.

Second, users of monitoring systems often complain when creating rules that it is difficult to find the actual physical device that directly corresponds to the device name in the device list.

Furthermore, in creating rules, users are often severely distracted by the garbage they need to learn how to use the monitoring system.

Therefore, there is a need to develop an improved method to solve the above problems.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention aims to provide a technique for visual interaction of electronic maps by which a user can create rules more simply and intuitively. Novel features of the system include:

1. the creation process of the rules and the logical relationship establishment can be done on an electronic map.

2. And presetting a script template, and guiding a user to finish each subsequent operation by judging the input condition of the user.

3. A wizard view is provided to help the user create rules so that the user can intuitively see the state of the operational flow.

Specifically, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for creating a rule based on an electronic map of a monitoring system for monitoring a plurality of devices in a secure area, the plurality of devices being represented graphically on the electronic map, the method comprising: selecting a source device on an electronic map of a monitoring system; selecting a desired activity among activities for the selected source device shown in the pop-up menu; selecting a desired action among actions that can be taken for the selected activity shown in the further popped up submenu; after the action is selected, only icons of the selected source device and icons of one or more devices capable of performing the selected action are shown in the electronic map for the user to select one or more target devices therein for performing the selected action.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for creating a rule based on an electronic map of a monitoring system for monitoring a plurality of devices in a secure area, the plurality of devices being represented graphically on the electronic map, the method comprising: when a source device is selected on an electronic map of the monitoring system, popping up a menu in which activities for the selected source device are shown for selection; when a desired activity for the selected source device is selected from the menu, further popping up a submenu in which actions that can be taken for the selected desired activity are shown; after a desired action to be taken for the selected desired activity is selected from the submenu, only icons of the selected source device and icons of one or more devices capable of performing the selected action are shown in the electronic map for selection therein of one or more target devices for performing the selected action.

Drawings

Specific embodiments of the present invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of user interaction in the prior art to create rules at a client of a monitoring system.

2a-b illustrate schematic diagrams of user interactions for creating rules based on an electronic map of a monitoring system, according to one embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of user interactions for creating rules based on an electronic map of a monitoring system, according to one embodiment of the invention.

4a-b illustrate schematic diagrams of user interactions for creating rules based on an electronic map of a monitoring system, according to one embodiment of the invention.

5a-b illustrate schematic diagrams of user interactions for creating rules based on an electronic map of a monitoring system, according to one embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 6 illustrates a method for creating rules based on an electronic map of a monitoring system according to one embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 7 illustrates a method for creating rules based on an electronic map of a monitoring system according to one embodiment of the invention.

Detailed Description

The invention is described in further detail below with reference to the figures and specific embodiments.

Assuming that the user of the monitoring system wishes to trigger the camera to perform a video recording in the event of a fire, he may create a rule in the form: an activity triggers an action (activity → action), such as a rule that an alarm on a smoke indicator triggers a recording by a camera (i.e., an alarm of a smoke indicator → a recording by a camera). In the prior art, to create such rules, the user needs to interact with the monitoring system at the user end as shown in FIG. 1 to edit the logic and parameters.

Specifically, the user selects the alarm (i.e., activity) block 101 and drags it to the workspace, then selects the record (i.e., action) block 102 and drags it to the workspace, and then lines between the two to associate the activity and the action. Next, the user can click on the active block 101 and the action block 102, respectively, to configure them, respectively. Specifically, the user clicks on the active block 101 in the workspace, selects the desired device, in this example, one or more smoke indicators, in the list of devices displayed in the pop-up window; the user then clicks on the action block 102 in the workspace and selects the desired device, in this example, one or more cameras to perform the recording action, in the device list 104 displayed in the pop-up window, as shown in fig. 1.

By this method, although a user may create a new rule in the monitoring system and configure the parameters accordingly, this method is not very convenient for the user to operate and it is difficult for the user to determine the physical device directly corresponding to the device name in the device list when creating the rule, e.g. it is difficult for the user to determine which smoke indicator alarm the user actually wishes to monitor and which camera or cameras are wished to record.

Since the prior art method has the above disadvantages, the present invention proposes a method of creating a rule based on an electronic map of a monitoring system.

2a-b illustrate schematic diagrams of user interactions for creating rules based on an electronic map of a monitoring system that may be used to monitor multiple devices in a secure area, such as an airport, according to one embodiment of the invention. The devices are represented graphically on the electronic map, such as cameras C1. The electronic map may be presented on a display screen of any terminal such as a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a smart phone, etc., and may be operated by manipulating an input peripheral such as a mouse, a trackball, a joystick, or a touch pad, or by touching a touchable screen with a finger or a stylus, etc.

For example, assume that a user of the monitoring system wants to create a rule that an alarm on a smoke indicator triggers a recording by the camera (i.e., alarm of smoke indicator → recording by the camera). As shown in fig. 2a, the user first selects a source device on the electronic map of the monitoring system, in this case the user selects one of the smoke indicators S1, and then selects the desired activity for that source device in a pop-up menu of the system (in which activities such as alarm, disconnect, and IP conflict are shown), in this case the user selects the activity-alarm. In turn, the desired action to be taken for the alarm activity of the smoke indicator, in this case action-recording, is selected in a submenu for the alarm activity that the system further pops up (showing actions such as recording, sending an email, displaying a notification, playing a sound, etc.). When an action is selected, as shown in fig. 2b, only the icon of the selected source device, i.e. smoke indicator S1, and the icon of the device or devices capable of performing the action, in this example the icon of camera C1. Finally, the user can select in the electronic map the target devices to perform the recording action, i.e. cameras C1, C2, C3, the icons of which the system will automatically connect, as shown in fig. 2 b.

In this way, the rule that an alarm on a smoke indicator triggers the recording of a camera is established, and the user does not need to think and learn how to create the rule as a programmer would, but all is visually displayed on an electronic map.

Although in the above embodiment only one smoke indicator S1 is selected, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that a user may select two or more smoke indicators S1.

In another embodiment, if the user of the monitoring system wishes to only sound an alarm in the event of a fire, he may create a rule that the alarm for the smoke indicator triggers the playing of a sound (i.e. alarm for smoke indicator → playing of sound), where the action of playing the sound may be performed by the smoke indicator itself. As shown in fig. 3, after selecting a source device, selecting an activity, in a manner similar to that shown in fig. 2a, the user selects an action-playing a sound, at which point the desired rule has been established to completion, without selecting one or more target devices to perform the desired action, as shown in fig. 2 b.

In yet another embodiment, if the user of the monitoring system wishes to send an email upon the occurrence of a fire event AND at the same time perform recording by the camera, he may create a rule that an alarm on the smoke indicator triggers the sending of the email AND the recording by the camera (i.e. alarm of smoke indicator → sending of email AND recording by the camera). As shown in fig. 4a, after selecting a source device, selecting an activity, in a similar manner as shown in fig. 2a, the user may select action-send email, and action-record when selecting an action. When an action is selected, only the icon of the selected source device, i.e. the smoke indicator S1, and the icon of the device or devices capable of performing both actions, in this example the icon of the computer PC1 capable of performing e-mail sending, and the icon of the camera C1. Finally, the user can select in the electronic map the target devices to perform e-mail transmission, i.e. the computer PC1, and the target devices to perform recording actions, i.e. the cameras C1, C2, C3, the system will automatically connect the icons of these devices, as shown in fig. 4 b.

In yet another embodiment, the smoke indicator may be used in conjunction with one or more other indicating devices (e.g., temperature sensors, etc.) in determining whether a fire is occurring in order to more accurately determine whether a fire is occurring, taking into account that smoke indicators may sometimes give false alarms thereby falsely indicating the occurrence of a fire. In this case the user may create a rule that an alarm on the smoke indicator plus an alarm of the temperature sensor triggers a recording of the camera (i.e. an alarm of the smoke indicator AND an alarm of the temperature sensor → a recording of the camera). As shown in fig. 5a, the user first selects the source device on the electronic map of the monitoring system, in this case the user selects a smoke indicator S1 and a temperature sensor T1 in its vicinity as the source device, and then selects the desired activity for the group of source devices as the group of source devices in a pop-up menu for the group of source devices (where activities such as alarm, disconnect, and IP collision are shown), in this case the user selects activity-alarm. Further, the desired action to be taken for the alarm activity, in this example action-record, is selected in a further pop-up submenu for the alarm activity (showing actions such as recording, sending an email, displaying a notification, playing a sound, etc.). When an action is selected, only the icons of the selected source devices, i.e. the smoke indicator S1 and the temperature sensor T1, and of the device or devices capable of performing the action, in this example the icons of the cameras C1. Finally, the user can select the target devices to perform the recording action, i.e. cameras C1, C2, C3, in the electronic map, the icons of which the system will automatically connect, as shown in fig. 5 b.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 5, while the smoke indicator S1 and the temperature sensor T1 are configured for their activities as a group of source devices, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the activities of the smoke indicator S1 and the temperature sensor T1, respectively, may be configured, for example, as an alarm for the activity of the smoke indicator S1 and a temperature above a threshold temperature for the activity of the temperature sensor T1, when the established rule becomes: if the smoke indicator raises an alarm AND the temperature indicated by the temperature sensor is above the threshold temperature, the recording of the camera is triggered, i.e. the alarm of the smoke indicator AND the temperature indicated by the temperature sensor are above the threshold temperature → the recording of the camera.

FIG. 6 illustrates, from a user perspective, a method 600 for creating rules based on an electronic map of a monitoring system that may be used to monitor a plurality of devices in a secure area, such as an airport, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. The plurality of devices are represented graphically on the electronic map. The electronic map may be presented on a display screen of any terminal such as a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a smart phone, etc., and may be operated by manipulating an input peripheral such as a mouse, a trackball, a joystick, or a touch pad, or by touching a touchable screen with a finger or a stylus, etc. The method 600 comprises:

at step 601, a source device is selected on an electronic map of the monitoring system, for example as shown in fig. 2a, the user may select a smoke indicator S1 as the source device on the electronic map of the monitoring system.

At step 602, a desired activity is selected among the activities shown in the pop-up menu for the selected source device, e.g., as shown in fig. 2a, a desired activity-alarm is selected in the pop-up menu for the smoke indicator S1 among the activities shown such as alarm, disconnect, and IP collision.

At step 603, a desired action is selected among the actions for the selected activity shown in the further popped up submenu, e.g. as shown in fig. 2a, a desired action-record to be taken for the alarm activity for the smoke indicator is selected among the actions shown in the popped up submenu for the alarm activity, such as recording, sending an email, displaying a notification, playing a sound, etc.

At step 604, after the action is selected, only the icon of the selected source device and the icons of the one or more devices capable of performing the selected action are shown in the electronic map so that the user can select therein the one or more target devices for performing the selected action, for example as shown in fig. 2b, after the recording action is selected, only the icon of the smoke indicator S1 and the icons of the one or more cameras C1,.. CN capable of performing the recording action are shown in the electronic map and the user selects therein the camera C1, C2, C3 in which the recording action is to be performed. The system then automatically connects the icons so that the rule set-up is complete.

Preferably, in the method shown in fig. 6, if the action selected in step 603 is performed by the source device itself, then the step 604 of selecting the target device may be omitted, as in the embodiment shown in fig. 3, if the established rule is that the alarm of the smoke indicator triggers the playing of a sound, wherein the action of playing the sound may be performed by the smoke indicator itself, then the step of selecting one or more target devices to perform the desired action is no longer required.

Preferably, in the method shown in fig. 6, the selected source device may be one or more of the same type or a different type of device, such as one or more smoke indicators S1, a...., SN, etc. as shown in fig. 2a, or one smoke indicator S1 and one temperature sensor T1 as shown in fig. 5 a. Where multiple source devices are selected, their activities may be configured as a group of source devices, as shown in fig. 5 a. Alternatively, the activity of the selected plurality of source devices may be configured separately, particularly for a plurality of different types of source devices, for example if the smoke indicator S1 and the temperature sensor T1 are selected as source devices, the activity of the smoke indicator S1 may be configured as an alarm and the activity of the temperature sensor T1 may be configured as a temperature above a threshold temperature.

Preferably, in the method shown in fig. 6, in step 603 one or more desired actions may be selected for the selected activity, as shown in fig. 4a, both actions of sending an email and recording may be selected for the alarm activity of the smoke indicator, and then in a subsequent step, the respective target devices performing the respective actions are selected for the selected plurality of actions, as shown in fig. 4b, cameras C1-C3 and computer PC1 are selected to perform the actions of recording and sending an email, respectively.

FIG. 7 illustrates, from a system perspective, a method 700 for creating rules based on an electronic map of a monitoring system that may be used to monitor a plurality of devices in a secure area, such as an airport, according to one embodiment of the present invention. The plurality of devices are represented graphically on the electronic map. The electronic map may be presented on a display screen of any terminal such as a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a smart phone, etc., and may be operated by manipulating an input peripheral such as a mouse, a trackball, a joystick, or a touch pad, or by touching a touchable screen with a finger or a stylus, etc. The method 700 comprises:

at 701, when a source device is selected on an electronic map of a monitoring system, a menu showing activities for the selected source device pops up for selection. For example, as shown in fig. 2a, when the user selects the smoke indicator S1 as the source device on the electronic map of the monitoring system, the activity for the selected smoke indicator S1 is popped up where the activities such as alarm, disconnect, and IP collision are shown.

When a desired activity for the selected source device is selected from the menu, a submenu is further popped up at 702, showing actions that can be taken with respect to the selected desired activity. For example, as shown in fig. 2a, when the desired activity-alarm for the selected smoke indicator S1 is selected in the pop-up menu, a sub-menu is further popped up in which actions such as recording, sending an email, displaying a notification, playing a sound, etc., are shown for the alarm activity.

At 703, after the desired action to be taken for the selected desired activity is selected from the submenu, only the icon of the selected source device and the icons of the one or more devices capable of performing the selected action are shown in the electronic map for selection therein of the one or more target devices for performing the selected action. For example, as shown in fig. 2b, after a recording action is selected from the sub-menu, only an icon of the smoke indicator S1 and icons of one or more cameras C1,... CN capable of performing the recording action are shown in the electronic map for the user to select therein the camera in which the recording action is to be performed. The system then automatically connects the icons so that the rule set-up is complete.

Preferably, in the method shown in fig. 7, the selection of the target device is omitted if the selected action is performed by the source device itself, in which case step 703 may be omitted.

Preferably, in the method shown in fig. 7, the selected source device may be one or more devices of the same type or different types. Such as one or more smoke indicators S1, as shown in fig. 2a, SN, etc., or a smoke indicator S1 and a temperature sensor T1 as shown in fig. 5 a. In which, for the case where a plurality of source devices are selected, it may pop up a configuration menu for the source device group as one source device group to collectively configure the activities of the selected plurality of source devices, as shown in fig. 5 a. Alternatively, the configuration menu may pop up separately for a selected plurality of source devices to configure their activities separately, especially for a plurality of different types of source devices, for example if the smoke indicator S1 and the temperature sensor T1 are selected as source devices, separate configuration menus may pop up for the active configuration of the smoke indicator S1 and the active configuration of the temperature sensor T1, respectively.

Preferably, in the method illustrated in FIG. 7, one or more desired actions may be selected for the selected activity. If a plurality of desired actions are selected, respective devices capable of performing the selected plurality of desired actions are respectively shown on the electronic map for selection. For example, as shown in fig. 4a, two actions of sending an email and recording may be selected for the alarm activity of the smoke indicator, at which time the camera C1, a.

Although the invention is described above in the context of a monitoring system, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the invention may also be applied to displaying a plurality of devices on an electronic map of other systems comprising the plurality of devices. Furthermore, although in the above embodiments of the present invention reference has been made to a camera, smoke indicator, etc., it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that a camera, smoke indicator, etc., are but one example of a device in the present invention, and in actual practice, the device may include, but is not limited to, various analog video systems, digital video surveillance systems, intrusion and access control systems, etc.

It should be understood that the above embodiments are only for illustrating and not limiting the technical solutions of the present invention. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: modifications and equivalents may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and the appended claims are intended to cover such modifications and equivalents as fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A method for creating rules based on an electronic map of a monitoring system for monitoring a plurality of devices in a secure area, the plurality of devices being represented graphically on the electronic map, the method comprising:

a source device is selected on an electronic map of the monitoring system,

selecting a desired activity among activities for the selected source device shown in the pop-up menu,

selecting a desired action among actions that can be taken for the selected activity shown in the further pop-up sub-menu,

after the action is selected, only icons of the selected source device and icons of one or more devices capable of performing the selected action are shown in the electronic map for the user to select one or more target devices therein for performing the selected action.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of selecting the target device is omitted if the selected action is performed by the source device itself.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected source device may be one or more devices of the same type or of different types.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein if a plurality of source devices are selected, configuring their activities as one source device group or individually configuring the activities of the selected plurality of source devices.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more desired actions may be selected for the selected activity.

6. The method of claim 5, if a plurality of desired actions are selected, selecting respective target devices to perform the plurality of actions for the selected plurality of actions, respectively.

7. A method for creating rules based on an electronic map of a monitoring system for monitoring a plurality of devices in a secure area, the plurality of devices being represented graphically on the electronic map, the method comprising:

when a source device is selected on the electronic map of the monitoring system, a menu showing activities for the selected source device pops up for selection,

when a desired activity for the selected source device is selected from the menu, a submenu is further popped up in which actions that can be taken for the selected desired activity are shown,

after a desired action to be taken for the selected desired activity is selected from the submenu, only icons of the selected source device and icons of one or more devices capable of performing the selected action are shown in the electronic map for selection therein of one or more target devices for performing the selected action.

8. The method of claim 7, omitting the selection of the target device if the selected action is performed by the source device itself.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the selected source device may be one or more devices of the same type or different types.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein if a plurality of source devices are selected, it pops up a configuration menu for the source device group as the source device group to collectively configure activities of the plurality of source devices, or pops up a configuration menu separately for the selected plurality of source devices to separately configure activities thereof.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein one or more desired actions may be selected for the selected activity.

12. The method of claim 11, if a plurality of desired actions are selected, respectively showing on the electronic map for selection respective devices capable of performing the selected plurality of desired actions.