CN113542672B

CN113542672B - Camera cruising method, electronic device and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN113542672B
Application number: CN202110574383.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨富森; 隋小波; 徐金华; 覃长洪
Original assignee: Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-05-25
Filing date: 2021-05-25
Publication date: 2023-08-18
Anticipated expiration: 2041-05-25
Also published as: CN113542672A

Abstract

The application discloses a camera cruising method, electronic equipment and a computer readable storage medium. A camera having a plurality of channels, the method comprising: creating at least one cruise package, each cruise package involving at least two channels; configuring corresponding cruising packages for each cruising time period; the control camera cruises according to the corresponding cruising packages in different cruising time periods. By the method, multiple channels of the camera can be effectively utilized in the cruising process.

Description

Camera cruising method, electronic device and storage medium

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of video surveillance, and in particular, to a camera method, an electronic device, and a computer readable storage medium.

Background

With the development of society, people have a higher and higher safety awareness. In response to the growing awareness of security, monitoring devices (cameras) are widely deployed in areas of need to enable monitoring of the areas of need. Demand areas are as small as private rooms, as large as public areas (e.g., squares, intersections, malls).

The existing practice is to use a multichannel camera to cruise in a required area so as to realize the omnibearing monitoring of the required area. However, existing cruises do not make efficient use of the multiple channels of the camera.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a camera cruising method, electronic equipment and a computer readable storage medium, which can solve the problem that the existing cruising cannot effectively utilize a plurality of channels of a camera.

In order to solve the technical problems, the application adopts a technical scheme that: a camera cruise method is provided, the camera having a plurality of channels. The method comprises the following steps: creating at least one cruise package, each cruise package involving at least two channels; configuring corresponding cruising packages for each cruising time period; the control camera cruises according to the corresponding cruising packages in different cruising time periods.

In order to solve the technical problems, the application adopts another technical scheme that: providing an electronic device comprising a processor, a memory connected to the processor, wherein the memory stores program instructions; the processor is configured to execute the program instructions stored in the memory to implement the method described above.

In order to solve the technical problems, the application adopts another technical scheme that: there is provided a computer readable storage medium storing program instructions which, when executed, enable the above-described method to be carried out.

In the way, in order to realize cruising, the scheme adopted by the application is that the cruising packages are created, and the corresponding cruising packages are configured for different time periods, so that the whole cruising packages corresponding to each cruising time period can be regarded as one cruising scheme of all channels. Because the application does not combine the basic schemes based on the channels to obtain the cruising scheme, the intelligent rules corresponding to different channels in different cruising packages are variable, and the flexibility of the configuration process is increased, so that each channel of the camera in the cruising process can be effectively utilized.

In addition, the application configures the cruising schemes in different cruising time periods, and the required configuration times = the number of cruising time periods; whereas the existing way of configuring the cruise schemes in units of channels (the cruise schemes of the corresponding channels are obtained by combining based on the basic scheme of each channel), the number of configurations = the number of cruise periods × the number of channels. Therefore, the method provided by the application can reduce the configuration times, simplify the configuration process, and is suitable for any scene (including a scene with wide/complex requirements and a large number of channels).

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a camera cruise method of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a specific flow of S11 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of another specific flow of S11 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of a cruise package created in accordance with the present application;

FIG. 5 is another schematic illustration of a cruise package created by the present application;

FIG. 6 is yet another schematic illustration of a cruise package created by the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a specific flow of S13 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of another specific flow of S13 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of an electronic device of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a computer-readable storage medium according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are only some, but not all embodiments of the application. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the application without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the application.

The terms "first," "second," "third," and the like in this disclosure are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first", "a second", and "a third" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "plurality" means at least two, for example, two, three, etc., unless specifically defined otherwise.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment may be included in at least one embodiment of the application. The appearances of such phrases in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. Those of skill in the art will explicitly and implicitly appreciate that the embodiments described herein may be combined with other embodiments without conflict.

For ease of understanding, prior to introducing the camera cruise method provided by the present application, the existing method will be described with reference to a plurality of channels of the camera including a fixed focus channel and a PTZ channel.

1) A base schema is created for each channel.

First, for PTZ channels: each cruising point is known. Setting the corresponding intelligent rule under each cruising point position, namely binding the PTZ channel, the cruising point position and the intelligent rule to obtain (a 1i, bj, c1 k). Where a1i is the ith PTZ channel, b represents the jth cruise point location, and c1k represents the kth intelligent rule. (a 1i, bj, c1 k) can be regarded as a basic scheme of a1i. The underlying scheme of multiple PTZ channels can be presented as table 1 below:

TABLE 1

Point location 1

Point location 2

Point location 3

……

Point location N-1

Point location N

PTZ channel 1

Rule A

Rule B

Rule C

……

Rule N-1

Rule N

PTZ channel 2

Rule D

Rule F

Rule E

……

Rule n+1

Rule n+2

……

PTZ channel N

Rule X

Rule Y

Rule Z

……

Rule 2N-1

Rule 2N

Second, for fixed-focus channels: setting the corresponding intelligent rule, namely binding the fixed-focus channel with the intelligent rule to obtain (a 2i, c2 k). Where a2i is the ith fixed focus channel and c2k represents the kth intelligent rule. (a 2i, c2 k) can be regarded as a basic scheme of a2i. The basic scheme of the multiple fixation channels can be presented as table 2 below:

TABLE 2

Fixed focus channel 1	Rule J
		Fixed focus channel 2	Rule K
……	……
		Fixed focus channel N	Rule L

2) The cruise regime is configured based on the base regime of the channel.

First, for the PTZ channel, a portion or all of its base schemes may be selected and combined to obtain its cruising scheme. For example, the cruise profiles for PTZ channel 1, PTZ channel 2, and PTZ channel N are shown in Table 3, table 4, and Table 5, respectively.

TABLE 3 Table 3

00:00～1:00	2:00～3:00	3:00～4：00	……	21:00～22:00	22:00～23:00
						Point location 1	Point location 2	Point location 1	……	Point location N	Point location 3
Rule A	Rule B	Rule A	……	Rule N	Rule C

TABLE 4 Table 4

00:00～1:00	2:00～3:00	3:00～4：00	……	21:00～22:00	22:00～23:00
						Point location 3	Point location 1	Point location 2	……	Point location N-1	Point location 1
Rule E	Rule D	Rule F	……	Rule n+1	Rule D

TABLE 5

00:00～1:00	2:00～3:00	3:00～4：00	……	21:00～22:00	22:00～23:00
						Point location 2	Point location 3	Point location 1	……	Point location 3	Point location 2
Rule Y	Rule Z	Rule X	……	Rule Z	Rule Y

The points (1 to 2 to … to N to 3) shown in Table 3 can be regarded as the cruising path of PTZ channel 1, the points (3 to 1 to … to N-1 to 1) shown in Table 4 can be regarded as the cruising path of PTZ channel 2, and the points (2 to 3 to 1 to … to 3 to 2) shown in Table 5 can be regarded as the cruising path of PTZ channel N. It can be seen from tables 3-5 that the same cruising point in the cruising path can occur multiple times or only once.

Moreover, the long-term research of the inventor discovers that because the intelligent rules corresponding to the cruising points in the basic scheme of the PTZ channel are fixed, the intelligent rules corresponding to the same cruising point are not changed no matter whether the cruising time period is changed or not in the cruising scheme formed by combining the basic schemes. In other words, in the cruise scheme of the PTZ channel, the intelligent rule corresponding to the same cruise point location is fixed.

Secondly, because the fixed position of the fixed focus passageway, therefore the scheme that the fixed focus passageway adopted is its unique basic scheme in the camera cruising process. And because the corresponding intelligent rules are the same under different cruising time periods of the unique basic scheme, the camera cruising process is not cruising in a real sense.

In addition, the above-described need is to configure a corresponding cruise package for each channel, and the number of required configurations=the number of PTZ channels. Under the conditions of wide monitoring field and complex scene, the number of channels is large, so that the number of times of configuration is large, and the configuration is complex and time-consuming.

For a relevant explanation of the above content (e.g. intelligent rules, channels), reference is made to the following description of the embodiments, which is not repeated here.

In order to make the cruising/configuration process more flexible, i.e. the intelligent rule corresponding to the same cruising point in different cruising time periods is variable, it is shown that c1k in (a 1i, bj, c1 k) is variable; or the intelligent rule corresponding to the same focal channel in different cruising time periods is variable, and the intelligent rule is expressed as that c2k in (a 2i, c2 k) is variable, so that a plurality of channels of the camera are effectively utilized in the cruising process, and the scheme provided by the application is as follows:

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a camera cruise method of the present application. It should be noted that, if there are substantially the same results, the present embodiment is not limited to the flow sequence shown in fig. 1. As shown in fig. 1, the present embodiment may include:

s11: at least one cruise package is created.

Each cruise package involves at least two channels.

The channel referred to herein may also be referred to as a camera for acquiring video data of the monitorable area. The channels involved in the different cruise packages may or may not be fully repeated, may or may not be partially repeated. The camera is a multi-camera having a plurality of channels, the monitorable area of the plurality of channels being capable of covering the entire monitoring area. And in general, in order for the camera's channels to be used efficiently, all of the channels it has to participate in the cruise process. All channels that the cruise packages created can relate to should include all channels of the camera.

The camera has a plurality of channels including a PTZ channel and/or a non-PTZ channel (fixed focus channel).

Wherein the position of the fixed focus channel is fixed, so that the monitoring area is fixed. If the cruise package is related to a fixed focus channel, then a corresponding intelligent (AI) rule needs to be set for the fixed focus channel during the creation of the cruise package. The intelligent rules to which the present application relates may include target recognition (e.g., vehicle recognition, pedestrian recognition), target tracking, and the like. Referring to fig. 2 in combination, in this case, S11 may include the following sub-steps:

s111: a fixed focus channel is selected from a plurality of channels.

S112: and setting corresponding intelligent rules for the selected fixed-focus channel.

S112 can be regarded as a process of binding the fixed focus channel with the intelligent rule. In different cruising packages, the intelligent rules corresponding to the fixed focus channels can be the same or different. Therefore, the following way of configuring the cruise packages in the cruise time periods can enable the intelligent rule corresponding to the same fixed-focus channel in different cruise time periods to be variable, namely, c2k in different cruise packages (a 2i, c2 k) to be variable.

Wherein the PTZ channel can move in three directions, P, T and Z, P representing the horizontal direction, T representing the vertical direction and Z representing the depth direction (zooming), so that its monitorable area is variable. If the cruise package relates to a PTZ channel, then a corresponding cruise point location needs to be set for the PTZ channel during creation of the cruise package. And, a corresponding intelligent rule needs to be set for each cruising point location. Referring to fig. 3 in combination, in this case, S11 may include the following sub-steps:

s113: the PTZ channel is selected from a plurality of channels.

S114: setting a corresponding cruising point position for the selected PTZ channel.

A cruising point represents a position to be cruised, which may be denoted (P, T, Z). In different cruising packages, cruising points corresponding to the same PTZ channel can be the same or different.

S115: and setting corresponding intelligent rules for the cruising point positions.

The above-mentioned S114 to S115 can be regarded as a process of binding the PTZ channel, the cruising point location, and the intelligent rule.

In different cruising packages, the intelligent rules corresponding to the same cruising point position (i.e. the bound pair of PTZ channels and cruising point positions) under the same PTZ channel can be the same or different. Therefore, the following way of configuring the cruise package in the cruise time periods can enable the intelligent rule corresponding to the same cruise point under the same PTZ channel in different cruise time periods to be variable. I.e., c1k in different cruise packages (a 1i, bj, c1 k) is variable.

The cruise packages (packages 1 to 3) created will be described with reference to fig. 4 to 6. As shown in fig. 4-6, packages 1-3 all relate to lanes 0-N.

The cruising points of the channel 0 (PTZ channel) in the packages 1-3 are point 1, point 1 and point 2 respectively, and the intelligent rules of the point 1 under the channel 0 in the packages 1-2 are rule A and rule E (variable); the intelligent rules corresponding to the channel 1 (fixed focus channel) in the packages 1-3 are a rule B, a rule F and a rule K (variable); ….

S12: and configuring corresponding cruise packages for each cruise time period.

The cruise package corresponding to each cruise period can be regarded as one cruise plan for all channels. The cruise packages configured for different cruise periods may be the same or different. It will be appreciated that a single cruise package may be configured for multiple or all cruise periods if it relates to all channels. The same cruising package is configured for different cruising time periods, so that the time consumption of the configuration process can be reduced, and the method has higher practicability.

The configuration results are exemplified below in conjunction with tables 6 and 7.

TABLE 6

00:00～1:00

2:00～3:00

3:00～4：00

…

21:00～22:00

22:00～23:00

Cruising package

Cruising package 1

Cruising package 2

Cruising package 1

…

Cruising package N

Cruising package n+1

As shown in table 6, cruise package 1 is configured for 00:00 to 1:00, cruise package 2 is configured for 2:00 to 3:00, and cruise package 2 is configured for 3:00 to 4:00 configuration cruise packages 1, …, 21:00-22:00 configuration cruise packages N, 22:00-23:00 configuration cruise packages N+1. Wherein, the ratio is 00:00-1:00 and 3:00-4: the 00 configuration cruise package is identical.

TABLE 7

00:00～1:00

2:00～3:00

3:00～4：00

…

21:00～22:00

22:00～23:00

Cruising package

Cruising package 3

Cruising package 1

Cruising package 2

…

Cruise package N-3

Cruise package N-1

As shown in table 7, cruise package 3 is configured for 00:00 to 1:00, cruise package 1 is configured for 2:00 to 3:00, and cruise package 3:00 to 4:00 configuration cruise packages 2, …, 21:00-22:00 configuration cruise packages N-3, 22:00-23:00 configuration cruise packages N-1.

Because the cruising packages are configured in different cruising time periods, the intelligent rules corresponding to the fixed-focus channels in different cruising packages are variable, and the intelligent rules corresponding to the same cruising points under the same PTZ channel in different cruising packages are also variable. Therefore, in the subsequent cruising process, the intelligent rules corresponding to different cruising time periods at the same cruising point position under the same fixed-focus channel and the same PTZ channel are all variable.

S13: the control camera cruises according to the corresponding cruising packages in different cruising time periods.

If the cruise package relates to a fixed focus passage, the cruise package includes (a 2i, c2 k), and further as shown in FIG. 7, S13 may include the sub-steps of:

s131: and determining a fixed focus channel related to the cruising package.

I.e. a2i is determined.

S132: and controlling the focus setting channel to acquire the first video data.

The fixed focus channel may acquire the first video data at its fixed location.

S133: and analyzing the first video data by utilizing intelligent rules corresponding to the fixed-focus channel.

And c2k is utilized to analyze the first video data so as to determine the target related condition of the monitorable area corresponding to the fixed focus channel. For example, c2k is target detection and target recognition, and target detection may be performed on the first video data to determine whether a target exists; the target is identified in the presence of the target to determine the identity of the target.

If the cruise package relates to a PTZ lane, the cruise package includes (a 1i, bj, c1 k), and further as shown in FIG. 8, S13 may include the sub-steps of:

s134: the PTZ channel involved in the cruise package is determined.

I.e. a1i is determined.

S135: the PTZ passage is controlled to move to the corresponding cruising point.

I.e. control a1i to move to bj.

S136: the PTZ channel is controlled to acquire the second video data.

S137: and analyzing the second video data by using intelligent rules corresponding to the cruising points.

That is, the second video data is analyzed by using c1k to determine the target correlation condition of the monitorable area corresponding to the PTZ channel. For example, c1k is target tracking, and target tracking may be performed on the second video data to determine a movement track of the target.

In the above embodiment, in order to achieve cruising, the scheme adopted by the application is to create a cruising package and configure corresponding cruising packages for different time periods, so that the whole cruising package corresponding to each cruising time period can be regarded as one cruising scheme of all channels. Because the application does not combine the basic schemes based on the channels to obtain the cruising scheme, the intelligent rules corresponding to different channels in different cruising packages are variable, and the flexibility of the configuration process is increased, so that each channel of the camera in the cruising process can be effectively utilized.

In addition, the first video data acquired by the fixed-focus channel may not clearly express the target information, so that the accuracy of subsequent analysis is affected. For this purpose, the scheme provided by the application is as follows:

in a specific embodiment, in the process of creating the cruise package, the relation between the PTZ channel and the fixed-focus channel in the same cruise package is further restrained, so that the PTZ channel and the fixed-focus channel can work cooperatively in the process of cruising.

The cooperative work means that when the first video data acquired by the fixed focus channel indicates that a target exists and the target information cannot be clearly expressed, the PTZ channel associated with the fixed focus channel is instructed to move to the position of the fixed focus channel, so as to acquire second video data, and further analysis can be performed through the second video data. The accuracy of the analysis result can be improved by cooperative work.

In this case, the S11 may include: an association is established for the fixed focus channel and the PTZ channel involved in the same cruise package.

The association may be established for some or all of the fixed-focus channels, some or all of the PTZ channels within the same cruise package, as may be desired. For example, if there is one of the 3 fixed-focus channels involved in the cruise package having the above defect, then it is possible to associate only the fixed-focus channel having the above defect with the PTZ channel.

The PTZ channel which needs to be associated with the fixed focus channel can be selected at will, and the PTZ channel can also be selected according to the corresponding cruising point position of the PTZ channel in the cruising package. For example, a PTZ channel with the corresponding cruising point position closest to the fixed position of the fixed focus channel is selected, so that the response cooperative time of the PTZ channel is shortened.

Because the essence of the collaborative work is to re-acquire and analyze the second video data in the monitorable area of the fixed-focus channel by using the PTZ channel, the intelligent rules corresponding to the associated fixed-focus channel and the PTZ channel are at least partially the same, so that the normal operation of the collaborative work can be ensured. That is, c2k in (a 2i, c2 k) and corresponding (a 1i, bj, c1 k) is at least partially the same as c1 k.

The intelligent rule corresponding to each channel may be one or a group (combination of a plurality). When the number of the fixed-focus channels is one, the intelligent rule corresponding to the associated fixed-focus channel and the PTZ channel is the same; when a group is corresponding, the associated fixed focus channel is the same as at least one of the intelligent rules corresponding to the PTZ channel.

For example, if a fixed focus channel needs to identify a target in its monitorable area, then the intelligent rules corresponding to its cooperating PTZ channel should include target identification to ensure proper performance of the cooperation.

In another embodiment, if there is a demand for the fixed-focus channels to have a cooperative work during cruising, a PTZ channel capable of participating in the cooperative work is selected using a specific algorithm. The PTZ channels capable of participating in the cooperative work may be a PTZ channel with no target (idle state) in the corresponding monitorable area, a PTZ channel with the current cruising point located closest to the fixed position where the fixed focus channel is located, and so on. So that the PTZ channel selected in the cruising process and the fixed-focus channel can work cooperatively.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of the electronic device of the present application. As shown in fig. 9, the electronic device may include a processor 21, a memory 22 coupled to the processor 21.

Wherein the memory 22 stores program instructions for implementing the methods of any of the embodiments described above; the processor 21 is arranged to execute program instructions stored in the memory 22 for carrying out the steps of the method embodiments described above. The processor 21 may also be referred to as a CPU (Central Processing Unit ). The processor 21 may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities. The processor 21 may also be a general purpose processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components. The general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor 21 may be any conventional processor or the like.

The electronic device may be a camera, in which case the electronic device may further comprise a plurality of channels (not shown) coupled to the processor 21, each of which may be used to acquire video data of the monitorable area for analysis by the processor 21. The electronic device may also be a device that establishes a communication connection with the camera. So that the electronic device can acquire video data from the camera and analyze the video data.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a computer-readable storage medium according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 10, a computer-readable storage medium 30 of an embodiment of the present application stores program instructions 31, which when executed, implement the method provided by the above-described embodiment of the present application. Wherein the program instructions 31 may form a program file stored in the above-mentioned computer readable storage medium 30 in the form of a software product, so that a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) or a processor (processor) performs all or part of the steps of the methods according to the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned computer-readable storage medium 30 includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a random access Memory (RAM, random Access Memory), a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes, or a terminal device such as a computer, a server, a mobile phone, a tablet, or the like.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other manners. For example, the apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, e.g., the division of elements is merely a logical functional division, and there may be additional divisions of actual implementation, e.g., multiple elements or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not performed. Alternatively, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed with each other may be an indirect coupling or communication connection via some interfaces, devices or units, which may be in electrical, mechanical or other form.

In addition, each functional unit in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit. The integrated units may be implemented in hardware or in software functional units. The foregoing is only the embodiments of the present application, and therefore, the patent scope of the application is not limited thereto, and all equivalent structures or equivalent processes using the descriptions of the present application and the accompanying drawings, or direct or indirect application in other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the application.

Claims

1. A camera cruise method, wherein the camera is a multi-view camera, the camera having a plurality of channels, each of the channels corresponding to one of the cameras, the plurality of channels including a PTZ channel and a fixed focus channel, comprising:

creating at least one cruise package, each of said cruise packages involving at least two of said channels; the cruise packages relate to a fixed focus channel and a PTZ channel, and/or the channels to which all cruise packages are created include all the channels the camera has; wherein said creating at least one cruise package comprises: establishing association for the fixed-focus channel and the PTZ channel related to the same cruising package, wherein the associated fixed-focus channel is at least partially the same as the intelligent rule corresponding to the PTZ channel;

configuring the corresponding cruising packages for each cruising time period; the intelligent rule of the same fixed-focus channel in the corresponding cruising package of different cruising time periods is variable, and the intelligent rule of the same cruising point position under the same PTZ channel in the corresponding cruising package of different cruising time periods is variable; the intelligent rules comprise target identification and target tracking;

and controlling the camera to cruise according to the corresponding cruise package in different cruise time periods.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the cruise package relates to a fixed focus channel, the creating at least one cruise package comprising:

selecting the fixed-focus channel from a plurality of the channels;

and setting corresponding intelligent rules for the selected fixed-focus channel.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said controlling said camera to cruise according to the corresponding cruise package for different ones of said cruise periods comprises:

determining the fixed-focus channel related to the cruising package;

controlling the fixed-focus channel to acquire first video data;

and analyzing the first video data by utilizing the intelligent rule corresponding to the fixed-focus channel.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the cruise package relates to a PTZ channel, and wherein creating at least one cruise package comprises:

selecting the PTZ channel from a plurality of the channels;

setting a corresponding cruising point position for the selected PTZ channel;

and setting corresponding intelligent rules for the cruising point positions.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said controlling said camera to cruise according to the corresponding cruise package for different ones of said cruise periods comprises:

determining the PTZ channel to which the cruise package relates;

controlling the PTZ channel to move to the corresponding cruising point position;

controlling the PTZ channel to acquire second video data;

and analyzing the second video data by utilizing the intelligent rule corresponding to the cruising point position.

6. An electronic device comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, wherein,

the memory stores program instructions;

the processor is configured to execute the program instructions stored by the memory to implement the method of any one of claims 1-5.

7. A computer readable storage medium, characterized in that the storage medium stores program instructions which, when executed, implement the method of any of claims 1-5.