EP0764316B1 - Alarm and monitoring device for the presumption of bodies in danger in a swimming pool - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a device not mandatory monitoring of the absence of bodies in danger in a pool. There is presumption and triggering of a alert when absence monitoring is no longer checked.
- the reaction time is important and each ten seconds before the alert can be decisive for the person in danger.
- Figure 2 shows the wave absorption coefficients electromagnetic measured in pure water.
- the weakening per cm of water crossing As an indication, the weakening on 10m of water and at the wavelength of 0.8 microns, the limit of the visible infrared is 0.000043.
- the coefficients low attenuation corresponding to the blue-violet zone are seriously affected by the turbidity of the water when many bathers evolve.
- the swimming pool is observed through portholes and that it is busy, it can be difficult, if not impossible, to discern a bather placed at 25 or 30m.
- US-A-5043705 is written in very general terms and is based on measuring the distance between the sensor and the possible obstacle to identify its presence. he mentions various components including a sonar well suited for detect a body placed between the sonar and a wall but which will have enormous difficulty in detecting a body placed nearby of a wall the latter creating many reflections. he the same goes for radio frequency detection, the propagation is very problematic in water. This patent also mentions lasers without specifying the mode of operation. In addition, it lists general methods noise elimination because its objective is the identification of the stationary object, while our proposition is based on the permanent detection of a fixed pattern, whose properties mathematics are known, and whose absence alone allows generate an alarm whatever the contour of the obstacle.
- the present invention is defined by the claims and is based on the certainty of detection of the absence of obstacles through the use of the barrier principle luminous uses IT and in particular so-called image processing algorithms and offers solutions allowing automatic monitoring of the pool for the purpose reduce the time elapsed before the alert and improve the traditional surveillance.
- FIG. 1 represents a swimming pool equipped with two cameras 1, each sweeping the surfaces located at the bottom of the walls.
- the observed surfaces are marked with patterns allowing to delimit work areas and ensure vision through cameras. Patterns can take the form a horizontal line 2 or even a succession of zones contrasting narrow 2 or wider allowing the monitored volume 4 to be increased or isolated patterns 3. Failure to detect these patterns has the effect of release an alarm corresponding to the presence of an obstacle or when the surveillance system is switched off.
- the first case is particularly well suited for large swimming pools depth that is to say when the feet of bathers do not only occasionally touch the bottom. In this case, it suffices observe the mobility and duration of obstructing objects upon detection of the pattern corresponding to the presence of a body on the bottom of the pool and release an alarm when the danger criteria are present.
- the second treatment case is better suited to swimming pools of shallow depth.
- it is a question of reconstituting the flat image of the bottom of the pool according to the information received from the various cameras and this by proceeding the intersection of the sets representing bodies (a little the way of a scanner). From this image it is possible to obtain additional information corresponding to the floor area and which is a function of the size of the bodies.
- the proposed processing consists in associating with each of the pixels representing a part of a body, a new variable called "stillness".
- the immobility of the pixel depends on the number of cycles corresponding to the observation of said pixel in the active state. This last active state corresponding to the presence of a body in danger.
- Stillness grows so linear or not depending on the number of cycles where the pixel is active and decreases non-linearly when observed inactive, thus creating a phenomenon of afterglow.
- An alarm can be generated when a number of pixels next to each other are the object of a high immobility this corresponding to a volume-time relationship that can be the object of a person in danger.
- the number of cameras must be adapted depending on the size swimming pools or the desire to reduce the effects due to the obstruction of one or the other of them.
- Figure 3 uses a light emitter 5.
- the beam emitted 6 is reflected by a mirror 7 itself controlled by a motor 8.
- the beam scans, depending on the rotation of the motor, the bottom of the pool, it is returned by a reflector (always in 9) to return to mirror 7 and is seized by a receiver placed next to the transmitter 5.
- the light signals can be modulated in order to differentiate from ambient signals.
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La présente invention se rapporte à un dispositif non contraignant de surveillance de l'absence de corps en danger dans une piscine. Il y a présomption et déclenchement d'une alerte lorsque la surveillance de l'absence n'est plus vérifiée.The present invention relates to a device not mandatory monitoring of the absence of bodies in danger in a pool. There is presumption and triggering of a alert when absence monitoring is no longer checked.
Lorsqu'une personne est l'objet d'un malaise suite à une difficulté majeure telle que hydrocution, arrêt cardiaque, épuisement etc., le réflexe naturel du bulbe rachidien l'amène à aspirer un volume d'eau dont l'effet accélère la descente du corps jusqu'au fond de la piscine. De tels cas de figure peuvent se présenter alors qu'un surveillant de piscine est en charge toutefois, il peut être momentanément absent ou simplement dans l'impossibilité de voir la personne en difficulté ceci pour des raison liées aux reflets du soleil sur la surface de l'eau ou parce que l'angle de vision est défavorable ou simplement par inattention. De même, d'autres baigneurs peuvent évoluer à proximité sans imaginer le drame qui se passe.When a person is unwell following a major difficulty such as hydrocution, cardiac arrest, exhaustion etc., the natural reflex of the spinal bulb brings it to suck up a volume of water whose effect accelerates the descent of the body to the bottom of the pool. Such cases may appear while a pool supervisor is on charge however, it may be temporarily absent or simply unable to see the person in difficulty this for reasons related to the reflections of the sun on the surface of the water or because the viewing angle is unfavorable or simply by carelessness. Likewise, others swimmers can move nearby without imagining the drama that is happening.
Le temps de réaction est important et chaque dizaine de secondes écoulées avant l'alerte peut être déterminant pour la personne en danger.The reaction time is important and each ten seconds before the alert can be decisive for the person in danger.
Quelques solutions ont déjà été proposées afin de résoudre ce problème, toutefois, ces divers équipements basés essentiellement sur l'utilisation de sonar ou d'ondes radio voire de laser sont relativement mal adaptés à l'usage dans des piscines publiques dont les principales difficultés seront liées aux propriétés de l'eau ou aux effets de réflexion contre les parois.Some solutions have already been proposed in order to resolve this problem, however, these various equipment based essentially on the use of sonar or radio waves even lasers are relatively ill-suited for use in public swimming pools whose main difficulties will be related to the properties of water or the effects of reflection against the walls.
La figure 2 présente les coefficients d'absorption des ondes électromagnétiques mesurés dans l'eau pure. En abscisse, la longueur d'onde avec la zone du visible aux alentours de 0,35 à 0,8 micromètre. En ordonnée, l'affaiblissement par cm d'eau traversée. A titre indicatif, l'affaiblissement sur 10m d'eau et à la longueur d'onde de 0,8 microns soit la limite de l'infrarouge visible est de 0.000043. De plus, les coefficients de faible atténuation correspondant à la zone du bleu-violet sont gravement altérés par la turbidité de l'eau lorsque de nombreux baigneurs évoluent. A titre indicatif, lorsque la piscine est observée au travers de hublots et qu'elle est fortement occupée, il peut être difficile, voire impossible de discerner un baigneur placé à 25 ou 30m.Figure 2 shows the wave absorption coefficients electromagnetic measured in pure water. On the abscissa, the wavelength with the visible region around 0.35 to 0.8 micrometer. On the ordinate, the weakening per cm of water crossing. As an indication, the weakening on 10m of water and at the wavelength of 0.8 microns, the limit of the visible infrared is 0.000043. In addition, the coefficients low attenuation corresponding to the blue-violet zone are seriously affected by the turbidity of the water when many bathers evolve. As an indication, when the swimming pool is observed through portholes and that it is busy, it can be difficult, if not impossible, to discern a bather placed at 25 or 30m.
Le brevet US-A-5043705 est écrit en termes très généraux et se base sur la mesure de la distance entre le capteur et l'obstacle éventuel pour en identifier la présence. Il mentionne divers composants dont un sonar bien adapté pour détecter un corps placé entre le sonar et une paroi mais qui aura d'énormes difficultés à détecter un corps placé tout près d'une paroi cette dernière créant de nombreuses réflexions. Il en va de même de la détection par radiofréquence dont la propagation est très problématique dans l'eau. Ce brevet mentionne aussi les lasers sans toutefois préciser le mode de fonctionnement. En outre, il énumère des méthodes générales d'élimination du bruit car son objectif est l'identification de l'objet immobile, alors que notre proposition se fonde sur la détection permanente d'un motif fixe, dont les propriétés mathématiques sont connues, et dont l'absence seule permet de générer une alarme quel que soit le contour de l'obstacle.US-A-5043705 is written in very general terms and is based on measuring the distance between the sensor and the possible obstacle to identify its presence. he mentions various components including a sonar well suited for detect a body placed between the sonar and a wall but which will have enormous difficulty in detecting a body placed nearby of a wall the latter creating many reflections. he the same goes for radio frequency detection, the propagation is very problematic in water. This patent also mentions lasers without specifying the mode of operation. In addition, it lists general methods noise elimination because its objective is the identification of the stationary object, while our proposition is based on the permanent detection of a fixed pattern, whose properties mathematics are known, and whose absence alone allows generate an alarm whatever the contour of the obstacle.
La présente invention est définie par les revendications et est basée sur la certitude de détection de l'absence d'obstacle de par l'usage du principe des barrières lumineuses fait appel a l'informatique et en particulier aux algorithmes dit de traitement d'image et propose des solutions permettant de surveiller automatiquement la piscine dans le but de diminuer le temps écoulé avant l'alerte et d'améliorer la surveillance traditionnelle.The present invention is defined by the claims and is based on the certainty of detection of the absence of obstacles through the use of the barrier principle luminous uses IT and in particular so-called image processing algorithms and offers solutions allowing automatic monitoring of the pool for the purpose reduce the time elapsed before the alert and improve the traditional surveillance.
D'autres particularités de l'invention apparaítront dans la description suivante présentée à titre d'exemple non limitatif et fait en regard des figures annexées qui représentent:
- fig. 1: Dessin d'une piscine équipée de deux caméras balayant l'espace placé immédiatement au dessus du fond.
- fig. 2: Courbe d'absorption des radiations dans l'eau.
- fig. 3: Dessin du profil en long d'une piscine équipée d'un dispositif de balayage faisant appel à un émetteur de lumière du genre collimateur.
- fig. 1: Drawing of a swimming pool equipped with two cameras scanning the space immediately above the bottom.
- fig. 2: Radiation absorption curve in water.
- fig. 3: Drawing of the profile along a swimming pool equipped with a scanning device using a light emitter of the collimator type.
La figure 1 représente une piscine équipée de deux caméras 1,
balayant chacune les surfaces situées au fond des parois. Les
surfaces observées sont marquées avec des motifs permettant de
délimiter les zones de travail et de s'assurer de la vision
traversante des caméras. Les motifs peuvent prendre la forme
d'une ligne horizontale 2 voire d'une succession de zones
contrastées de faible largeur 2 ou d'une largeur plus grande
permettant d'augmenter le volume surveillé 4 ou encore de
motifs isolés 3. La non détection de ces motifs a pour effet de
libérer une alarme correspondant à la présence d'un obstacle ou
à la mise hors circuit du système de surveillance.FIG. 1 represents a swimming pool equipped with two
Les informations des caméras sont mises à disposition des logiciels de traitement d'image. Au moins deux types de traitement peuvent être mis en oeuvre. Le premier cas est particulièrement bien adaptés pour les piscine de grande profondeur c'est-à-dire lorsque les pieds des baigneurs ne touchent qu'occasionnellement le fond. Dans ce cas, il suffit d'observer la mobilité et la durée des objets qui font obstacle à la détection du motif correspondant à la présence d'un corps sur le fond de la piscine et de libérer une alarme lorsque les critères de danger sont présents.Camera information is made available to image processing software. At least two types of treatment can be implemented. The first case is particularly well suited for large swimming pools depth that is to say when the feet of bathers do not only occasionally touch the bottom. In this case, it suffices observe the mobility and duration of obstructing objects upon detection of the pattern corresponding to the presence of a body on the bottom of the pool and release an alarm when the danger criteria are present.
Le deuxième cas de traitement est mieux adapté aux piscines de faible profondeur. Dans ce cas, il s'agit de reconstituer l'image plane du fond de la piscine en fonction des informations reçues des diverses caméras et ceci en procédant à l'intersection des ensembles représentant des corps (un peu à la manière d'un scanner). De cette image, il est possible d'en obtenir une information supplémentaire correspondant à la surface au sol et qui est fonction de la dimension des corps. Le traitement proposé consiste à associer à chacun des pixels représentant une partie d'un corps, une nouvelle variable appelée « immobilité ». L'immobilité du pixel est fonction du nombre de cycles correspondant à l'observation du dit pixel dans l'état actif. Ce dernier état actif correspondant à la présence d'un corps en danger. L'immobilité croít de façon linéaire ou non en fonction du nombre de cycles où le pixel est actif et décroít de façon non linéaire lorsqu'il est observé inactif créant ainsi un phénomène de rémanence. Une alarme peut être engendrée lorsqu'un nombre de pixels se côtoyant sont l'objet d'une immobilité élevée ceci correspondant à une relation volume-temps pouvant être l'objet d'une personne en danger.The second treatment case is better suited to swimming pools of shallow depth. In this case, it is a question of reconstituting the flat image of the bottom of the pool according to the information received from the various cameras and this by proceeding the intersection of the sets representing bodies (a little the way of a scanner). From this image it is possible to obtain additional information corresponding to the floor area and which is a function of the size of the bodies. The proposed processing consists in associating with each of the pixels representing a part of a body, a new variable called "stillness". The immobility of the pixel depends on the number of cycles corresponding to the observation of said pixel in the active state. This last active state corresponding to the presence of a body in danger. Stillness grows so linear or not depending on the number of cycles where the pixel is active and decreases non-linearly when observed inactive, thus creating a phenomenon of afterglow. An alarm can be generated when a number of pixels next to each other are the object of a high immobility this corresponding to a volume-time relationship that can be the object of a person in danger.
Le nombre de caméras est à adapter en fonction de la grandeur des piscines ou de la volonté de diminuer les effets dus à l'obstruction de l'une ou l'autre d'entre elles.The number of cameras must be adapted depending on the size swimming pools or the desire to reduce the effects due to the obstruction of one or the other of them.
Par ailleurs, il est possible de placer une ou plusieurs caméras au dessus du plan d'eau permettant aussi de maítriser ces effets d'obstruction.In addition, it is possible to place one or more cameras above the water also allowing to control these obstructive effects.
Un algorithme simplifié et l'usage d'une seule caméra, éventuellement complétée de miroirs ou de réflecteurs, peuvent suffir pour la surveillance d'une piscine de moindre importance telle qu'une piscine d'hôtel ou privée.A simplified algorithm and the use of a single camera, possibly supplemented with mirrors or reflectors, can sufficient for monitoring a smaller pool such as a hotel or private pool.
La figure 3 fait appel à un émetteur de lumière 5. Le rayon
émis 6 est réfléchi par un miroir 7 lui-même piloté par un
moteur 8. Le rayon balaye, en fonction de la rotation du
moteur, le fond de la piscine, il est renvoyé par un réflecteur
(toujours en 9) pour revenir sur le miroir 7 et est saisi par
un récepteur placé à côté de l'émetteur 5.Figure 3 uses a
De plus, les signaux lumineux peuvent être modulés afin de les différencier des signaux ambiants.In addition, the light signals can be modulated in order to differentiate from ambient signals.
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- A swimming pool monitoring system, comprising at least one device for monitoring the absence of bodies in danger in a swimming pool, constituted of a means for observing critical zones, said observing means being connected to a computer processing the data obtained and able to distinguish the absence of submerged immobile bodies from other bodies and to signal danger when the duration of immobility has exceeded a given threshold, said means for observing critical zones operating at visible wavelengths and comprising emitters and receivers arranged in such a manner that the observed zone is situated in a volume adjacent to and parallel to the bottom of the swimming pool; said system also including at least one stationary pattern constituted of or adapted to be applied to at least one portion of the swimming pool wall, said system being characterized in that it monitors said absence by the permanent detection of said pattern.
- A monitoring system according to claim 1, characterized in that for safety purposes, there is provided a means for detecting and signaling whether light rays can or cannot pass through the zone to be observed, either due to the presence of a body or for any other reason affecting visibility.
- A monitoring system according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the means for detecting the capacity of rays to pass through the zones to be observed comprises means for detecting the limits of said zones to be observed which can be in the form of a multiplicity of light barriers having elements placed on either side of the zones to be observed, or reflection barriers having reflectors placed on the side opposite to that with the receivers.
- A monitoring device according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the light-signal emitters are constituted by light projectors or simply by daylight, or luminous strips located on the periphery of the swimming pool.
- A monitoring device according to claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the light-barrier receivers are concentrated at various points and are arranged in such a manner that their mechanical or electrical scanning means enables them to observe the desired limits of the zones.
- A monitoring device according to claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the light receivers are constituted of video cameras associated with software adapted to process selected limiting zones.
- A monitoring device according to claims 1 to 6, characterized in that various images taken at different angles are superimposed to provide a composite image corresponding to a plan view of the swimming pool wherein the surface of bodies on the bottom appears and serves as basis for the processing of the absence or the presence of immersed immobile bodies.
- A monitoring device according to claims 1 to 7, characterized in that a device for monitoring correct functioning of the basic equipment superimposes on the emitted rays a periodic modification of a part of these rays, and a device for controlling the result of this modification signals any deficiency or non-perception of said modification by the basic equipment.
- A monitoring device according to claims 1 to 8, characterized in that in addition to detection means placed under the surface of the water, further detection means such as cameras are placed out-of the water and hence enable an increase of the data contributing to determining danger.
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