EP2064684A1 - Procede pour faire fonctionner au moins une camera - Google Patents

Procede pour faire fonctionner au moins une camera

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EP2064684A1
EP2064684A1 EP07787590A EP07787590A EP2064684A1 EP 2064684 A1 EP2064684 A1 EP 2064684A1 EP 07787590 A EP07787590 A EP 07787590A EP 07787590 A EP07787590 A EP 07787590A EP 2064684 A1 EP2064684 A1 EP 2064684A1
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camera
scene
observed
module
information
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Stefan Mueller-Schneiders
Marcel Merkel
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Robert Bosch GmbH
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/18—Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
    • H04N7/181—Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B13/00—Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
    • G08B13/18—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength
    • G08B13/189—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems
    • G08B13/194—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems using image scanning and comparing systems
    • G08B13/196—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems using image scanning and comparing systems using television cameras
    • G08B13/19639—Details of the system layout
    • G08B13/19645—Multiple cameras, each having view on one of a plurality of scenes, e.g. multiple cameras for multi-room surveillance or for tracking an object by view hand-over
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B13/00—Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
    • G08B13/18—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength
    • G08B13/189—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems
    • G08B13/194—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems using image scanning and comparing systems
    • G08B13/196—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems using image scanning and comparing systems using television cameras
    • G08B13/19678—User interface
    • G08B13/19689—Remote control of cameras, e.g. remote orientation or image zooming control for a PTZ camera

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  • the invention relates to a method for operating at least one camera, a
  • BV image processing
  • Calibration of a camera via a graphical user interface A representation of an area where the camera is used and calibration information about area calibration points are represented by the graphical user interface.
  • Calibration point calibration information is entered through the graphical user interface through commands identifying a position of the camera.
  • External calibration including camera positioning is calculated based on calibration information and calibration points.
  • the invention relates to a method for operating at least one camera, in which a position of the at least one camera is determined and for image processing, information about a scene to be observed from the position is provided.
  • the information is provided from the Internet, wherein relevant pages from the Internet, which take into account the position of the scene as well as there to be expected and / or prevailing weather, are evaluated.
  • the method can register the at least one camera within a camera arrangement which comprises a plurality of cameras.
  • Registration is the location of multiple cameras to determine each other.
  • an image processing of the cameras is to be matched to each other, so that the cameras are controlled and adjusted in particular by a device which is designed for carrying out the method according to the invention, that, for example, a particularly large-scale scenario can be observed.
  • the registration allows an entire scenario to be observed by the cameras of the camera arrangement, which covers all scenes, to be taken into account. Thus, for example, it is possible to continuously observe an object moving through a plurality of scenes.
  • a scene model and thus a model presentation of the one to be observed by a camera Scene and a scenario observed by multiple cameras Taking into account at least one of the above-mentioned aspects, a scene model and thus a model presentation of the one to be observed by a camera Scene and a scenario observed by multiple cameras.
  • the device according to the invention for a camera arrangement with at least one camera has at least one module and is designed to determine a position of the at least one camera and to provide information about a scene to be observed from this position.
  • the at least one module is designed as a GPS receiving device and / or as an electronic compass.
  • information from the satellite-based system for global positioning (GPS) can be provided.
  • the information on the position can generally be provided by satellite navigation, usually a so-called Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), for example the European satellite navigation system Galileo.
  • GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System
  • Galileo European satellite navigation system
  • the at least one module is further designed to provide and evaluate information from the Internet or Worlwide Web (WWW). With the device or the at least one module of the device, various steps of the method according to the invention can be carried out.
  • WWW Worlwide Web
  • the at least one camera which is localized and in particular mobile or non-mobile, are controlled. This includes, for example, that the video and / or photographic parameters, for example. Segmentation strategy, exposure time, color correction and the like, for setting the camera under
  • the camera arrangement according to the invention has at least one camera and at least one module, wherein the at least one module is designed to determine a position of the at least one camera and to provide information about a scene to be observed starting from this position.
  • This camera arrangement can therefore also have at least one device according to the invention and be suitable for carrying out steps of the method according to the invention.
  • the invention also relates to a computer program with program code means for
  • the computer program product according to the invention with program code means which are stored on a computer-readable data carrier is designed to carry out all the steps of a method according to the invention when the computer program is executed on a computer or a corresponding arithmetic unit, in particular in a described device.
  • the installed camera or surveillance camera is a "presentation of an environment" in which it is installed and thus suspended or placed, mediated.
  • This is done in an embodiment by the use of the following modules: a GPS receiver, an electronic compass, a module for providing access to the Internet, which, for example, by means of WLAN or wired, as well as a module for the evaluation of important websites, for example. Google -Earth, where rural and city maps or aerial photographs are provided.
  • the camera is provided information about the observed scene or an observed environment through the position detection and by the comparison of the information with the knowledge about the environment, which comes from the Internet. By determining the position using GPS and the compass, the position and viewing direction of the camera with respect to the environment can be determined.
  • This position can be compared with maps from the Internet, for example from Google Map or from the geodata server Ruhr area.
  • the camera is given information about the observed scene, and it can be found out whether the camera observes a forest area, a street scene or a residential area with houses.
  • it is possible to determine which objects are most likely to appear in the scene. For example, in a forest area, animals are likely to be observed, whereas motor vehicles are unlikely to be detected.
  • the current weather and weather forecasts can be taken from the Internet.
  • modules are, for example, a shadow detector which is to be used in sunny weather and a light-detecting module which is used in precipitation, ie rain or snow, or in the case of suitable weather.
  • information about the wind direction and wind force can be taken from a weather page on the Internet. These can be used to predict leaf and branch movements.
  • Positioning via GPS and compass also predicts the course of the sun so that the image processing can be adjusted to the position of the sun and overall brightness.
  • Figure 1 shows a first embodiment of a camera with a device in a schematic representation.
  • FIG. 2 shows an aerial photograph and a section of a city map.
  • FIG. 3 shows a schematic representation of an embodiment of a camera arrangement and a second embodiment of a device according to the invention.
  • the embodiment of a camera 2 shown schematically in FIG. 1 comprises a first module 4 for recording and digitizing images of a scene to be observed by the camera 2.
  • a second module 6 comprises a short-term
  • Image processing that evaluates images of the camera 2 and detects moving objects.
  • the second module 6 classifies these objects and performs tracking.
  • a plurality of such motion information is transferred to a third module 8 for long-term image processing, which learns a scene model from typical patterns in a fourth module 10.
  • the scene model then contains typical after a learning phase
  • Movement trajectories, occlusion maps such as e.g. Information about the position of the camera in the room, etc.
  • the task of the scene model is to improve the events of the second module 6 for short-term image processing, in particular with regard to an associated robustness of the camera 2. This can e.g. be done by predicting occlusions or predicted movements of objects.
  • the camera has a fifth module 12 for Internet evaluation.
  • This fifth module 12 has a connection to the Internet 13 via a wireless or wired interface 14, wherein the interface 14 in the present embodiment has a so-called transmission control protocol.
  • the fifth module 12 is designed to automatically retrieve current information from the Internet 13. Via a GPS and compass module 16, a position of the camera 2 is determined and compared with geo-information from the Internet 13. From this, the fifth module 12 derives a model idea from the observed scene and transfers it to the scene model.
  • the scene model in the fourth module 10 is thus provided with additional information about adjacent structures, such as, for example, houses, trees, streets and the like (curved arrow 15).
  • the scene model is also designed to connect such information with an already learned model.
  • the fifth module 12 and the scene model produce together are the current weather conditions using weather services from the Internet 13, the sun's run and associated shadow effects for the camera 2, predicting leaf and branch movements by considering the wind force , for example, about Weather services from the Internet 13, as well as probable objects in the observed scene.
  • the present embodiment of the device according to the invention is thus arranged in the camera 2 and has at least the modules 10, 12, 14 and 16.
  • Figure 2 shows an example of a collaboration of GPS, compass and geo-data from the Internet.
  • Figure 2 shows on the left a schematic aerial view 20 and right a section of a city map 22 of the city of Duisburg.
  • the two assumed surveillance cameras 24, 26 and their viewing areas are marked in FIG. Since the geodata server holds both aerial images 20, in this case satellite imagery, and city maps 22, the cameras 24, 26 can be drawn in both images after the cameras 24, 26 report their respective position via GPS and compass.
  • from the city map can then be easily determined automatically that the first camera 26 is focused on a crossing scene and the second camera 24 predominantly on a forest area. From this, suitable modes for the two cameras 24, 26 can be determined automatically.
  • the monitoring unit or device for operating at least one camera does not necessarily have to be integrated in a housing of the camera 2, as shown in FIG. A spatially separated arrangement of the individual modules is conceivable.
  • a camera arrangement 28 comprises a first camera 30 and a second camera 32, which are connected to the
  • the camera arrangement 28 comprises the device 36 with the at least one module 38, which is designed to determine the respective position of the cameras 30, 32.
  • the cameras 30, 32 for the common, synergetic image processing of the device 36 information about the starting from the respective position to be observed scene
  • a communication for information exchange takes place between the first camera 30 and the device 36 via a line 40.
  • the device 36 has a Antenna 42, with which the device 36 with the second camera 32, which also has an antenna 44, wirelessly communicates.
  • the device 36 establishes a suitable connection to the Internet via the antenna 42 for providing information about the scene 34.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
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  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
  • Closed-Circuit Television Systems (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé pour faire fonctionner au moins une caméra (2), une position de ladite ou desdites caméras(2) étant déterminée et des informations sur une scène pouvant être observées depuis la position étant délivrées en vue du traitement d'image.
EP07787590A 2006-09-08 2007-07-16 Procede pour faire fonctionner au moins une camera Withdrawn EP2064684A1 (fr)

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DE102006042318.6A DE102006042318B4 (de) 2006-09-08 2006-09-08 Verfahren zum Betreiben mindestens einer Kamera
PCT/EP2007/057323 WO2008028720A1 (fr) 2006-09-08 2007-07-16 Procédé pour faire fonctionner au moins une caméra

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