JP2006135824A - Monitoring image processor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a monitoring image processor suppressing the entire amounts of image data while always obtaining an image of high resolution about an important monitoring area. <P>SOLUTION: An operating part 39 sets an important monitoring area while the important monitoring area is being confirmed on a monitor 5 and area section data are stored in a memory 38. When a signal of a person detection sensor 2 shows an emergency state level at the time of detection, a control part 37 connects switch circuits 33-1 and 2 to a b side to output an image with the entire frame in high resolution. On the other hand, when a signal of the person detection sensor 2 shows a level other than the emergency state level, the switch circuits 33-1 and 2 to an (a) side, an area signal section circuit 34 uses the area section data to section respective signals of an important monitoring area and a non-important monitoring area, a filter 35 applies blurring processing to the signal of the non-important monitoring area to be a signal of low resolution, and an area signal compositing circuit 36 subsequently composites an image of the important monitoring area and an image of the non-important monitoring area after the blurring processing. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

The present invention relates to a monitoring image processing apparatus, and more particularly to an improvement for suppressing the amount of monitoring image data to be recorded while always obtaining an image of an important region in a monitoring system with high resolution.

In recent years, surveillance systems have come to be used frequently in important places in factories and shops, and in places where ATMs (Automatic Teller Machines) are installed for crime prevention and disaster prevention. In particular, image signals captured by surveillance cameras have been used. Video disc recorders (hereinafter referred to as “VDR”) for recording in a digitized manner are becoming widespread. In this surveillance system using VDR, the NTSC (National Television Standards Committee) image signal obtained from the surveillance camera is A / D converted, and then the image data is compressed by a method such as JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group). Recording is performed in a mass storage device such as a hard disk drive (hereinafter referred to as “HDD”).

By the way, in the case of a monitoring system, it is necessary to operate it day and night and on holidays for the purpose of crime prevention and disaster prevention, and monitoring image data is always recorded in the HDD. Recently, the storage capacity of HDDs has increased dramatically, and there are those with several hundred gigabytes or more, and it has become possible to record monitoring image data over a long period of time, but naturally the data recording time is limited. is there. Therefore, when the recording capacity is exceeded, a method of sequentially erasing the old monitoring image data from the time and securing a recording area for new monitoring image data is employed.

Further, there are inventions disclosed in the following Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 as a method of extending the monitoring image data recording time. In the image monitoring apparatus of Patent Document 1, monitoring image data is temporarily stored in a ring buffer, and the amount of change (change in image) of the image file is detected. A method has been proposed in which a sampling interval is set short for an image having a large change. The television camera disclosed in Patent Document 2 captures a high-resolution image and a low-resolution image, and outputs a high-resolution image when an abnormality in the imaging area is detected by a detector such as an infrared sensor. A method of outputting an image with a low resolution when the state is not detected has been proposed.
JP-A-11-110530 JP 2003-298903 A

By the way, in the invention of Patent Document 1, even when there is a movement in a part of the monitoring image that is not so important, the sampling interval is set short and the monitoring image data is recorded with a large amount of information. become. In addition, since hardware and software become special, it is not necessarily possible to introduce an existing monitoring system using VDR in an improved manner. In the invention of Patent Document 2, a detector such as an infrared sensor is not necessarily perfect for abnormality detection, and in particular, in a surveillance system for crime prevention, various measures are taken in which a criminal invalidates the function of the sensor in advance. There are many cases. In such a case, even if there is an abnormality, only a low-resolution image can be obtained, and even if it is recorded in the VDR, the monitoring function is not sufficiently performed due to the fact that the criminal's action and face cannot be confirmed. . Therefore, the present invention was created for the purpose of providing a monitoring image processing apparatus capable of realizing a monitoring system that solves the above problems with a relatively simple configuration.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a monitoring image in which an image signal obtained from an imaging unit that images the monitoring target location is processed based on a detection signal output by the state detection sensor detecting and outputting a normal state or an emergency state of the monitoring target location. In the processing device, when the detection signal indicates the normal state, a region signal sorting unit that divides the image signal obtained from the imaging unit into a signal of a priority monitoring region and a signal of a non-weighted monitoring region on a frame basis; Region signal processing means for performing processing for reducing the resolution of a display image for the signal of the non-weighted monitoring area classified by the area signal sorting means, the signal of the weighted monitoring area sorted by the area signal sorting means, and the area Area signal synthesizing means for composing a frame by synthesizing the signal of the non-weighted monitoring area after processing by the signal processing means, and when the detection signal indicates the normal state. Comprises a signal output means for outputting an image signal synthesized by the region signal synthesis means, and for outputting an image signal obtained from the imaging unit when the detection signal indicates the emergency state. This relates to a monitoring image processing apparatus.

According to the first invention, the state of the monitoring target location is detected by the state detection sensor. However, when the detection signal of the sensor indicates an emergency state, that is, some problem occurs in crime prevention / disaster prevention. In this case, the signal output means outputs the image signal obtained from the imaging unit as it is, and the entire frame can display and record a high-resolution image. On the other hand, when the detection signal indicates a normal state, the region signal classification means classifies the signal into the priority monitoring region signal and the non-weighted monitoring region signal, and the region signal processing unit performs the latter non-weighted monitoring region signal. After the resolution reduction process is performed, the signal of the priority monitoring area and the signal after the resolution reduction process are combined by the area signal combining unit, and the signal output unit outputs the combined image signal. Therefore, in a normal state where there is no problem in crime prevention / disaster prevention, while reducing the resolution of the non-weighted monitoring area, the data amount of the image signal is suppressed to a small level, and the high-resolution image is always applied to the priority monitoring area. Can be displayed and recorded. It should be noted that if the detection signal in the case where the state detection sensor is broken or the signal circuit is disconnected by an intruder or the like is treated as indicating an emergency state, the behavior of the intruder or the like is increased in the entire frame. Display and record with high resolution images.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a monitoring image in which an image signal obtained from an imaging unit that images the monitoring target location is processed based on a detection signal output by the state detection sensor detecting and outputting a normal state or an emergency state of the monitoring target location. In the processing device, the image signal obtained from the imaging unit is divided into a plurality of blocks in units of frames, and motion detection means for detecting whether or not there is motion in each block, the detection signal indicates the normal state. In the case of showing, a display signal for a block signal dividing means for dividing a block in which motion is detected by the motion detecting means and a block in which no motion is detected, and a signal of the block which is not detected by the block signal dividing means Block signal processing means for performing a process for reducing the resolution of the block, and a block for detecting the motion divided by the block signal sorting means. Block signal synthesizing means for composing a frame by synthesizing a block signal and a block signal that does not detect motion after being processed by the block signal processing means, and when the detection signal indicates the normal state, the block A signal output means for outputting an image signal after the signal combining means outputs the output signal and outputting an image signal obtained from the imaging unit when the detection signal indicates the emergency state; The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus.

Also in the second invention, when the detection signal of the state detection sensor indicates an emergency state, the image signal obtained from the imaging unit is output as it is and the entire frame has a high resolution as in the first invention. Enables display and recording of images. On the other hand, when the detection signal indicates a normal state, the first invention deals with the image signal of the frame by dividing it into a pre-set priority monitoring area and a non-weighted monitoring area, while detecting motion. The block is divided into a plurality of blocks by the means, and it is detected whether or not there is motion in the image for each block, and the block signal sorting means classifies the block into a block having motion and a block having no motion. Then, after the resolution reduction process is performed on the signal of the block whose motion is not detected by the block signal processing unit, the signal of the block whose motion is detected by the block signal synthesis unit and the signal after the resolution reduction process are synthesized, and the signal output The means outputs the combined image signal. Therefore, in the present invention, instead of fixedly distinguishing the emphasis monitoring area and the non-emphasis monitoring area as in the first invention, the classification method is changed depending on whether or not the block is in motion, When the detection signal indicates a normal state, the data amount of the image signal can be reduced, and an image with a high resolution can always be displayed and recorded for a moving block. As in the case of the first invention, it is desirable to treat the detection signal when the state detection sensor is broken or the signal circuit is disconnected by an intruder or the like equivalent to that indicating an emergency state. is there.

The monitoring image processing apparatus of the present invention has the following effects based on the above configuration. In the monitoring system, in the monitoring system, the priority monitoring area of the monitoring target location is always displayed and recorded with a high-resolution image in any state, and when the monitoring target location is in a normal state, By performing resolution reduction processing on the signals in the priority monitoring area, the data amount of the image recorded on the HDD or the like is greatly reduced. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in a monitoring system, a moving block in a monitoring image is always displayed with a high resolution in any state, and when the monitoring target location is in a normal state, By performing the resolution reduction process on the image signal of the block having no motion, it is possible to obtain the same effect as that of the first invention. In particular, in the second invention, when the monitoring target location is in the normal state, most of the blocks are often non-moving blocks, which is extremely effective in reducing the amount of image data. In addition, the first and second inventions provide detailed behavior of an intruder or the like if the detection signal when the function of the state detection sensor is invalidated by an intruder or the like is also treated as indicating an emergency state. I can grasp it.

Embodiments of the monitoring image processing apparatus of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.
[Embodiment 1]
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of an ATM monitoring system. In the same figure, 1 is a surveillance camera imaging an ATM to be monitored from an obliquely upper side, 2 is an infrared type human sensor installed in the vicinity of the ATM, 3 is a signal input state from the human sensor 2 A monitoring image processing device that processes an image signal obtained from the monitoring camera 1 based on the above, 4 is a VDR that compresses the image signal processed by the monitoring image processing device 3 and records it in the built-in HDD, and 5 is a reproduced image of VDR4 or monitoring This is a monitor that can selectively display an image obtained from the image processing device 3.

Here, the monitoring image processing device 3 includes an interface 31 that captures an image signal transmitted from the monitoring camera 1 side, a DSP (Digital Signal Processor) 32 that performs general signal processing on the transmitted image signal, and two The switch circuit 33-1, 2, region signal sorting circuit 34, filter (low-pass filter) 35, region signal synthesis circuit 36, control unit 37, memory 38, and operation unit 39 are included. Then, the control unit 37 switches the switch circuits 33-1 and 2 in accordance with the signal input state from the human sensor 2, and also performs the priority monitoring region and the non-weighted monitoring on the frame screen set in advance from the operation unit 39. When the area division data is stored in the memory 38 and the signal from the human sensor 2 indicates a normal state (OFF level), the area signal division circuit 34 and the area signal synthesis are performed using the division data in the memory 38. The operation of the circuit 36 is controlled.

The setting of the classification data is executed as follows. First, the entire monitoring system is started up, and the monitor 5 is set to a real-time image display state. In this state, when the MENU button of the operation unit 39 [FIG. 2A] of the monitoring image processing apparatus 3 is pressed, the MENU screen shown in FIG. That is, the display data of the MENU screen is stored in advance as fixed data in the memory 38. When the MENU button is turned ON, the system is set to the section setting mode, and the switch circuits 33-1 and 2 are connected to the b side. The display data of the MENU screen in the memory 38 is read out to the DSP 32 and displayed on the monitor 5.

When the MENU screen is displayed on the monitor 5, the upper and lower Δ buttons of the operation unit 39 are operated to move the cursor to “area setting”, and the □ button is pressed to select the task. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, an image captured by the monitoring camera 1 is displayed on the monitor 5, and grid lines that divide the screen into blocks are displayed. In this division, if the block is made too fine, the subsequent setting operation becomes complicated. Conversely, if the block is made too large, the optimum setting cannot be performed. Therefore, an appropriate size is selected in consideration of the monitoring target. As shown in FIG. 4, the block is divided into 10 (vertical) × 15 (horizontal) blocks.

Next, a block always having a high resolution is selected and designated on the display screen. The operation is such that the currently selected block blinks, so the four blocks are operated to move the blinking block, and when the square button is pressed, the block is filled. Then, by repeating such a selection operation, the block selection state as shown in FIG. 4 is obtained. Here, the display area of the face and head of the person using the ATM and the display area of the operation key of the ATM are displayed. Is set as a priority monitoring area (a group of blocks always displaying high resolution). When this selection operation is completed, the MENU button of the operation unit 39 [FIG. 2A] is pressed to display the MENU screen of FIG. 2B on the monitor 5, and the up and down Δ buttons are operated to move the cursor to “Region of Area”. When the □ button is pressed in the state of “confirmed”, the selected area is confirmed as the priority monitoring area, and is registered in the memory 38 as the classification data of the priority monitoring area and the non-weighted monitoring area on the frame screen. Further, if the □ button is pressed while the cursor is set to “SAVE” by operating the upper and lower Δ buttons, the mode shifts to the original image processing mode.

The operation procedure in the image processing mode of the monitoring image processing apparatus 3 is shown in the flowchart of FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, an image signal in the vicinity of the ATM imaged by the monitoring camera 1 is input to the DSP 32 via the interface 31 in the monitoring image processing device 3, and the sensor signal of the human sensor 2 is transmitted to the control unit 37. Has been entered. Here, the sensor signal indicates the ON level when there is a person in the vicinity of the ATM, and indicates the OFF level when there is no person. Then, the control unit 37 executes different signal processing depending on whether the sensor signal is ON level or other level.

First, when the sensor signal indicates the ON level, the control unit 37 connects each switch circuit 33-1 and 2 to the b side, and outputs the image signal processed by the DSP 32 to the VDR 4 side as it is (S11). , S12). In other words, in order to output the image signal captured by the surveillance camera 1 as it is in the emergency state where there is a person in the vicinity of the ATM, for example, as shown in FIG. It can also be displayed on the monitor 5.

On the other hand, when the sensor signal is in the normal state indicating the OFF level, the control unit 37 connects the switch circuits 33-1 and 2 to the a side, and the region signal division circuit 34, the filter 35, and the region signal synthesis. The image signal processed through the circuit comprising the circuit 36 is output to the VDR 4 side (S11, S13). Further, the control unit 37 reads out the segmented data of the emphasis monitoring region and the non-emphasis monitoring region registered in the memory 38 in advance by setting the region to the region signal segmenting circuit 34 and the region signal synthesizing circuit 36.

In the normal state, when a frame image signal is input from the DSP 32 to the area signal classification circuit 34 via the switch circuit 33-1, the area signal classification circuit 34 uses the classification data to detect the signal of the priority monitoring area and the non-weighted area. The signal of the priority monitoring area is output to the area signal synthesis circuit 36, while the signal of the non-weighted monitoring area is output to the filter 35. For example, when the area is set as shown in FIG. 4, the signal of the important monitoring area is an image signal as shown in FIG. 6, and the signal of the non-critical monitoring area is as shown in FIG. This is an image signal. However, since the example is illustrated using FIG. 4 without distinguishing between the emergency state and the normal state, a person is also shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, but the normal state is as described above. Since this corresponds to a state in which there is no person, actually, only a part of the ATM is shown in the focus monitoring area and the non-focus monitoring area.

The filter 35 performs the blurring process by removing the high-frequency component of the signal in the non-weighted monitoring area. In the above example, the blurring process is performed on the image signal shown in FIG. A low-resolution image signal as shown is obtained, and the processed image signal is input to the region signal synthesis circuit 36. The area signal synthesis circuit 36 synthesizes the signal of the priority monitoring area obtained earlier using the segmented data and the signal of the non-weighted monitoring area after the blurring process, reconstructs the frame image signal, and switches Output from the circuit 32-2 to the VDR4 side. Accordingly, in the above example, the image signal shown in FIG. 6 and the image signal shown in FIG. 8 are combined to form an image signal as shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the monitoring image processing apparatus 3 of this embodiment, in an emergency state (when the sensor signal is ON level), a high-resolution image signal is obtained over the entire frame screen, and a normal state (the sensor signal is OFF). In the case of level), a high-resolution image signal is obtained for the priority monitoring area in the frame screen, and an image signal having a low resolution is obtained for the non-weighted monitoring area by the blurring process. Therefore, a high-resolution image signal is always obtained for the emphasis monitoring area, and in the normal state, the non-emphasis monitoring area becomes a low-resolution image signal, so that the data amount of the image signal can be greatly suppressed.

By the way, there is a case where an act of invalidating the function of the human sensor 2 is performed, such as when the human sensor 2 is broken or its signal line is disconnected. In such a case, the sensor signal becomes an abnormal level that is neither the ON level nor the OFF level, but the control unit 37 is treated in the same manner as in the emergency state (when the sensor signal is at the ON level). By doing so, it is possible to output the scene where the criminal act is performed as a high-resolution image.

In this embodiment, the monitoring image processing device 3 is configured independently of the monitoring camera 1 so that the priority monitoring region can be set while looking at the monitor 5. However, the monitoring image processing device 3 is used as the monitoring camera 1. It is good also as a structure integrated integrally. In that case, a signal line for connecting the monitoring camera 1 and the monitoring image processing device 3 is not necessary, and the human sensor 2 is often arranged at a position close to the monitoring camera, so the sensor signal line is also shortened. It becomes difficult to perform monitoring while setting the monitoring area on the monitor 5. However, a portable monitor can be connected to the output side of the monitoring image processing device 3 to perform the setting, and it may be advantageous to have a configuration in which the monitoring camera 1 and the monitoring image processing device 3 are integrated. Further, the monitoring image processing device 3 may be configured to be incorporated in the VDR 4.

[Embodiment 2]
FIG. 10 is a system configuration diagram of an ATM monitoring system similar to FIG. 1 in the first embodiment. As is apparent from a comparison between FIG. 10 and FIG. 1, the monitoring camera 1, the human sensor 2, the VDR 4, and the monitor 5 are the same as those in the first embodiment, and the configuration of the monitoring image processing device 6 is different. It ’s just that. Therefore, description of devices other than the monitoring image processing apparatus 6 is omitted here, and the circuit configuration and functions of the monitoring image processing apparatus 6 will be mainly described.

The monitoring image processing device 6 includes an interface 61 that captures an image signal transmitted from the monitoring camera 1 side, performs general signal processing on the transmitted image signal, divides the image signal into blocks, and A DSP 62 having a function of detecting whether or not there is motion in an image, two switch circuits 63-1, 2, a block signal sorting circuit 64, a filter (low-pass filter) 65, and an area signal synthesis circuit 66 And the control unit 67. Here, the control unit 67 switches the switch circuits 63-1 and 6 according to the signal input state from the human sensor 2, and controls the operation of the entire system of the monitoring image processing apparatus 6.

The functional difference between the monitoring image processing apparatus 6 and the monitoring image processing apparatus 3 of the first embodiment is that, in the case of the first embodiment, the priority monitoring area created by setting the area from the operation unit 39 in advance is different from the priority monitoring area. In contrast to the fact that the area signal is segmented fixedly using the segmented data of the priority monitoring area, in this embodiment, the DSP 62 performs high segmentation based on the block segment data created by performing block segmentation / motion detection. This is in that a region for obtaining a resolution image signal and a region for which a low resolution image signal is sufficient are dynamically set.

First, the operation of the DSP 62 will be described with reference to FIG. An image signal in the vicinity of the ATM imaged by the monitoring camera 1 is input to the DSP 62 via the interface 61. The Y / C separation unit 71 extracts a luminance signal from the input image signal, and the A / D conversion unit 72 The luminance signal is converted into a digital signal. The blocking unit 73 divides the frame screen into a large number of blocks, sets a plurality of designated pixels for each block, divides each designated pixel for each block, and writes it to the memory 74. For example, when the frame screen is divided into 10 (vertical) × 15 (horizontal) blocks as shown in FIG. 3, 36 designated pixels are set at equal intervals in each block, and the entire frame screen is set. 5400 designated pixels are written into the memory 74.

Next, the difference calculation unit 75 calculates the difference between the designated pixel of the previous frame and the designated pixel of the current frame written in the memory 74. The comparison result is compared with the luminance comparison threshold value ThDp for each pixel in the comparison unit 76, and the number of absolute values of the difference as the comparison result equal to or greater than a certain value is counted for each block in the counting unit 77. Further, the comparison unit 78 compares the count value for each block by the counting unit 77 with a count value threshold ThCp for determining whether or not the block includes motion, and writes the comparison result to the memory 79 for each block. Accordingly, block classification data indicating whether or not each block in the frame is a block in which motion is detected is written in the memory 79. The DSP 62 generates block partition data based on the motion detection for each block as well as general signal processing for the transmitted image signal, and updates the block partition data in the memory 79 for each frame.

Returning to FIG. 10, the image signal processed by the DSP 62 is input to the switch circuit 63-1, and the block partition data of the memory 79 of the DSP 62 is input to the block signal partition circuit 64 and the block signal synthesis circuit 66. The control unit 67 executes the signal processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 12 based on the signal input state from the human sensor 2.

First, when the sensor signal indicates the ON level, the control unit 67 connects the switch circuits 63-1 and 6-2 to the b side and outputs the image signal processed by the DSP 62 to the VDR4 side as it is (S21). , S22). This is the same as in the first embodiment, and the monitoring image processing apparatus 6 outputs a high-resolution image signal captured by the monitoring camera 1 and records / records it in an emergency state where a person is present near the ATM. Display.

On the other hand, when the sensor signal is in the normal state indicating the OFF level, the control unit 67 connects the switch circuits 63-1 and 2 to the a side, and the block signal sorting circuit 64, the filter 65, and the block signal synthesis. The image signal created using the circuit 66 is output to the VDR 4 side (S21, S23). In that case, the block signal sorting circuit 64 and the block signal synthesizing circuit 66 read the block sorting data in the memory 79 of the DSP 62 and execute block signal sorting and synthesis.

The block signal classification circuit 64 uses the block classification data to classify a block signal having motion and a signal having no motion, and outputs the signal having a motion block to the region signal synthesis circuit 66 to thereby detect the block having no motion. The signal is output to the filter 65. For example, even when the ATM is operated in a state where the human sensor 2 cannot detect, only the block including the operation article becomes a moving block. As shown in FIG. 3, when there is a person in the vicinity of the ATM, this is not the normal state, and the person detection sensor 2 senses an emergency state. For the sake of convenience, description will be made with reference to FIG. 3 for the sake of convenience. In that case, since only the block including the person becomes a moving block, the black block shown in FIG. 13 is set as the moving block. Accordingly, an image signal of a frame as shown in FIG. 14 is input to the region signal synthesis circuit 66, and an image signal of a frame as shown in FIG.

The filter 65 performs the blurring process by removing the high-frequency component of the signal of the block having no motion. However, in the above example, the blurring process is performed on the signal of the image shown in FIG. An image signal is obtained and input to the area signal synthesis circuit 66. The region signal synthesis circuit 66 synthesizes the signal of the block with motion obtained previously using the block segment data and the signal of the block without motion after the blurring process, and reconstructs the frame image signal. Then, the switch circuit 63-2 outputs the signal to the VDR4 side. Accordingly, in the above example, the image signal shown in FIG. 14 and the image signal shown in FIG. 16 are combined to form an image signal as shown in FIG.

As a result, according to the monitoring image processing apparatus 6 of this embodiment, in the emergency state (when the sensor signal is at the ON level), a high-resolution image signal is obtained over the entire frame screen, and the normal state (the sensor signal is at the OFF level). In the case), a high-resolution image signal is obtained for a moving block in the frame screen, and a low-resolution image signal is obtained for a non-moving block by blurring processing. Therefore, since a high-resolution image signal is always obtained for a moving block, and a non-moving block is a low-resolution image signal in a normal state, the data amount of the image signal is the same as in the first embodiment. Can be suppressed. In particular, since the entire frame screen is often a non-moving block in the normal state, the amount of data is smaller than when the emphasis monitoring area and the non-emphasis monitoring area are fixedly set as in the first embodiment. The efficiency of reducing the is extremely high. The monitoring image processing apparatus 6 of this embodiment has an independent configuration, but may be configured to be incorporated in the monitoring camera 1 side or the VDR 4.

In the first embodiment, a case where the sensor signal becomes an abnormal level that is neither the ON level nor the OFF level due to an action that invalidates the function of the human sensor 2 is an emergency state (when the sensor signal is at the ON level). Although they are handled in the same way, it is desirable to perform such processing also in the second embodiment.

The monitoring image processing apparatus of the present invention can be applied to a monitoring system that processes an image signal obtained from a monitoring camera based on a detection signal from a sensor that detects a state of a monitoring target location.

1 is a system configuration diagram of a monitoring system to which a monitoring image processing apparatus according to a first embodiment is applied. (A) is a button layout of the operation unit of the monitoring image processing apparatus, and (B) is a menu screen displayed on the monitor. It is a picked-up image with the monitoring camera displayed on the monitor when setting a priority monitoring area | region. It is a figure which shows the block selection state at the time of the setting of an important monitoring area | region. It is a flowchart which shows the image processing operation | movement procedure in the monitoring image processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the image of a priority monitoring area | region. It is a figure which shows the image of a non-weighted monitoring area | region. It is a figure which shows the image of the non-weighted monitoring area | region after performing a blurring process with a filter. It is a figure which shows the image output synthetically. It is a system configuration figure of a surveillance system to which a surveillance image processing device concerning Embodiment 2 is applied. It is a functional block diagram which shows the creation function of the block division data by the motion detection in DSP. It is a flowchart which shows the image processing operation | movement procedure of the monitoring image processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the detection state of the block with a motion in a captured image. It is a figure which shows the image of a block with a motion. It is a figure which shows the image of the block without a motion. It is a figure which shows the image of the block without a motion after performing a blurring process with a filter. It is a figure which shows the image output synthetically.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Surveillance camera, 2 ... Human sensor, 3, 6 ... Surveillance image processing apparatus, 4 ... VDR, 5 ... Monitor, 31, 61 ... Interface, 32, 62 ... DSP, 33-1, 2, 63-1, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 2 ... Switch circuit, 34 ... Area signal division circuit, 35, 65 ... Filter, 36 ... Area signal synthesis circuit, 37, 67 ... Control part, 38, 74, 79 ... Memory, 39 ... Operation part, 64 ... Block signal division Circuit, 66... Block signal synthesizing circuit, 71... Y / C separation unit, 72... A / D conversion unit, 73 ... Blocking unit, 75 ... Difference calculation unit, 76, 78 ... Comparison unit, 77 ... Counting unit.

Claims (2)

In a monitoring image processing apparatus that processes an image signal obtained from an imaging unit that images the monitoring target location based on a detection signal that is output by the state detection sensor detecting and outputting a normal state or an emergency state of the monitoring target location.
When the detection signal indicates the normal state, an area signal classification unit that divides the image signal obtained from the imaging unit into a signal of a priority monitoring area and a signal of a non-weighted monitoring area in units of frames;
Area signal processing means for performing a process of reducing the resolution of the display image for the signal of the non-weighted monitoring area classified by the area signal sorting means;
Area signal combining means for composing a frame by combining the signal of the priority monitoring area divided by the area signal dividing means and the signal of the non-weighted monitoring area after being processed by the area signal processing means;
When the detection signal indicates the normal state, the image signal synthesized by the region signal synthesizing unit is output, and when the detection signal indicates the emergency state, the image signal obtained from the imaging unit is output. And a monitoring image processing apparatus. In a monitoring image processing apparatus that processes an image signal obtained from an imaging unit that images the monitoring target location based on a detection signal that is output by the state detection sensor detecting and outputting a normal state or an emergency state of the monitoring target location.
A motion detection unit that divides an image signal obtained from the imaging unit into a plurality of blocks in units of frames and detects whether or not there is motion in each block;
Block signal classification means for classifying into blocks where motion is detected by the motion detection means and blocks where motion is not detected when the detection signal indicates the normal state;
Block signal processing means for performing processing for reducing the resolution of a display image for a signal of a block that is not detected by the block signal sorting means, and
A block signal synthesizing unit that composes a frame by synthesizing a signal of a block in which motion detected by the block signal segmenting unit is detected and a signal of a block that does not detect motion after being processed by the block signal processing unit;
When the detection signal indicates the normal state, the image signal after being synthesized by the block signal combining unit is output, and when the detection signal indicates the emergency state, an image signal obtained from the imaging unit is output. And a signal output means for monitoring.

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