JP2007329622A - Video monitor system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video monitor system that can manage the time when and the place where a target identification information element was present, and easily retrieve and extract video of a monitor camera by storing information obtained from the identification information element and video obtained by a monitor camera device as data in combination. <P>SOLUTION: The video monitor system includes an information read means 2 of reading information of the identification information means 1, a photographing device 5 which photographs a person who carries the identification information means 1, and a data generating means 81 of relating the information read by the information read means 2 and the video photographed by the photographing device 5 to generate relation data 10. Further, the video monitor system includes a storage part 7 which stores the relation data 10 generated by the data generating means 81, an input means 21 of inputting information for retrieving the relation data 10, a data extracting means 82 of extracting the relation data 10 stored in the storage part 7 from the information input by the input means 21, and a display means 22 of displaying the information extracted by the data extracting means 82. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a video surveillance system for searching and extracting visitors and the like by video by combining identification information and surveillance camera information.

  Conventionally, when monitoring the entrance of visitors to security zones, etc. in facilities such as offices, surveillance cameras are generally installed on the ceiling of the boundary where visitors are not allowed to enter, and the administrator is always in the management room. Was monitoring by video.

  However, in a facility where there are a large number of monitoring areas, it is virtually impossible for an administrator to see all the monitoring screens, and the post-confirmation is almost based on recorded video. In addition, since the amount of data of the recorded video is enormous, it takes a lot of time and effort to search for the target visitor's video when confirming the recording. In addition, a lot of useless scenes in which nothing is shown are recorded on a hard disk or the like for recording data, and it has not been used effectively.

Therefore, there is a system for recording video by starting / stopping recording at the timing when a moving object is detected by a change in the monitoring video by the monitoring camera. Specifically, video captured by the surveillance camera is supplied to and stored in the frame memory as an input video, and the reference memory stores a comparison video that is a video at the start of shooting with the surveillance camera. In the motion vector detector, the motion of the input video newly stored in the frame memory with respect to the comparison video is detected, and a residual obtained by performing motion compensation of the input video according to the motion vector is obtained. Then, in the difference value evaluation circuit, the residual is compared with a predetermined threshold value, and in the encoding control circuit, encoding and recording start / stop of the input video are controlled in accordance with the comparison result. (Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-285542

  However, in the invention of the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, the surveillance camera operates even for the staff who are permitted to enter the security zone and the like, and there is a lot of useless data. It took time and effort to find the target visitor's video.

  The present invention solves the above-described problem, and manages the time and position where the target identification information element exists by storing information obtained from the identification information element and video obtained from the monitoring camera device in combination as data. A further object is to provide a video surveillance system that can easily search and extract video from a surveillance camera.

  The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem, and in an image monitoring system for photographing a person possessing identification information means by a photographing apparatus, an information reading means for reading information of the identification information means and a person possessing the identification information means An image capturing device that captures the image, a data creation unit that creates the related data by associating the information read by the information reading unit with the video captured by the image capture device, and the related data created by the data creation unit A storage unit; an input unit for inputting information to search for the related data; a data extraction unit for extracting the related data stored in the storage unit from information input to the input unit; and the data extraction Display means for displaying information extracted by the means.

  Further, the reading range of the information reading means and the shooting range of the shooting apparatus are substantially the same range.

  Further, the photographing apparatus operates when the information reading unit starts reading.

  In addition, a plurality of the information reading means and the photographing apparatus are provided.

  In addition, the related data includes area data for storing an area where a person who has the identification information means is present, and date / time data for storing a time when the person who has the identification information means is present. .

  The video surveillance system may select an area from an area display that displays the area data, and select a person who possesses the time and the identification information means from a time zone that displays the date and time data corresponding to the area. Then, the related data stored in the storage unit is extracted by the data extraction means, and the information extracted by the data extraction means is displayed by the display means.

  Further, the video monitoring system selects the time and the area from the time zone for displaying the date and time data corresponding to the person possessing the identification information means by the input means, so that the data extracting means allows the storage unit to The related data stored in the data extraction means is extracted, and the information extracted by the data extraction means is displayed by the display means.

  In addition, the video monitoring system inputs the person who has the identification information means by the input means, and displays the area data corresponding to the person who has the identification information means and the date / time data for each area. By selecting the area / date / time from the area / date / time display, the data extraction means extracts the related data stored in the storage unit, and the display means displays the information extracted by the data extraction means. Features.

  According to the present invention, an administrator or the like can instantly confirm the movement history in the monitoring zone of the person who has the identification information means. In addition, since only the video of the person who has the identification information means is stored and it is not necessary to store the video where no one is captured, the burden on the control device and the storage unit is reduced, and the identification information means can be obtained. Information and video obtained from the imaging device are combined and stored as data, so that the video of the imaging device can be easily searched and extracted when managing the location and time where the person possessing the target identification information means existed be able to.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the video monitoring system V will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an outline of a video surveillance system V which is an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is an IC tag as an example of identification information means, 2 is a tag reader as an example of identification information reading means, 3 is an identification information reading area, 4 is an antenna, 5 is a video camera as an example of a photographing apparatus, 6 Is a shooting area, 7 is a storage unit, 8 is a server as an example of a control device, 9 is a network, 10 is related data, 11 is date / time data, 12 is visitor name data, 13 is area data, and S is a monitoring zone. As an example, a security zone, V is a video surveillance system, X is a visitor, and Y is a staff.

  The IC tag 1 is a record in which identification information using an RF-ID or the like embedded in a card or the like that is received by a visitor X to be monitored is received and received. The tag reader 2 reads the identification information of the IC tag 1 in the identification information reading area 3 via the antenna 4, and a plurality of tag readers 2 are provided on the ceiling or wall in the security zone S. The video camera 5 shoots the inside of the shooting area 6, and a plurality of video cameras 5 are provided on the ceiling, walls, etc. in the security zone S. The detection range of the identification information reading area 3 and the shooting range of the shooting area 6 are substantially the same.

  The storage unit 7 is composed of a hard disk or the like, and stores the identification information of the visitor X read by the tag reader 2 from the IC tag 1, the video of the video camera 5, and the like. The server 8 associates the identification information of the visitor X read by the tag reader 2 from the IC tag 1, the area information, the video and time of the video camera 5, and the related data 10 from the storage unit 7 when confirming the video. It is something to read. As related data 10, date and time data 11, visitor data 12, area data 13, video data 14 and the like are stored. The storage unit 7 and the server 8 are connected to a plurality of tag readers 2 and video cameras 5 through a network 9.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the video monitoring system V. The server 8 includes visitor data 12 as identification ID information of the visitor X read by the tag reader 2 from the IC tag 1, area data 13 as area information, and video data 14 as video of the video camera 5, The data creation unit 81 associates the date and time data 11 and the like into a database as the related data 10 and stores the data in the storage unit 7, and the data extraction unit 82 extracts the data stored in the storage unit 7. The input means 21 is a part for inputting identification ID information, area information, time, etc. of the visitor X when extracting the data 10, and the display means 22 is input to the input means 21 and output by the server 8. A screen for displaying the result.

  Next, the operation at the time of data recording of the video monitoring system V will be described. First, a visitor X receives the IC tag 1 at a reception or the like when entering a facility or the like. At that time, a unique ID is associated with the IC tag 1 from the server 8. Thereafter, when the visitor X enters the security zone S in the facility and further enters the identification information reading area 3, a unique ID signal from the IC tag 1 is transmitted to the tag reader 2. When the tag reader 2 reads the unique ID from the IC tag 1, the video camera 5 is activated to take a picture of the photographing area 6 in the same range as the identification information reading area 3. At this time, an alarm or the like may be transmitted to a terminal such as a management department via the network 9 to alert the administrator.

  Video data 14 taken by the video camera 5 is recorded in the storage unit 7. At that time, the data creation means 81 in the server 8 stores the date / time data 11, the visitor data 12 of the visitor X read by the tag reader 2 from the IC tag 1, and the related data 10 associated with the area data 13. In the embodiment of FIG. 1, at 10:45:02 on February 10, 2006, an IC tag possessed by a visitor X, X field X man, is read by the tag reader A, and a video camera 5 takes a picture. The case where it memorize | stores in the memory | storage part 7 is shown.

  When the visitor X exits the identification information reading area 3, the tag reader 2 cannot read the unique ID from the IC tag 1, and the video camera 5 stops operating immediately or after a certain time, and the video data 14 and the like are recorded. finish. Thereafter, the visitor X returns the IC tag 1 when leaving the facility. At that time, the server 8 disconnects the association between the IC tag 1 and the visitor ID.

  Even if the staff Y who does not have an IC tag enters the identification information reading area 3, the tag reader 2 cannot read the unique ID, so the video camera 5 does not operate.

  Next, an outline when confirming the related data 10 shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 will be described. FIG. 3 shows a first embodiment in which an image is displayed based on area and time. The administrator or the like inputs the area and time to be confirmed to the input means 21. In the example shown in FIG. 3, first, an area display P indicating the area in the facility is displayed on the display means 22. And the area A and the area B which want to confirm from the display means 22 are selected, and the time zone T of these area A and the area B is called. The administrator or the like inputs the area and time to be confirmed by selecting the time to be confirmed from the time zone T. In the time zone T, the portion where the video of the visitor X exists is color-coded for each area. In this way, it becomes easier to understand the area where visitors exist by color-coding. The server 8 reads the visitor data 12, the area data 13, and the date / time data 11 by the input from the input means 21, and extracts the corresponding video data 14 from the storage unit 7 by the data extraction means 82, and displays the video information. The information is displayed by means 22. In the first embodiment, it is possible to confirm the video of the X field X man who existed in the area A on February 10, 2006 for 10: 45: 2-10: 46: 35.

  FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment in which an image is displayed from the ID of visitor X and time zone T. The administrator or the like inputs the ID and time zone T of the visitor X to be confirmed to the input means 21. In the example illustrated in FIG. 4, the administrator or the like associates the ID of the visitor X with the name of the visitor X in advance, and inputs the name of the visitor X. Then, the time zone T corresponding to the visitor X is called and displayed on the display means 22. Then, the manager or the like inputs the visitor X and the time to be confirmed by selecting the time to be confirmed from the visitor X's visit to the company from the time zone T. In the time zone T, the portion where the video of the visitor X exists is color-coded for each area. In this way, it becomes easier to understand the area where visitors exist by color-coding. The server 8 reads the visitor data 12, the date / time data 11 and the area data 13 by the input from the input means 21, and extracts the corresponding video data 14 from the storage unit 7 by the data extraction means 82 to display the video information. The information is displayed by means 22. In this second example, X Field X man who came to work at 10:18 on February 10, 2006 and returned to the office at 11:20 was present at 10: 35: 2-10: 49: 35. The video in area B can be confirmed.

  FIG. 5 shows a third embodiment for displaying a movement history in addition to the example of FIG. In this example, when an administrator or the like inputs the name or ID of the visitor X to the input means 21, an area / date / time display PT to which time corresponding to the visitor X is given is displayed on the display means 22. . Administrators, etc. are to enter the area corresponding to the visitor X to be confirmed and the time by selecting the area / date and time to be confirmed from visitor X's return to work from the area / date / time display PT. . The server 8 reads the visitor data 12, the date / time data 11 and the area data 13 by the input from the input means 21, and extracts the corresponding video data 14 from the storage unit 7 by the data extraction means 82 to display the video information. The information is displayed by means 22. In this third example, Xda X O who came to work at 10:18 on February 10, 2006 and returned to the office at 11:20 was present at 10: 35: 2-10: 49: 35. The video in area B can be confirmed.

  Thus, according to the present embodiment, the administrator or the like can instantly confirm the movement history of the visitor X in the security zone S. Further, since only the video of the visitor X is captured and stored, and the video of the staff Y and nobody is not required to be captured and stored, the burden on the server 8 and the storage unit 7 is reduced, and the IC Since the information obtained from the tag 1 and the video obtained from the video camera 5 are combined and stored as the related data 10, when managing the location and time when the visitor X who owns the target IC tag 1 exists, the video The video of the camera 5 can be easily searched and extracted.

  In this embodiment, the case of using the security zone S in the facility as a monitoring zone has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and this system is applied to an amusement park such as a park or an amusement park. It may be used as a commemorative video shoot. In addition, this system may be adopted as a safety measure in a downtown area of a city. At that time, a mobile phone or the like may be applied as the identification information means.

The figure which shows one Embodiment of a video surveillance system Block diagram of video surveillance system The figure which shows 1st Example of a video surveillance system The figure which shows 2nd Example of a video surveillance system. The figure which shows 3rd Example of a video surveillance system.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... IC tag (identification information means), 2 ... Tag reader (identification information reading means), 3 ... Identification information reading area, 4 ... Antenna, 5 ... Video camera (shooting device), 6 ... Shooting area, 7 ... Storage part, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 8 ... Server (control apparatus) 81 ... Data preparation means, 82 ... Data extraction means, 9 ... Network, 10 ... Related data, 11 ... Date data, 12 ... Visitor data, 13 ... Area data, 21 ... Input means, 22 ... Display means, S ... Security zone (monitoring zone), V ... Video surveillance system, X ... Visitor (person who possessed identification information means), Y ... Staff

Claims (8)

  In a video surveillance system for photographing a person possessing identification information means by a photographing apparatus, an information reading means for reading information of the identification information means, a photographing apparatus for photographing a person possessing the identification information means, and a reading of the information reading means Data creating means for creating related data by associating information obtained with the video taken by the photographing apparatus, a storage unit for storing the related data created by the data creating means, and information for retrieving the related data Input means for inputting, data extraction means for extracting the related data stored in the storage unit from information input to the input means, and display means for displaying the information extracted by the data extraction means, A video surveillance system characterized by comprising.   The video monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein a reading range of the information reading unit and a shooting range of the imaging device are substantially the same range.   The video monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the photographing apparatus operates when the information reading unit starts reading.   The video monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the information reading unit and the photographing device are provided.   The related data includes area data for storing an area where a person who possessed the identification information means exists and date / time data storing a time when the person who possessed the identification information means existed. The video surveillance system according to any one of claims 1 to 4.   The video surveillance system selects an area from an area display that displays the area data, and selects a person who possesses the time and the identification information means from a time zone that displays the date and time data corresponding to the area. 6. The video monitoring system according to claim 5, wherein the related data stored in the storage unit is extracted by the data extraction unit, and the information extracted by the data extraction unit is displayed by the display unit.   In the video monitoring system, the data extraction means stores the time and area in the storage unit by selecting the time and area from the time zone for displaying the date and time data corresponding to the person who has the identification information means by the input means. 6. The video monitoring system according to claim 5, wherein the related data extracted is extracted, and the information extracted by the data extraction means is displayed by the display means.   The video monitoring system is configured to input the person who has the identification information means by the input means, and to display the area data corresponding to the person who has the identification information means and the date / time data for each area. The related data stored in the storage unit is extracted by the data extraction unit by selecting an area / date from a date display, and the information extracted by the data extraction unit is displayed by the display unit. The video surveillance system according to claim 5.

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