JP2011087214A - Photographing system, method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photographing system for photographing a person without missing a video from the front where it is easy to capture the feature of a person, and for photographing a person who seems to step out of a photographic area preferentially. <P>SOLUTION: This photographing system including a plurality of photographing means is characterized by including a calculation means 10 configured to detect a person in a prescribed photographic region included in a video from video data photographed by the photographing means and to calculate the location information of the detected person and the moving distance and moving direction of the person in a prescribed period, a priority photographic person specification means 20 configured to specify the person to be photographed on the basis of the location information and moving distance calculated by the calculation means 10 and the photographing priority determined to a prescribed region in preliminarily stored photographic regions, and the photographing means specification means 30 configured to specify the photographing means for photographing the specified person from among the plurality of photographing means on the basis of the location information and moving direction of the person specified by the priority photographic person specification means 20 and the preliminarily stored layout information of each photographing means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a photographing system, a photographing method, and a photographing program for photographing a person in a predetermined photographing region.

  In recent years, surveillance cameras have been introduced into various facilities in society, and not only security measures but also methods for using them as a tool for acquiring marketing analysis data have begun to be examined.

  For example, it is common practice to install a camera in a facility or store as a means of ensuring the safety of a company or facility, or as a means of ascertaining the age, sex, etc. of a visitor who has visited the store. It has been broken. However, it is not possible to immediately capture the suspicious behavior of a person simply by continuously recording video with the installed camera, and fixed-point camera video is not enough to grasp the attributes of a person. There is a problem that there is.

  As a method for dealing with such a problem, for example, in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, a person in an image captured by a camera is automatically determined (identification of a person's face, determination of size, etc.). A method for recording a video is described. Patent Document 3 discloses a method of recording a person's attributes by controlling a PTZ camera, zooming the identified person, and following the person in accordance with the movement in some cases to shoot an up image. Are listed.

JP 2009-152733 A JP 2008-59110 A JP 2005-142683 A

  However, in the methods described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, even if an up image of a moving person can be captured, the person does not always face the front with respect to the camera. For this reason, there are cases in which it is not always a useful photographed image when it is desired to photograph a human face of a person.

  As described above, there are cases where the image of the person is not clearly captured due to the problem of distance and angle of view, or the fact that the image is not an image shot in front. For this reason, when it is used as a tool for collecting security measures and analysis data for marketing, it may not be used as evidence video after an actual incident occurs, or it may be insufficient as analysis data for marketing.

  In the method described in Patent Document 3, control is performed so that a camera to be mainly photographed is selected based on the moving direction of the person to be photographed. However, if there are multiple people in the shooting area and there is a person who may move out of the area due to movement, another person may move the area while shooting one up image. There is a problem that it cannot be supplemented.

  Therefore, the present invention is capable of shooting without missing a video from the front where it is easy to capture the characteristics of a person, and capable of shooting a person who is likely to go out of the shooting area with priority, a shooting method, and a shooting method. The purpose is to provide a program.

  A photographing system according to the present invention includes a plurality of photographing means, detects a person in a predetermined photographing region included in the video from video data photographed by the photographing means, and detects position information of the detected person and a predetermined period. Based on the calculation means for calculating the movement distance and the movement direction, the positional information and the movement distance calculated by the calculation means, and the priority of shooting set in a predetermined area within the shooting area stored in advance, A plurality of shootings based on priority shooting person specifying means for specifying a person to be shot, position information and moving direction of the person specified by the priority shooting person specifying means, and arrangement information of each shooting means stored in advance. And a photographing means specifying means for specifying a photographing means for photographing the person specified by the means.

  According to the imaging method of the present invention, a person in a predetermined imaging area included in an image is detected from video data respectively captured by a plurality of imaging means, and positional information of the detected person, a moving distance and a movement in a predetermined period are detected. The direction is calculated, and the person to be photographed is identified and identified based on the calculated position information and moving distance, and the photographing priority set for each predetermined area in the photographing area stored in advance. The photographing means for photographing the person identified from the plurality of photographing means is specified based on the position information and the moving direction of the photographed person and the arrangement information of each photographing means stored in advance.

  A shooting program according to the present invention detects a person in a predetermined shooting area included in a video from video data shot by each of a plurality of shooting means in a computer, and detects the position information of the detected person and a predetermined period. Based on the calculation processing for calculating the moving distance and the moving direction, the calculated position information and moving distance, and the shooting priority set for each predetermined area in the shooting area stored in advance Based on the priority shooting person specifying process for specifying the person, the position information and the moving direction of the specified person, and the arrangement information of each shooting means stored in advance, the specified person is shot from a plurality of shooting means. An imaging means specifying process for specifying an imaging means is executed.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to shoot without missing a video from the front where it is easy to capture the characteristics of a person, and it is possible to preferentially shoot a person who is likely to go out of the shooting area.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the imaging | photography system by this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of application of an imaging | photography system. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the data which person management DB220 memorize | stores. It is explanatory drawing which shows the imaging | photography priority on a coordinate. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of calculation of a priority. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of control of a camera. It is a sequence diagram which shows the process example which an imaging | photography system performs. It is a block diagram which shows the minimum structural example of an imaging | photography system.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a photographing system according to the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the imaging system includes an information processing device 100, an information processing device 200, a camera 300, a camera 400, a camera 500, a camera 600, and a video storage device 700. The information processing device 100, the information processing device 200, the video storage device 700, and the cameras 300 to 600 are connected to each other via a communication network such as a LAN or the Internet.

  Specifically, the information processing apparatus 100 is realized by a server device or the like that operates according to a program. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the information processing apparatus 100 includes a camera video reception function unit 110, a person detection function unit 120, and a position detection function unit 130.

  Specifically, the camera video reception function unit 110 is realized by a CPU and a network interface unit of an information processing apparatus that operates according to a program. The camera video reception function unit 110 has a function capable of receiving video data from the camera 300, the camera 400, the camera 500, and the camera 600 via a communication network. The camera video reception function unit 110 may be realized by either hardware or software.

  Specifically, the person detection function unit 120 is realized by a CPU of an information processing apparatus that operates according to a program. The person detection function unit 120 has a function of detecting a person part from video data received by the camera video reception function unit 110 and recognizing it as a separate person. The person detection function unit 120 uses, for example, the received video using the method described in Patent Document 2 (that is, a method for extracting a feature amount of an object from an image and identifying the object based on the extracted feature amount). The person part is detected from the data and recognized as a separate person.

  Specifically, the position detection function unit 130 is realized by a CPU of an information processing apparatus that operates according to a program. The position detection function unit 130 has a function of detecting the position information of the person detected by the person detection function unit 120 as, for example, coordinate data after setting two-dimensional coordinates in the captured video. For example, the position detection function unit 130 calculates the position information of the person based on the position of the camera that transmitted the video data. Further, the position detection function unit 130 has a function of continuing to specify a person individually from the approximation of the detected coordinate data and assigning an individual ID 221 to the specified person.

  Specifically, the information processing apparatus 200 is realized by a server device or the like that operates according to a program. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the information processing apparatus 200 includes a flag management function unit 210, a person management DB 220, a movement distance calculation function unit 230, a movement direction calculation function unit 240, a priority photographing person determination function unit 250, and a camera control function unit 260. including.

  Specifically, the flag management function unit 210 is realized by a CPU of an information processing apparatus that operates according to a program. The flag management function unit 210 has a function of adding a flag indicating whether or not photographing of the person specified by the ID 221 has been completed to the data to which the position detection function unit 130 has assigned the ID 221. In addition, the flag management function unit 210 has a function of confirming the presence or absence of a flag for the data to which the position detection function unit 130 has assigned ID 221.

  Specifically, the person management DB 220 is realized by a storage device such as a magnetic disk device or an optical disk device. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the person management DB 220. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the person management DB 220 stores an ID 221, a completion flag 222, a current coordinate 223, a past coordinate 224, a distance 225, and an angle 226. The ID 221 is given by the position detection function unit 130 and uniquely identified. The completion flag 222 is data given to the ID 221 by the flag management function unit 210. The current coordinate 223 is data representing the position of each person on the current coordinate as a numerical value. The past coordinates 224 are data representing the position of each person on the coordinates before a predetermined time as a numerical value. The distance 225 is data represented as a numerical value calculated by the movement distance calculation function unit 230. The angle 226 is data representing the angle calculated by the movement direction calculation function unit 240 as a numerical value.

  Specifically, the movement distance calculation function unit 230 is realized by a CPU of an information processing apparatus that operates according to a program. The movement distance calculation function unit 230 has a function of calculating the movement distance of a person.

  Specifically, the moving direction calculation function unit 240 is realized by a CPU of an information processing apparatus that operates according to a program. The movement direction calculation function unit 240 has a function of calculating the movement direction of a person.

  Specifically, the priority photographing person determination function unit 250 is realized by a CPU of an information processing apparatus that operates according to a program. The priority photographing person determination function unit 250 compares the photographing priority on coordinates set in advance with the current coordinates, and determines a person to be preferentially photographed from the moving distance and moving direction of each person and the photographing area. It has a function.

  Specifically, the camera control function unit 260 is realized by a CPU and a storage device of an information processing apparatus that operates according to a program. The camera control function unit 260 stores information indicating the position of each camera on the coordinates. The camera control function unit 260 has a function of determining a camera that captures a person to be imaged based on information indicating a camera position on coordinates stored in advance. The camera control function unit 260 has a function of controlling the operation of the camera.

  The camera 300, the camera 400, the camera 500, and the camera 600 are realized by a general movable camera device such as a PTZ camera, for example. Each camera has a function of transmitting captured video data to the camera video reception function unit 110 or the video storage device 700 via a communication network. Each camera has a pan / tilt / zoom function. Each camera can be arbitrarily moved up and down and left and right and can be enlarged and reduced according to a control signal received from the outside and a program stored in the camera.

  Specifically, the video storage device 700 is realized by a storage device such as a general video recorder or a hard disk drive. The video storage device 700 stores video data transmitted from the camera 300, the camera 400, the camera 500, and the camera 600.

  In the present embodiment, the information processing apparatus 100 and the information processing apparatus 200 are described as separate apparatuses. However, the camera video reception function unit 110, the person detection function unit 120, and the position, which are functions in the information processing apparatus 100, are described. The detection function unit 130 may be stored in the information processing apparatus 200. That is, the photographing system may be realized by one information processing apparatus. Similarly, the video storage device 700 may be stored in the information processing device 200. Further, the imaging system may include a plurality of information processing apparatuses 100 and a plurality of video storage apparatuses 700. In the present embodiment, the photographing system includes four cameras, but is not limited to four, and may include, for example, five or more.

  In addition, each function, information processing apparatus, and storage device that constitute the present invention can transmit and receive processing results and data as control signals to and from any function, information device, and storage apparatus.

  Next, the operation of the photographing system will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an application example of the imaging system. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing photographing priority on coordinates. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of calculating priority. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of camera control. FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of processing executed by the imaging system.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, cameras 300, 400, 500, and 600 are installed at four locations in an imaging region assuming an airport, a station, or the like. Here, the imaging region is an inner region where four cameras are connected by a straight line, and other regions are not captured. In addition, the inside and outside of the imaging area are open spaces where people can freely enter and exit.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 2, when the camera 300, the camera 400, the camera 500, and the camera 600 capture an image capturing area, each camera transmits captured image data to the camera image receiving function unit 110 via a communication network. . Note that the camera 300, the camera 400, the camera 500, and the camera 600 are fixed and operated at an angle of a predetermined initial value in order to shoot a shooting region.

  Next, the camera video reception function unit 110 outputs the video data received from each camera to the person detection function unit 120.

  Next, the person detection function unit 120 identifies and detects a person in the video from the video data output by the camera video reception function unit 110. Then, the person detection function unit 120 outputs the video data in which the person is detected to the position detection function unit 130. For example, the person detection function unit 120 extracts a feature amount of an object from an image, and detects a person portion from the received video data using a method of identifying the object based on the extracted feature amount.

  Next, the position detection function unit 130 detects the position of the person detected by the person detection function unit 120 from the video data output by the person detection function unit 120 as coordinate data. For example, the position detection function unit 130 stores the position information of each camera in advance, and calculates the position information of the person based on the position information of the camera that transmitted the video data. The position detection function unit 130 detects the position information of the person as coordinate data after setting two-dimensional coordinates in the captured video. When a plurality of persons are detected by the person detection function unit 120, the position detection function unit 130 detects separate coordinate data.

  Next, the position detection function unit 130 assigns ID 221 to the detected coordinate data, and transmits it to the person management DB 220 at a predetermined interval (for example, in units of 0.1 seconds). When a plurality of coordinate data are detected, the position detection function unit 130 assigns separate IDs 221 and transmits them to the person management DB 220 at predetermined intervals via the communication network (step S1 in FIG. 7).

  Each camera continuously transmits the captured video data to the camera video reception function unit 110. Therefore, the person detection function unit 120 and the position detection function unit 130 continuously execute the above processing. At this time, the position detection function unit 130 continues to assign the same ID 221 as long as it is determined as the same person from the approximation of the coordinate data.

  Next, the person management DB 220 associates the coordinate data transmitted by the position detection function unit 130 with the ID 221 and records them as the current coordinates 223. When the position detection function unit 130 newly transmits coordinate data together with the same ID 221, the person management DB 220 rerecords the current coordinate 223 as the past coordinate 224 and sets the newly transmitted coordinate data as the current coordinate 223. Record again.

  The flag management function unit 210 refers to the person management DB 220 every predetermined time to determine whether or not the ID 221 exists. Then, when the ID 221 exists, the flag management function unit 210 determines whether or not the completion flag 222 associated with the ID 221 exists (step S2).

  If it is determined in step S2 that there is data including the ID 221 in which the completion flag 222 does not exist in the person management DB 220, the flag management function unit 210, together with the corresponding ID 221, the current coordinates 223 and past coordinates associated with the ID 221 224 is output to the movement distance calculation function unit 230 (step S3).

  If it is determined in step S2 that there is data including the ID 221 in which the completion flag 222 does not exist in the person management DB 220, the flag management function unit 210, together with the corresponding ID 221, the current coordinates 223 associated with the ID 221 and The past coordinates 224 are output to the movement direction calculation function unit 240 (step S4).

  When there are a plurality of data for which the completion flag 222 does not exist, the flag management function unit 210 outputs the current coordinate 223 and the past coordinate 224 associated with each ID 221 to the movement direction calculation function unit 240.

  Next, the travel distance calculation function unit 230 calculates travel distance data from the current coordinates 223 and the past coordinates 224 output from the flag management function unit 210. Then, the movement distance calculation function unit 230 outputs the calculated movement distance data as the distance 225 to the flag management function unit 210 together with the ID 221 (step S5). For example, in the case of two-dimensional coordinates, the movement distance calculation function unit 230 calculates the difference between the current and past coordinates in the horizontal and vertical directions as a numerical value representing the movement distance. The handling method can be used. When the flag management function unit 210 outputs a plurality of IDs 221, the travel distance calculation function unit 230 calculates travel distance data, and outputs the travel distance data 225 together with the ID 221 to the flag management function unit 210.

  Next, the movement direction calculation function unit 240 calculates movement angle data from the current coordinates 223 and the past coordinates 224 output from the flag management function unit 210. Then, the movement direction calculation function unit 240 outputs the calculated movement angle data as the angle 226 to the flag management function unit 210 together with the ID 221 (step S6). When the flag management function unit 210 outputs a plurality of IDs 221, the movement direction calculation function unit 240 calculates movement angle data, and sets the calculated movement angle data as an angle 226 together with the ID 221. Output to 210. In addition, the movement direction calculation function unit 240 can use, for example, the following method as a method of calculating movement angle data. For example, when the imaging region is a two-dimensional coordinate, the case where the value of the horizontal coordinate between the current coordinate 223 and the past coordinate 224 does not change is set to 0 degree. Then, the movement angle data is calculated by calculating the angle in the movement direction from 0 degree to 360 degrees from the change in the values of the current coordinate 223 and the past coordinate 224 on the horizontal axis and the vertical axis.

  Next, the flag management function unit 210 refers to the ID 221 and stores the distance 225 and the angle 226 output by the movement distance calculation function unit 230 and the movement direction calculation function unit 240 in association with the ID 221 in the person management DB 220 ( Step S7). When the movement distance calculation function unit 230 and the movement direction calculation function unit 240 output a plurality of IDs 221, the flag management function unit 210 performs the same process for each ID 221.

  Next, the flag management function unit 210 refers to the person DB 220 and outputs data of the current coordinate 223, the past coordinate 224, and the distance 225 associated with the ID 221 without the completion flag 222 to the priority photographer determination function unit 250 ( Step S8). When there are a plurality of IDs 221 without the completion flag 222, the flag management function unit 210 uses the data of the current coordinates 223, the past coordinates 224, and the distances 225 associated with each other for the IDs 221 as a priority photographing person determination function. Output to the unit 250.

  If there are the current coordinates 223 and past coordinates 224 of the ID 221 that do not have the distance 225 and the angle 226 and have no completion flag 222, the flag management function unit 210 sends the above data to the priority photographer function unit 250. Is not output, and the process proceeds to step S2. Thereafter, the imaging system executes the processes of steps S3 to S7.

  Here, the priority photographing person determination function unit 250 manages the photographing priority on the coordinates as shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, among the coordinates (imaging area) shown in FIG. 4, a range (area) in which the horizontal axis coordinate is 10 or less or 90 or more, or the vertical axis coordinate is 10 or less or 90 or more is the highest priority coordinate range. It is said. The priority range (area) is arbitrarily set on the coordinates of the shooting range (shooting area) by a system administrator or the like. For example, when the present invention is applied to a closed space such as in a room, the photographing priority around the door can be set high. This is because a person in the vicinity of the boundary of the shooting area is likely to be out of the shooting area, and therefore needs to be preferentially shot.

  When the flag management function unit 210 outputs data, the priority photographer determination function unit 250 specifies a person to be preferentially photographed based on the photographing priority on the coordinates, the current coordinates 223 and the distance 226 of each person. To do. In the example illustrated in FIG. 5, the priority photographer determination function unit 250 first calculates the number of times that the current coordinate 223 is added to the distance 225 and enters the range outside the coordinates of the photographing region. Next, the priority photographer determination function unit 250 adds the distance 225 to the current coordinates 223 and calculates the number of times of entering the “highest priority” range. Then, the priority photographing person determination function unit 250 obtains a value obtained by summing the number of times of entering the range outside the coordinates of the calculated photographing region and the number of times of entering the “highest priority” range, and the person having the smallest value Is a person with a high priority of shooting. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the priority photographed person determination function unit 250 identifies the person specified by ID002 as the person who should prioritize shooting.

  In this way, the priority photographer determination function unit 250 determines the ID 221 that should be prioritized for shooting based on the calculated total value. Then, the priority photographer determination function unit 250 outputs the corresponding ID 221 to the flag management function unit 210 (step S9). Thus, by determining the person to be photographed by obtaining the priority, it is possible to photograph in order from the person who is likely to leave the photographing area, and it is possible to prevent missed photographing.

  Next, the flag management function unit 210 outputs the current coordinates 223 and the angle 226 associated with the ID 221 output from the priority photographer determination function unit 250 to the camera control function unit 260 (step S10).

  In the present embodiment, the camera control function unit 260 stores in advance position information on the coordinates of the camera 300, the camera 400, the camera 500, and the camera 600 as shown in FIG. The camera control function unit 260 forms what angle each camera forms with the person (ID002 shown in FIG. 6) from the current coordinates 223 output by the flag management function unit 210 and the stored coordinates of each camera. Or calculate. Then, the camera control function unit 260 compares the calculated angle with the angle 226, and determines the camera for which the closest angle is calculated as a camera for photographing a person with high priority. As a method for calculating the angle formed by the camera and the person, for example, a method for calculating the angle in the moving direction from the current coordinates 223 and the past coordinates 224 can be used. Further, for example, in the example shown in FIG. 6, the camera control function unit 260 calculates and forms the angles formed by the straight line connecting each camera and the person indicated by ID002 and the straight line indicating the movement direction of the person. The camera with the smallest angle can be determined as a camera for photographing. The reason that the angle is the smallest is that the camera is positioned in the direction of movement of the person and there is a high possibility that the person can be photographed from the front. In the present embodiment, since the camera 300 is applicable, the camera control function unit 260 determines the camera 300 as a camera for photographing a person with a high priority.

  Next, the camera control function unit 260 transmits a control signal for controlling the camera 300 to move to an angle formed with a person and perform zoom shooting via the communication network (step S11). . Then, the camera 300 moves to an angle formed with the person according to the control signal received from the camera control function unit 260, and zooms the person. For example, the camera 300 rotates at an angle that is directly opposite to the moving direction of the person, and zooms the person from the front. As a result, the camera can shoot without missing features such as the face and hairstyle of a specific person.

  Next, the camera control function unit 260 outputs the ID 221 to the flag management function unit 210 (step S12).

  Next, the camera 300 transmits the captured video data to the video storage device 700 via the communication network. The video storage device 700 stores video data transmitted from the camera 300. Thereafter, the camera 300 returns from the angle moved according to the control signal to the angle of the predetermined initial value, and resumes imaging in the predetermined imaging area.

  Next, the flag management function unit 210 associates the completion flag 222 with the ID 221 output from the camera control function unit 260 and stores it in the person management DB 220 (step S13).

  Thereafter, the flag management function unit 210 shifts the process to step S2 and repeats the same process as described above.

  In addition, the flag management function unit 210 refers to the person management DB 220 every predetermined time. Then, for the ID 221 in which the completion flag 222 exists among the IDs 221 stored in the person management DB 220, the flag management function unit 210 has the coordinate data of the current coordinates 223 on the horizontal axis or the vertical axis, and sets the maximum value or the minimum value for a predetermined time. It is determined whether or not the display is continued. If the flag management function unit 210 determines that the ID is continuously displayed, the flag management function unit 210 determines that the person specified by the corresponding ID 221 has left the shooting area, and manages all the associated data including the corresponding ID 221. Delete from DB220.

  As described above, in this embodiment, it is possible to shoot without missing a zoom image of a person in a predetermined shooting area. The reason is that the position, moving direction, and moving distance of the person in the shooting area are calculated to set the priority of the person to be zoomed, and the zoom shooting is sequentially performed from the person most likely to move away from the shooting area. This is because it is possible to prevent missing zoom shots.

  In the present embodiment, it is possible to photograph the characteristics of the photographed person. The reason is not only to shoot with zoom, but based on the calculated movement direction of the person, select the camera that can zoom in most with the person, move it, and zoom to shoot the person's face and hairstyle This is because the features such as can be photographed.

  From the above, it can be said that the present invention has the following features.

  The present invention specifies a person in a video image taken by a fixed camera and a person to be photographed first by gazing from the position, moving distance, and direction of the specified person in video shooting by a fixed camera and a movable camera. A movable camera that can be identified and most directly facing the identified person is selected, and optimal control of the movable camera is performed. With a known technique, a person in a video can be specified by a plurality of fixed cameras, and the position can be measured as coordinates. Such a technique is described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, for example.

  Further, according to the present invention, a movement distance and a movement direction (angle) of a person are obtained based on a change in the coordinates of the person over a predetermined period. Then, each movable camera and the person are connected by a line, and the movable camera having the smallest angle formed by the connected line and the line indicating the moving direction of the person is selected. Then, the selected movable camera is moved to capture a zoom image of a specific person. As a result, it is possible to take a picture of a person close to the front in which the person's aspect can be grasped.

  In addition, when there are a plurality of persons, the person who will be the earliest away from the predetermined area is preferentially photographed by the movable camera from the movement distance and the movement direction. As a result, it is possible to prevent a person from taking a picture.

  Next, the minimum configuration of the photographing system according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a minimum configuration example of the photographing system. As shown in FIG. 8, the photographing system includes a calculation unit 10, a priority photographing person identification unit 20, and a photographing unit identification unit 30 as minimum components.

  In the imaging system with the minimum configuration shown in FIG. 8, the calculation means 10 detects a person in the imaging area included in the video from the video data taken by the imaging means, and detects the position information of the detected person and the predetermined period. The moving distance and moving direction are calculated. Next, the priority photographing person specifying unit 20 performs photographing based on the position information and the movement distance calculated by the calculating unit 10 and the photographing priority set for each predetermined region in the photographing region stored in advance. Identify the target person. Next, the shooting means specifying means 30 specified from a plurality of shooting means based on the position information and moving direction of the person specified by the priority shooting person specifying means 20 and the arrangement information of each shooting means stored in advance. The photographing means for photographing a person is specified.

  Therefore, according to the imaging system having the minimum configuration, it is possible to prevent missing images by specifying the person to be imaged based on the priority. Furthermore, by specifying the photographing means for photographing based on the specified position information of the person, the moving direction, and the arrangement information of each photographing means, it is possible to photograph a video from the front where the characteristics of the person can be easily captured.

  In the present embodiment, the characteristic configuration of the imaging system as shown in the following (1) to (5) is shown.

  (1) The imaging system includes a plurality of imaging units (for example, realized by the camera 300), and detects a person in a predetermined imaging area included in the video from the video data captured by the imaging unit (for example, , Which is realized by the person detection function unit 120), position information (for example, current coordinates 223) of the detected person, a movement distance (for example, distance 225) and a movement direction (for example, angle 226) in a predetermined period. Calculation means (for example, realized by the position detection function unit 130, the movement distance calculation function unit 230, and the movement direction calculation function unit 240), position information and movement distance calculated by the calculation means, and pre-stored shooting Priority shooting for specifying a person to be shot based on shooting priority (for example, shooting priority on coordinates shown in FIG. 4) determined in a predetermined area in the area. A person specifying unit (for example, realized by the priority shooting person determining function unit 250), position information and moving direction of the person specified by the priority shooting person specifying unit, and arrangement information of each shooting unit stored in advance. On the basis of this, an imaging means specifying means (for example, realized by the camera control function unit 260) for specifying an imaging means for imaging a person specified from a plurality of imaging means is included.

  (2) The photographing system controls photographing means control means (for example, a camera control function unit) for controlling the photographing means specified by the photographing means specifying means to photograph the person specified by the priority photographing person specifying means from the position closest to the front. 260 is realized).

  (3) In the photographing system, the calculating means calculates the moving distance and moving direction of the person in a predetermined period based on the detected position information of the person and the position information of the same person detected before a predetermined time. It may be configured.

  (4) In the photographing system, the priority photographing person specifying means, for each person, the number of times that the position obtained by adding the moving distance (for example, distance 225) to the current position (for example, current coordinates 223) is outside the photographing region; It is configured to calculate the total value of the number of times the position with the moving distance added to the current position becomes the highest priority area, and to identify the person with the lowest calculated value as the person to be photographed Also good.

  (5) In the photographing system, the photographing means specifying means is configured to specify the photographing means closest to the position directly facing the moving direction of the person specified by the priority photographing person specifying means as the photographing means for photographing the person. May be.

  The present invention can be applied to security measures and uses for acquiring analysis data for marketing.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Calculation means 20 Priority photography person identification means 30 Imaging | photography means identification means 100,200 Information processing apparatus 110 Camera image reception function part 120 Person detection function part 130 Position detection function part 210 Flag management function part 220 Person management DB
230 Moving Distance Calculation Function Unit 240 Moving Direction Calculation Function Unit 250 Priority Shooting Person Determination Function Unit 260 Camera Control Function Unit 300, 400, 500, 600 Camera 700 Video Storage Device

Claims (9)

Including a plurality of photographing means,
Calculating means for detecting a person in a predetermined shooting area included in the video from the video data shot by the shooting means, calculating position information of the detected person, a moving distance and a moving direction in a predetermined period;
Priority photographer identification that identifies a person to be photographed based on the position information and movement distance calculated by the calculation means and the photographing priority set in a predetermined area within the photographing area stored in advance Means,
A photographing unit that photographs the identified person from the plurality of photographing units based on the position information and moving direction of the person identified by the priority photographing person identifying unit and the arrangement information of each photographing unit stored in advance. An imaging system comprising: an imaging means specifying means for specifying. The photographing system according to claim 1, further comprising photographing means control means for controlling the photographing means specified by the photographing means specifying means to photograph the person specified by the priority photographing person specifying means from a position closest to the front. The calculation means calculates a moving distance and a moving direction of the person in a predetermined period based on the detected position information of the person and the position information of the same person detected a predetermined time ago. Shooting system. For each person, the priority photographer specifying means counts the number of times that the position obtained by adding the moving distance to the current position is outside the shooting area and the number of times that the position obtained by adding the moving distance to the current position is the highest priority area. The photographing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a value obtained by summing the values is calculated, and a person having the lowest calculated value is specified as a person to be photographed. The photographing means specifying means specifies the photographing means closest to the position facing the moving direction of the person specified by the priority photographing person specifying means as the photographing means for photographing the person. The imaging system according to any one of the above. From the video data photographed by each of the plurality of photographing means, detect a person in a predetermined photographing area included in the video, calculate the position information of the detected person, a moving distance and a moving direction in a predetermined period,
Based on the calculated position information and moving distance, and the priority of shooting set in a predetermined area in the shooting area stored in advance, the person to be shot is specified,
A photographing unit for photographing the identified person is specified from the plurality of photographing units based on the positional information and moving direction of the identified person and the arrangement information of each photographing unit stored in advance. Shooting method. The imaging method according to claim 6, wherein control is performed so that the person specified by the specified imaging means is imaged from a position closest to the front. On the computer,
Calculation processing for detecting a person in a predetermined shooting area included in the video from the video data shot by each of the plurality of shooting means, and calculating position information of the detected person, a moving distance and a moving direction in a predetermined period When,
Based on the calculated position information and moving distance, and a priority of photographing set in a predetermined area in the photographing area stored in advance, priority photographing person identifying processing for identifying a person to be photographed;
An imaging unit specifying process for specifying an imaging unit for imaging the specified person from the plurality of imaging units based on the positional information and moving direction of the specified person and the arrangement information of each imaging unit stored in advance; Shooting program to execute On the computer,
The shooting program according to claim 8, wherein a shooting unit control process is executed to control the specified shooting unit so that the specified person is shot from a position closest to the front.

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