JP2019106650A - Video monitoring system, method of the same, and processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a video monitoring system, capable of uploading a still image or a video file to a server on the basis of an operation of an administrator as a trigger, when the administrator of a facility or the like grips a situation that should be reported when viewing a video of a camera.SOLUTION: A processing device 200 records a video file designated by a facility administrator (a first operator) into a first recording box 121 of a video recording part 27. The processing device 200 performs a first processing that transmits (uploads) the video file recorded in the first recording box to a server 300 with an attribute designated by the facility administrator in accordance with an operation (a manual) by the facility administrator.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a video surveillance system, a method thereof, and a processing apparatus.

  There is known a system for monitoring a monitoring place by a manager terminal owned by a manager who manages the monitoring place such as a facility displaying a moving image transmitted from a camera installed in the monitoring place.

In such a system, an image captured by a camera is stored in a file format in a processing device.
The processing apparatus transmits (uploads) a still image to the server at, for example, a timing at which a sensor installed in an imaging range or the like detects a predetermined state, or at a predetermined time interval.
The server displays, on the display of the administrator terminal, a management screen for displaying thumbnails including still images from the processing device.

  Conventionally, a trigger for uploading still images and video files from the processing device to the server can not be generated by an operation of a manager of a facility or the like.

Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2006-115435

When the administrator of facilities etc. sees the video of the camera and grasps the condition to be reported something, there is a request to upload the still image or video file to the server triggered by the operation of the administrator. is there.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to operate the manager when the manager of the facility etc. sees the image of the camera and grasps the condition to be reported. It is an object of the present invention to provide a video surveillance system, a method and a processing apparatus capable of uploading a still image or a video file to a server by using as a trigger.

  In order to solve the problems of the prior art described above and achieve the above-mentioned object, a video system according to the present invention records a camera and a video captured by the camera in a file format consisting of a plurality of video files. A processing apparatus including a video recording unit; and a server including a second video recording unit for receiving the video file from the processing apparatus and recording the video file, the processing apparatus including the video file The video file specified by the first operator of the processing device is recorded in a predetermined first recording box of the video recording unit, and the video file recorded in the recording box is displayed. Alternatively, a first process of transmitting a corresponding still image to the server in response to an operation by the first operator together with the attribute designated by the first operator is performed.

  Preferably, the processing device performs a second process of transmitting, to the server, a still image related to the video file stored in the video recording unit under predetermined conditions determined in advance, and the server is configured to: In accordance with the operation of the second operator of the server, the acquisition instruction of the designated video file is transmitted to the processing device, and the processing device corresponds to the video file corresponding to the acquisition instruction from the server. A third process of transmitting to the server is performed.

  Preferably, the image processing apparatus further includes a sensor that detects a state of an area related to the imaging range of the camera, and the processing device determines that the detection information of the sensor is the predetermined condition determined in the second processing. When it is satisfied, it is used as a trigger to associate the video file with the detection information and transmit it to the server.

  Preferably, the server records the video file or the still image received from the processing device according to the first processing in the second recording box, and the second processing from the processing device The video file or the still image received according to the third process is recorded in a third recording box, and the capacities of the second recording box and the third recording box are individually managed.

  Preferably, in the second process and the third process, the processing device transmits a still image extracted from the video file at predetermined time intervals to a server, and the server manages the still image The terminal transmits to the terminal, the administrator terminal receives an input for specifying the still image, and the server transmits, to the processing device, information for specifying the specified still image. An apparatus transmits a video file including the designated still image to the server, and the server transmits a video file received from the processing apparatus to the administrator terminal.

  Preferably, the processing device includes a camera real-time image display field for displaying an image captured by a plurality of cameras, a calendar display field used to designate a day on which a thumbnail image of a designated camera is displayed, and the designation A time display field for specifying a time on the specified day, a camera thumbnail display field for displaying a thumbnail image of the specified time on the specified day of the specified camera, and an attribute of an image to be uploaded It has an image attribute specification field to be specified, and when an upload instruction is input, an image according to the image displayed in the camera thumbnail display field is transmitted to the server together with the specified attribute.

  The processing device according to the present invention is a processing device including a video recording unit for recording video captured by the camera in a file format consisting of a plurality of video files, and displays video according to the video file, and the processing The video file specified by the operator of the apparatus is recorded in a predetermined first recording box of the video recording unit, and the video file recorded in the recording box or the still image corresponding thereto is designated by the operator. A first process of transmitting to the server according to the operation by the operator is performed together with the attribute.

  A video monitoring method according to the present invention comprises a processing device comprising a camera, a first video recording unit for recording video captured by the camera in a file format consisting of a plurality of video files, and the video file from the processing device It is a video surveillance method performed using a server provided with the 2nd video recording part which receives and records the video file concerned, and the processing device displays a video according to the video file, and the processing device concerned The video file specified by the first operator is recorded in a predetermined first recording box of the video recording unit, and the video file recorded in the recording box or the still image corresponding thereto is A first process of transmitting to the server according to the operation by the first operator is performed together with the attribute specified by the operator.

  According to the present invention, when a manager of a facility or the like sees an image of a camera and grasps a condition to be reported, the operation of the manager is used as a trigger to send a still image or a video file to the server. An image monitoring system that can be uploaded, a method thereof, and a processing apparatus can be provided.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an image monitoring system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a view for explaining a recording / playback view screen displayed on the display of the processing device shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a view for explaining an upload dialog screen displayed on the display of the processing device shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the video surveillance system according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the video surveillance system according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and is a diagram continued from FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining other operations of the video surveillance system according to the first embodiment shown in FIG.

[overall structure]
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a video surveillance system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The video monitoring system 10 illustrated in FIG. 1 includes, for example, a plurality of cameras 100, a plurality of sensors 120, a processing unit (VMS) 200, a server 300, and an administrator terminal 400.

The camera 100, the sensor 120, and the processing device 200 are disposed in a facility to be monitored by the video surveillance system 1. Also, there may be a plurality of facilities to be monitored. That is, there may be a plurality of processing devices 200.
The processing device 200 and the server 300, and the server 300 and the administrator terminal 400 are connected via a network.

In the video monitoring system 1, a video file is transmitted (uploaded) from the processing device 200 to the server 300, with the facility manager operating the processing device 200 as a trigger (incident).
That is, a facility manager (first operator) who operates the processing apparatus 200 creates a trigger for uploading a video file to the server 300.
As a result, although the sensor 120 does not respond, a video file to be reported can be uploaded from the processing device 200 to the server 300.

[Camera 100 and Sensor 120]
The camera 100 has a function of capturing an image (moving image / still image). The camera 100 includes, for example, an imaging unit, a memory 11, and a processing unit 13.

The processing unit 13 of the camera 100 stores the video (moving image) captured by the imaging unit in the memory 11 in a video file format including a plurality of video files or any other format.
When the camera 100 detects a predetermined state based on the sensor signal from the sensor 120, the camera 100 associates attribute information related to the detection with the video file or video data at the timing at which the state is detected.
The sensor 120 is, for example, an optical sensor, a sound sensor, a vibration sensor, a temperature sensor, or the like, and is provided in the imaging range of the camera 100 or in the periphery thereof.
As the sensor 120, in addition to a physical sensor, a camera or a logical sensor that analyzes and detects video data with the processing device 200 is also included. Also, the present invention does not have to use the sensor 120.

  The camera 100 reads out the information on the video file or the video data and the sensor signal from the memory 11 and transmits the information to the processing device 200 at a predetermined timing determined in advance.

[Processing Device (Video Recording Device) 200]
The processing device 200 includes, for example, an operation unit 21, a display 23, a memory 25, a video recording unit 27, and a processing unit 29.
The processing device 200 records the video captured by the camera 100 in the video recording unit 27 in a file format including a plurality of video files.

The processing device 200 displays an image according to the image file received from the camera 100 on the display 23.
The processing device 200 records the video file specified by the facility manager (first operator) in the first recording box 121 of the video recording unit 27.
Then, the processing device 200 transmits (uploads) the video file recorded in the first recording box 121 to the server 300 in accordance with the operation (manual) by the facility manager, along with the attribute designated by the facility manager. Perform the process of 1.
The first recording box 121 may or may not be a specific recording area in the video recording unit 27.

  The attribute is, for example, three-stage information of emergency, warning, and information provided by the facility manager, and information identifying the facility or the camera 100. Moreover, you may make it provide the memo function which a plant | facility administrator can describe.

When the processing device 200 detects a predetermined state based on the sensor signal of the sensor 120 received directly from the sensor 120 or through the camera 100, the video file of the detected timing is triggered by the detection. Alternatively, a second process of reading still image data from the video recording unit 27 and transmitting it to the server 300 is performed.
The processing device 200 stores the video file and video data from the camera 100 in an area other than the first recording box 121 of the video recording unit 27 except the one specified by the facility manager.

  The processing device 200 performs a third process of reading a video file corresponding to an acquisition instruction from the server 300 from the video recording unit 27 and transmitting the video file to the server 300.

FIG. 2 is a view for explaining the recording / reproducing view screen 500 displayed on the display 23 of the processing device 200. As shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a view for explaining an upload dialog screen displayed on the display of the processing device shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the recording and reproduction view screen 500 includes, for example, a calendar display field 510, a time display field 512, a camera real time video display field 514, and a camera thumbnail display field 516.

The calendar display field 510 is used to display an image captured by a plurality of cameras 100 and to designate a day on which a thumbnail display of a designated camera is to be performed.
The time display field 512 is used to designate the time on the day designated in the calendar display field 510.
The camera thumbnail display field 516 displays, for the designated camera, thumbnail images of the time designated in the time display field 512 on the day designated in the calendar display field 510.

  The facility manager operates the operation unit 21 on the recording / reproducing view screen 500 to select the camera 100 and the date / time to be uploaded to the server 300, and to adjust the timeline. Then, the upload button provided on the recording / reproducing view screen 500 is selected, and an attribute such as importance is set in the upload dialog (image attribute specification column) 610 shown in FIG. Thus, the processing device 200 uploads the designated image and the attribute to the server 300.

  Specifically, the upload dialog 610 includes a camera name column 621 in which the camera name designated on the recording / playback view screen 500 is displayed, a notification time column 622 for displaying the designated notification time, and a video to be notified or still An indent image column 623 in which the image is displayed, an attribute specification column 624 for specifying attributes of the indent image (for example, emergency, warning, information), and a notification for inputting an upload instruction to the final server 300 And a start button 625.

[Server 300]
The server 300 includes a processing unit 31 and a video recording unit 33.
The server 300 records the video file received from the processing device 200 in the video recording unit 33.

  The server 300 acquires a designated video file in accordance with an operation signal according to an operation of an operator (second operator) of the server or an operator (second operator) of the administrator terminal 400. The instruction is sent to the processing device 200.

The processing unit 31 records the video file or the still image data received from the processing device 200 according to the first process in the second recording box (incident video box) 331 of the video recording unit 33.
The processing unit 31 records the video file or the still image data received from the processing device 200 according to the second process in the third recording box 332 of the video recording unit 33.

  The processing apparatus 200 divides the second recording box 331 for recording the video file received in the first process and the third recording box 332 for recording the video file received in the second process, Their storage capacity can be managed individually.

  The processing unit 31 converts and reproduces the video file or the still image data read from the video recording unit 33 according to a predetermined algorithm. This can enhance the security of video management.

  The server 300 reads still images from, for example, the second recording box 331 and the third recording box 332 in response to a request from the administrator terminal 400 or the like, and generates management screen data including a thumbnail screen, and the administrator Transmit to terminal 400.

The administrator terminal (for example, a smartphone, a mobile phone, a tablet terminal, etc.) 400 includes an operation unit 41, a display 43, and a processing unit 45. The administrator terminal 400 is, for example, a desktop or portable computer.
The administrator terminal 400 displays, on the display 43, a management screen corresponding to the management screen data received from the processing device 200.
The administrator terminal 400 transmits, to the server 300, an operation signal corresponding to the operation of the operator (second operator). For example, when the second operator designates a still image from thumbnail images in the management screen, the second operator receives from the server 300 a video file corresponding to the designated still image.
As a result, a video corresponding to the video file read from the second video recording unit 331 and the third video recording unit 332 of the server 300 is displayed on the display 43.

The operator operates the administrator terminal 400 to log in, and shares and browses the second recording box 331.
The administrator terminal 400 extracts and filters / sorts by facility, importance, date / time according to the operation of the operator.
Also, in consideration of security, the server 300 is prevented from downloading to the administrator terminal 400.

[Overall processing]
Less than. An operation example of the video surveillance system 1 will be described.

FIGS. 4 and 5 are diagrams showing an outline of the entire processing of the video surveillance system 1 shown in FIG.
Hereinafter, each step of FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 is demonstrated.
Step S101:
The camera 100 captures a moving image of an imaging range in a facility. Further, the processing unit 13 of the camera 100 records the captured moving image in the memory 11.

Step S102:
The camera 100 transmits the video data output from the memory 11 to the processing device 200.
The processing device 200 displays a video according to the received video data on the display 23.

Step ST103:
The processing device 200 receives the video file and records the video file in the video recording unit 33.

Step S104:
The facility manager (first operator) operates the operation unit 21 while viewing the video of the video file read from the video recording unit 33 displayed on the display 23 of the processing device 200 and wants to share the video location ( Specify the incident).
The processing unit 29 records the video file corresponding to the specified video portion in the first recording box 121 of the video recording unit 27. Further, in accordance with the operation of the operation unit 21 by the facility manager, the attribute is recorded in association with the video file.

Step S105:
The facility manager operates the operation unit 21 to perform an upload operation regarding the designated video.

Step S106:
The processing unit 29 specifies a still image related to the video specified in step S105, and transmits this to the server 300.

Step S107:
The server 300 receives still image data from the processing device 200.

Step S108:
The server 300 records the still image data received in step S107 in the second recording box 331.

Step S109:
The server 300 reads a still image from the second recording box 331 and generates management screen data including a thumbnail screen.

Step S110:
The server 300 transmits the management screen data generated in step S109 to the administrator terminal 400.

Step S111:
The administrator terminal 400 displays, on the display 43, a management screen corresponding to the management screen data received in step S110.

Step S112:
The administrator of the administrator terminal 400 operates the operation unit 41 while looking at the management screen (thumbnail screen) displayed on the display 43, and operates the video upload acquisition instruction related to it when there is a portion of interest The section 41 is operated to input.

Step S113:
The administrator terminal 400 transmits the acquisition instruction generated in step S112 to the server 300.

Step S114:
The server 300 receives a video acquisition instruction from the administrator terminal 400.

Step S115:
The server 300 transmits to the processing device 200 a video acquisition instruction for acquiring the video file related to the acquisition instruction received in step S114.

Step S116:
The processing device 200 receives an image acquisition instruction from the server 300.

Step S117:
The processing unit 29 of the processing device 200 reads the video file relating to the video acquisition instruction from the first recording box 121 of the video recording unit 27.

Step S118:
The processing unit 29 of the processing device 200 transmits the video file read in step S117 to the server 300.

Step S119:
The server 300 receives the video file of step S118 from the processing device 200.

Step S120:
The processing unit 31 of the server 300 records the video file received in step S118 in the second recording box 331 of the video recording unit 33.
At this time, in the second recording box 331, the video file is recorded linked to the still image recorded in step S108. In addition, attribute information (incident information) is also associated.

Step S121:
The processing unit 31 of the server 300 generates, using the video file recorded in step S120, administrator screen data for displaying it.

Step S122:
The server 300 transmits the management screen data generated in step S121 to the administrator terminal 400.

Step S123:
The administrator terminal 400 displays, on the display 43, a management screen corresponding to the management screen data received in step S122. A video corresponding to the video file is displayed on the management screen.

  As described above, according to the video monitoring system 1, in addition to the function of automatically uploading a still image related to a video captured by the camera 100 to the server 300, the facility administrator can An image specified based on a displayed image can be uploaded to the server 300. As a result, compared to the conventional case, images and videos necessary for monitoring can be uploaded to the server 300, and monitoring accuracy can be enhanced. That is, an image of an incident that can not be picked up by the camera 100 can be provided to the server 300 and the administrator terminal 400 because of the arrangement of the sensor 120 or the like.

  Further, according to the video monitoring system 1, in the processing device 200, a second recording box 331 for recording the video file received in the first process and a third recording box for recording the video file received in the second process. By separating the recording box 332, it is possible to manage their storage capacities individually. Thereby, capacity management can be performed using the second recording box 331 that records only incidents by the facility manager, and charging can be performed.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above.
That is, those skilled in the art may make various modifications, combinations, subcombinations, and substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention or equivalent components thereof regarding the components of the embodiments described above. For example, the embodiments described above are not necessarily limited to those having all the configurations described. In addition, part of the configuration of one embodiment can be replaced with the configuration of another embodiment. In addition, it is also possible to add the configuration of another embodiment to the configuration of one embodiment.

  In the embodiment described above, as shown in FIG. 4, the processing apparatus 200 uploaded the still image in step S106, but as shown in FIG. 6, the video file recorded in the first recording box 121 in step S104. Alternatively, part of the video data may be uploaded to the server 300 (step S106a in FIG. 6).

In this case, the server 300 receives the video file (S107a), and records this in the second recording box 331 of the video recording unit 33 (S108a).
In addition, the server 300 generates a manager screen including the video file (S109a), provides this to the manager terminal 400 (S110a), and displays it (S111a).

  In the operation example shown in FIG. 6, since the video file is transmitted from the processing device 200 to the server 300 instead of the still image in step S106a, the video file relating to the incident can be reproduced at an early timing in the administrator terminal 400.

  The present invention is applicable to a video system that acquires and reproduces a moving image or the like captured by a camera.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Video surveillance system 100 ... Camera 11 ... Memory 13 ... Processing part 200 ... Processing apparatus 21 ... Operation part 23 ... Display 25 ... Memory 27 ... Video recording part 121 ... 1st recording box 29 ... Processing part 300 ... Server 31 ... Processing unit 33: Video recording unit 331: Second recording box 332: Third recording box 400: Administrator terminal 41: Operation unit 43: Display 45: Processing unit

Claims (8)

With the camera,
A processing apparatus including a first video recording unit that records video captured by the camera in a file format including a plurality of video files;
A server including a second video recording unit that receives the video file from the processing device and records the video file;
The processing device displays a video according to the video file, records the video file specified by the first operator of the processing device in a predetermined first recording box of the video recording unit, and records the video file. Performing a first process of transmitting the video file recorded in a box or a still image corresponding thereto to the server according to an operation by the first operator along with an attribute specified by the first operator Video surveillance system. The processing device performs a second process of transmitting a still image related to the video file stored in the video recording unit under a predetermined condition determined in advance to the server.
The server transmits an instruction to acquire the designated video file to the processing device according to an operation of a second operator of the server.
The video monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the processing device performs a third process of transmitting the video file corresponding to the acquisition instruction from the server to the server. And a sensor for detecting the state of the area related to the imaging range of the camera.
In the second process, when the detection information of the sensor satisfies the predetermined condition, the processing device is triggered to transmit the video file to the server in association with the detection information. The video surveillance system according to claim 2. The server is
Recording the video file or the still image received from the processing device according to the first processing in the second recording box;
Recording the video file or the still image received from the processing device according to the second process and the third process in a third recording box;
The video surveillance system according to claim 2, wherein capacity management of the second recording box and the third recording box is performed separately. The second process and the third process are:
The processing device transmits to the server still images extracted from the video file at predetermined time intervals;
The server sends a still image to the administrator terminal,
The administrator terminal receives an input for specifying the still image;
The server transmits information for identifying the designated still image to the processing device;
The processing device transmits a video file including the specified still image to the server;
The server transmits the video file received from the processing device to the administrator terminal.
The video surveillance system according to claim 2. The processing unit
Camera real-time video display field that displays video captured by multiple cameras;
Calendar display field used to specify the day to display thumbnails of specified cameras;
A time display field to specify the time on the specified day;
A camera thumbnail display field for displaying thumbnail images of the designated time on the designated day of the designated camera;
And an image attribute specification field for specifying the attribute of the image to be uploaded,
The video surveillance system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein when the upload instruction is input, an image relating to the image displayed in the camera thumbnail display field is transmitted to the server together with the designated attribute. The processing apparatus includes a video recording unit that records video captured by the camera in a file format including a plurality of video files.
Display a video according to the video file,
Recording a video file specified by an operator of the processing apparatus in a predetermined first recording box of the video recording unit;
A processing device for performing a first process of transmitting the video file recorded in the recording box or a still image corresponding to the video file to a server according to an operation by the operator together with an attribute designated by the operator. With the camera,
A processing apparatus including a first video recording unit that records video captured by the camera in a file format including a plurality of video files;
The video monitoring method may be performed using a server including a second video recording unit that receives the video file from the processing device and records the video file.
The processing device displays a video according to the video file, records the video file specified by the first operator of the processing device in a predetermined first recording box of the video recording unit, and records the video file. Performing a first process of transmitting the video file recorded in a box or a still image corresponding thereto to the server according to an operation by the first operator along with an attribute specified by the first operator Video surveillance method.