JP3678068B2 - Monitoring device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a moving body monitoring apparatus that is mainly installed on a road and monitors a vehicle traveling on the road. For convenience of explanation, a moving body speed monitoring device that monitors the speed of a vehicle, photographs a vehicle traveling at a certain speed or higher, and prints out the captured image will be described below.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In the central device of the conventional moving body speed monitoring device, when a photographed image is printed out, it is printed out with a fixed layout and pasted on a predetermined photographed image pasting board.
[0003]
FIG. 6 is an overall view showing the installation state of the conventional mobile body speed monitoring device and the configuration of the central device. In the figure, 1 is a speed measuring device, 2 is a camera, 3 is an illumination device, 4 is a control cable, 5 is a controller, 6 is a traveling vehicle in the first lane, 7 is a line, and 9 is sent from the controller 5. A transmission / reception unit that receives captured images and the like, 10 is a control unit, 11 is a display unit that displays captured images, 12 is an operation unit, 13 is a storage unit that stores captured images, 14 is a printer that prints out the captured images, Reference numeral 8 denotes a central device composed of 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14.
[0004]
FIG. 7A is a diagram illustrating an example of image output captured by the moving body speed monitoring apparatus illustrated in FIG. In the figure, 15 is a captured image, 16 is a superimpose, 17 is a traveling vehicle, 18 is a driver, 19 is a number plate, and 20 is a mount for a captured image.
[0005]
Next, the operation of the conventional moving body speed monitoring device will be described. In FIG. 6, the traveling vehicle 6 is irradiated with electromagnetic waves emitted from the speed measuring device 1 in the traveling vehicle in the first lane. The electromagnetic wave reflected by the traveling vehicle 6 receives a shift of the Doppler frequency corresponding to the speed of the traveling vehicle 6 and returns to the speed measuring device 1 again, and is mixed with the local signal held by itself to detect a video signal. The video signal is sent to the controller 5 via the control cable 4 and the speed of the traveling vehicle is measured. When the measured speed exceeds a certain speed, an imaging command is sent from the controller 5 to the camera 2 via the control cable 4, and upon receiving this, the camera 2 issues a light emission command to the illumination device 3. The shutter 6 is released and the traveling vehicle 6 in the first lane is photographed.
[0006]
After being photographed, the controller 5 automatically sends the photographed image data to the central device 8 via the line 7. The captured image data sent to the central device 8 is automatically stored as a database in the storage unit 13 via the transmission / reception unit 9 and the control unit 10.
The display unit 11 sequentially displays captured images currently being received in the order of received data. A photographed image is displayed on the display unit 11 in response to an instruction to select a designated photographed image from the storage unit 13 via the control unit 10 from the operation unit 12. The image displayed on the display unit 11 is printed out to the printer 14 in response to a print instruction from the operation unit 12.
[0007]
FIG. 7B shows an example in which the photographed image 15 printed out from the printer 14 of FIG. 5 is pasted on a photographic image pasting mount 20 for storage having a fixed format.
[0008]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The conventional moving body speed monitoring device has pasted and stored the photographed image 15 on the photographed image pasting mount 20 whose format is fixed as described above, but the pasting range of the photographed image on the photographed image pasting mount 20 is as follows. Is an A6 size, and the printed output of the captured image 15 is small when the size is adjusted to the size, and there is a problem that the driver 18 and the number plate 19 are difficult to distinguish.
[0009]
Further, if the print output of the photographed image 15 is enlarged, there is a problem that it cannot be accommodated on the photographed image pasting mount 20 whose format is fixed.
[0010]
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. In addition to being able to easily recognize any part of a photographed image by visual observation, the layout of the photographed image is changed and printed out. An object of the present invention is to make it possible to store the image without sticking out of the mount for photographing image pasting.
[0011]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a moving body speed monitoring device that measures a speed of a moving body and outputs a measurement result of the moving body, an imaging means for photographing the moving body, and a measurement result of the measuring means. Control means for driving and controlling the photographing means based on the above, a display means for displaying the measurement result of the measurement means and the photographed image of the photographing means, and a storage means for storing and storing the measurement result and the photographed image of the moving body in a database. An output means for printing out the measurement result of the moving body and a photographed image; an operation means for searching for an image from data stored in the storage means; selecting a specific image; and instructing output to the output means; An image layout selection unit capable of selecting a layout of a cutout image and a printout of the entire image that are cut out and enlarged, and a storage unit that stores a plurality of the layouts It is those provided with the.
[0012]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a moving body speed monitoring device for measuring a moving body speed and the like, outputting a measurement result of the moving body, a photographing means for photographing the moving body, and a moving body photographing device. The lighting means and the first control means for driving and controlling the photographing means and the lighting means based on the measurement result of the measuring means, and transmitting the measurement result and the photographed image of the measuring means to the central device, and connected to the line, A transmission / reception means for receiving a measurement result and a photographed image from the first control means, and transmitting information such as brightness of the photographing means and photographing timing of the photographing means to the first control means; a measurement result of the moving object; Display means for displaying a photographed image, storage means for storing the measurement results and photographed images in a database, print output means for printing out the photographed images and measurement results of the moving body, and data accumulated in the storage means Image layout selection capable of selecting a plurality of print output layouts of the clipped image and the whole image, in which an image search is performed, a specific image is selected and an output instruction is given to the print output means, and an arbitrary part of the photographed image is cut out and enlarged A storage unit storing the plurality of print output layouts, a function of receiving a captured image and a measurement result transmitted from the transmission / reception unit, and displaying the captured image on the display unit, and And a central means including a second control means having a function of storing measurement results and a function of receiving and processing an image search instruction and a selected image print output instruction from the operation means.
[0013]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, a moving body speed monitoring device includes an image layout selection unit in a central device, selects an entire image and an enlarged image arbitrarily cut out, and adjusts brightness and contrast using dedicated software. A print output adjusting unit is provided to adjust the sharpness of the entire captured image and the enlarged image cut out individually, so that a captured image that can be easily recognized visually can be obtained.
[0014]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and is a general view showing a relationship between a moving body speed monitoring device and a lane and a situation where the vehicle is installed in a lane, and a block diagram showing a configuration of a central device. In the figure, reference numeral 21 denotes an image layout selection unit that can cut out and enlarge an arbitrary portion of a photographed image by using dedicated software, and can select a layout of the printout of the cutout enlarged image and the entire image. For example, as shown in FIG. 2A, a plurality of layouts are stored in, for example, the storage unit 13 or other storage means (not shown) as the layout of the cutout enlarged image and the entire image. Select a layout from the inside.
The speed measuring device 1 emits electromagnetic waves to a moving body that travels in the lane, and the electromagnetic waves reflected by the moving body return to the speed measuring device 1 again after receiving a shift of the Doppler frequency corresponding to the traveling speed. A video signal is detected by mixing with a local signal. The video signal is sent to the controller 5 via the control cable 4 and the speed of the traveling vehicle is measured. When the measured speed exceeds a certain speed, an imaging command is sent from the controller 5 to the camera 2 via the control cable 4, and upon receiving this, the camera 2 issues a light emission command to the illumination device 3. The shutter 6 is released and the traveling vehicle 6 in the first lane is photographed. After being photographed, the controller 5 automatically sends the photographed image data to the central device 8 via the line 7. Data sent to the central device 8 is automatically stored as a database in the storage unit 13 via the transmission / reception unit 9 and the control unit 10. The display unit 11 sequentially displays captured images currently being received in the order of received data. A photographed image is displayed on the display unit 11 in response to an instruction to select a designated photographed image from the storage unit 13 via the control unit 10 from the operation unit 12. The image displayed on the display unit 11 is printed out to the printer 14 in response to a print instruction from the operation unit 12.
[0015]
FIGS. 2 and 3 are display examples of the display unit when the image layout selection unit 21 capable of cutting out and enlarging an arbitrary part of the photographed image and selecting the layout of the printout image of the cutout enlarged image and the entire image is operated. 2A is a layout example of a captured image, FIG. 2B is an example when an image captured by the moving body speed monitoring device is displayed on the display unit 11, and FIG. 3 is a mount for captured image pasting. 20 is an example in which a captured image 15, an enlarged image A27, and an enlarged image B28 are pasted to fit within the mount.
[0016]
In the figure, 15 is a photographed image, 16 is a superimposition in which the name of the photographing spot, measurement speed, photographing time, etc. are added by dedicated software in the controller 5, 17 is a traveling vehicle, 18 is a driver, 19 Is a number plate, 22 is an image print layout 1, 23 is an image print layout 2, 24 is an image print layout 3, 25 is an image print layout 4, 26 is an image cutout window for cutting out an arbitrary part from the displayed image, 27 Are enlarged images A and 28 which have been cut out and enlarged and displayed with the dedicated software by the image cutout window 26, and are enlarged images B which have been cut and enlarged with the dedicated software by the image cutout window 26. For example, the driver 18 of the traveling vehicle is enlarged and displayed on the enlarged image A, and the number plate 28 of the traveling vehicle is enlarged and displayed on the enlarged image B. For example,
[0017]
The image cutout window 26 operates the control unit 10 from the operation unit 12, reads an arbitrary image from the storage unit 13, displays the image on the display unit 11, and displays the image on the captured image 15 displayed on the display unit 11. Is displayed. The image cutout window 26 can be moved to an arbitrary position of the captured image 15 displayed on the display unit 11 by operating the operation unit 12 and the control unit 10, and stores an image at an arbitrary position of the captured image 15. Cut out from the unit 13, and the cut out image is displayed on the display unit 11. The control unit 10 selects display on the enlarged image A27 for the first time in the image cutout operation, and displays a display image on the enlarged image B28 for the second time. By repeating this operation, the predetermined size of the image cutout window 26 is changed, the size of the image cut out from the storage unit 13 is also changed, and the enlarged image A27 and the enlarged image B28 are displayed on the display unit 11.
[0018]
The layout of the enlarged image A27, the enlarged image B28, and the captured image 15 cut out in FIG. 2B is manually selected from the layout example of FIG. 2A using the operation unit 12, printed out to the printer 14, As shown in FIG. 3, a photographed image can be obtained with a layout that fits within a predetermined image pasting range of the photographed image pasting mount 20, and an enlarged image of a portion to be visually confirmed can be obtained simultaneously. .
[0019]
Embodiment 2. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing Embodiment 2 of the present invention. Reference numeral 29 denotes an arbitrary part of the photographed image 15, and the enlarged image A27 or the enlarged image B28 of the clipped image and the photographed image 15 are obtained by using dedicated software. Print output adjustment unit that individually adjusts brightness and contrast. The print output adjustment unit 29 is added to the central device 8 to adjust the brightness according to the situation of the enlarged portion, and a print output that can be easily recognized visually can be obtained.
[0020]
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example displayed on the display unit 11 when the print output adjustment unit 29 is added to the central device 8, in which 30 is a print output adjustment screen. In the figure, an enlarged image A27, an enlarged image B28, and a captured image 15 are selected by image selection, and the brightness and contrast of the selected image are adjusted with dedicated software. The figure shows a state when the enlarged image A27 is selected. When the enlarged image A27 is selected, it can be visually confirmed that the background of the actual enlarged image A27 is shaded and the image is selected. In this situation, the brightness and contrast adjustment bar is adjusted using the operation unit 12 to change the visibility of the selected captured image. By separately adjusting the enlarged image A27, the enlarged image B28, and the captured image 15, for example, when the captured image 15 is dark and the driver 18 of the traveling vehicle 17 is dark and difficult to see, the driver 18 is cut out in the enlarged image A27. Brightness and contrast can be individually adjusted to obtain an image that is easy to see.
[0021]
In the above-described embodiment, the vehicle speed is measured, and when the speed exceeds a certain speed, the vehicle is photographed. However, the present invention is, for example, vehicle noise, loading capacity, etc. When the measurement result exceeds the reference value, it can be applied to a vehicle photographed, and a moving body other than the vehicle can also be applied.
[0022]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, it is possible to enlarge and display an arbitrary portion from an image obtained by photographing a moving body, print out the image together with the photographed image, and obtain a photographed image that is easy to view. Further, the image layout can be changed in accordance with a predetermined format of the mount for shooting image pasting for storing the shot image, and the shot image can be pasted without changing the format of the conventional mount. Furthermore, it is possible to individually adjust the brightness and contrast of each clipped enlarged image and the original photographed image, and when the driver part of the traveling vehicle is clipped, it is brightened separately from the entire photographed image for visual inspection. Easy to do.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of a moving body speed monitoring device according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a layout example of a captured image configured in the first embodiment of the moving body speed monitoring device according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram of a layout example of a captured image configured in the first embodiment of the moving body speed monitoring device according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing a second embodiment of the moving body speed monitoring device according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of image quality adjustment of a captured image configured in the second embodiment of the moving body speed monitoring device according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a conventional moving body speed monitoring device.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of print output of a captured image of a conventional moving body speed monitoring device.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Speed measuring device, 2 Cameras, 3 Illumination device, 4 Control cable, 5 Controller, 6 Traveling vehicle, 7 Line, 8 Central device, 9 Transmission / reception part, 10 Control part, 11 Display part, 12 Operation part, 13 Storage part , 14 Printer, 15 Photographed image, 16 Superimpose, 17 Traveling vehicle, 18 Driver, 19 Number plate, 20 Mount for photographed image pasting, 21 Image layout selection unit, 22 Image print layout 1, 23 Image print layout 2, 24 Image printing layout 3,
25 Image print layout 4, 26 Image cutout window, 27 Enlarged image A, 28 Enlarged image B,
29 Print output adjustment section, 30 Print output adjustment screen.

Claims (3)

The speed of the moving object is measured, and measuring means for outputting the measurement results of the mobile, a photographing means for photographing the moving body, and control means for driving and controlling the photographing means based on the measurement result of the measuring means Display means for displaying the measurement result of the measurement means and the photographed image of the photographing means; storage means for storing the measurement result and the photographed image of the moving object in a database ; and printing out the measurement result and the photographed image of the movable object. Output means, an image search from the data stored in the storage means, an operation means for selecting a specific image and instructing the output means to output, and a clipped image in which an arbitrary part of the captured image is cut out and enlarged And an image layout selection unit capable of selecting a layout of the print output of the entire image, and a storage unit storing a plurality of the layouts . The speed of the moving object is measured, and measuring means for outputting the measurement results of the mobile, a photographing means for photographing the moving body, and illuminating means for photographing of the moving body, the measurement result of the measuring means wherein the imaging means and the illumination means is driven and controlled on the basis of a first control means for transmitting a measurement result and the photographed image of the measuring means in the central unit, connected to the line, the measurement results and taken from said first control means Transmission / reception means for receiving an image and transmitting information such as brightness of the photographing means and photographing timing of the photographing means to the first control means, display means for displaying the measurement result and photographed image of the moving body, and the measurement result And a storage means for storing the photographed images in a database, a print output means for printing out the photographed images and the measurement results of the moving body, an image search from the data stored in the storage means, selecting a specific image and selecting the mark An operation means for instructing output to the output means, an image layout selection section capable of selecting a plurality of printout layouts of the cutout image and the entire image, which is obtained by cutting out and expanding an arbitrary portion of the photographed image, and the plurality of printout layouts are stored A storage unit, a function of receiving a captured image and a measurement result transmitted from the transmission / reception unit, a function of displaying the captured image on the display unit, a function of storing the captured image and the measurement result in the storage unit, from the operation unit A monitoring device comprising: central means including second control means having a function of receiving and processing an image search instruction and a selected image print output instruction . The monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a print output adjustment unit that cuts out an arbitrary portion of the photographed image and individually adjusts brightness and contrast of the cut-out image and the entire image.

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