JP5108693B2 - Image processing apparatus and image processing system - Google Patents

Description

  In particular, the present invention displays, for example, an image based on an image signal output from an imaging device on a monitor, selects an arbitrary area from the image displayed on the monitor, and performs predetermined processing on the selected area. The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing system.

  In recent years, a monitoring camera and an image processing apparatus are connected, an image signal output from the monitoring camera is input to the image processing apparatus, and an image based on the image signal is displayed on an image processing apparatus having a display function. A surveillance camera system that controls the operation of the surveillance camera from the image processing apparatus is used award.

An example of this type of surveillance camera system is disclosed in Patent Document 1. In this conventional surveillance camera system, a plurality of surveillance cameras and a controller having an LCD that can be operated with a touch panel are connected, and the user uses the touch panel of the controller to connect the surveillance camera. The operation can be controlled.
JP 2002-180152 A

  For example, when an image processing apparatus including a monitoring camera and a display is connected, an image based on an image signal from the monitoring camera is displayed on the display of the image processing apparatus, and an image displayed on the display A usage example is conceivable in which an arbitrary image area is set, the image area is cut out, and an image corresponding to the image area is enlarged or recorded.

  Here, in the above-described usage example, a case will be described in which the prior art is used when releasing the set image area. The user makes a selection by directly touching an image area displayed on the LCD provided with the touch panel. Therefore, when there are a plurality of set image areas and some of the plurality of image areas overlap each other, the user may select an image area that is not a desired release image area. Further, after selecting the release image area, an operation of touching the setting button displayed on the LCD again is performed, so that the set image area is finally released.

  The present invention solves the above-described problems, and reduces the above-described complicated operations of the user, and makes it easier and faster to reduce image area selection mistakes for the user. Is to provide.

  An image processing apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention is an input unit that inputs an image signal output from an imaging device, a first display unit that displays an image at a first position of a monitor based on the image signal, and a first display unit Area designating means for designating a plurality of arbitrary areas from the images displayed by the processing, processing control means for performing predetermined processing on any of the plurality of areas designated by the area designating means, and area designation Second display means for displaying a plurality of area frames corresponding to the plurality of areas designated by the means superimposed on the image, and displaying a mark set for each area at a second position different from the first position of the monitor And a release means for releasing the area corresponding to the mark selected by the selection means.

  An image processing apparatus according to a second invention is dependent on the imaging apparatus according to the first invention and further includes a pointing device. In the third display means, the selection means and the release means, the mark is displayed as a button, and the button is pointed to Release by the release means is executed by selecting at the device.

  An image processing system according to a third aspect of the present invention is an image processing apparatus that includes an imaging device that captures an image of a subject, generates an image signal, and outputs the image signal, and an input unit that is connected to the imaging device and inputs the image signal. The image processing system includes a first display unit that displays an image at a first position of a monitor based on an image signal, and a plurality of images displayed by the first display unit. Corresponding to an area designating unit for designating an arbitrary area, a processing control unit for performing a predetermined process on any one of the plurality of areas designated by the area designating unit, and a plurality of areas designated by the area designating unit Second display means for displaying a plurality of area frames superimposed on an image, third display means for displaying a mark set for each area at a second position different from the first position of the monitor, and third Selection means for selecting the mark displayed on the shown means, characterized in that it comprises a releasing means for releasing the area corresponding to the mark selected by the selection means.

  An image processing program according to a fourth aspect of the invention is an image processing program for controlling an image processing apparatus that inputs an image signal output from an imaging apparatus, and the image processing program monitors an image based on the image signal in a first monitor. A first step for displaying at a position, a second step for designating a plurality of arbitrary areas from the images displayed by the first step, and a predetermined process for the images of the plurality of areas designated by the second step A third step of applying a mark, a fourth step of displaying a plurality of area frames corresponding to the plurality of areas designated in the second step superimposed on the image, and a mark provided for each area at the first position of the monitor A fifth step for displaying at a second position different from the sixth step, a sixth step for selecting the mark displayed in the fifth step, and a marker selected by the sixth step. Characterized in that it comprises a seventh step of releasing an area corresponding to the click.

  A recording medium according to a fifth aspect is characterized in that the image processing program according to the fourth aspect is stored.

  According to the image processing apparatus and the image processing system of the present invention, it is possible to reduce a user's troublesome operation and to reduce image area selection mistakes for the user more easily and quickly.

  In the present embodiment, as one example of the image processing apparatus and the image processing system of the present invention, a monitoring camera 10 and an image signal output from the monitoring camera 10 connected to the monitoring camera 10 via a LAN cable. Will be described using a form of the surveillance camera system 2 constituted by the image processing apparatus 14 for inputting the image and the surveillance monitor 12 connected to the surveillance camera 10 via a composite cable.

  FIG. 1 shows a connection example of the monitoring camera 10, the monitoring monitor 12, and the image processing apparatus 14 according to the present embodiment. The image processing apparatus 14 is connected to the monitoring camera 10 via a LAN cable, and the monitoring monitor 12 is connected to the monitoring camera 10 via a composite cable. The image processing apparatus 14 includes an LCD monitor 14a, a signal processing apparatus 14b, and a pointing device 14c. The compressed image data imaged by the monitoring camera 10, generated and processed for the image signal is input to the signal processing device 14b via the LAN cable. The image signal generated by the monitoring camera 10 is converted into a video signal and input to the monitoring monitor 12 via the composite cable.

  The monitoring monitor 12 performs monitoring by the user, and the compressed image data input to the signal processing device 14b is recorded in the signal processing device 14b, and the user monitors the monitoring image monitor 12 for monitoring. Is set based on the compressed image data.

  Next, details of the monitoring camera 10 will be described with reference to FIG. 2 which is a block diagram inside the monitoring camera 10 shown in FIG.

  The surveillance camera 10 includes an imaging lens 16, a CMOS imager 18a, an imaging processing unit 18b, an SDRAM 20, a CPU 22, a compression processing unit 24, a command control unit 26, a D / A conversion unit 27, a communication interface 28, a video encoder 29, a bus 23, and the like. A video signal output interface 31 is provided.

  The imaging lens 16 forms an optical image of a subject on the imaging surface of a CMOS imager 18a that is an imaging device. In this embodiment, 1920 × 1080 pixels (aspect ratio 16: 9) are employed as the effective image area of the CMOS imager 18a.

  The imaging lens 16 is adjusted in movement in the optical axis direction by a lens motor (not shown) controlled by the CPU 22 based on the output signal of the CMOS imager 18a. The analog imaging signal output from the CMOS imager 18a is input to the imaging processing unit 18b and subjected to various processing such as A / D conversion processing, CDS processing, signal amplification processing, and clamping processing, and the processing is performed. The digital imaging signal is temporarily stored in the SDRAM 20.

  The digital imaging signal stored in the SDRAM 20 is input to the imaging processing unit 18b, and various signal processing such as color separation processing, AWB processing, and YUB conversion processing is performed by the imaging processing unit 18b. Y signal and U and V signals which are color difference signals are generated.

  The imaging lens 16, the CMOS imager 18 a, the imaging processing unit 18 b, the SDRAM 20, the compression processing unit 24, the D / A conversion unit 27 and the communication interface 28 are controlled by the CPU 22 via the bus 23.

  The CPU 22 is also connected to the command control unit 26. The command control unit 26 is connected to the communication interface 28 and receives a command output from the image processing apparatus 14. The command control unit 26 performs a command analysis for analyzing what command is input. For example, if the command control unit 26 determines that the command is a command for starting monitoring, that is, starting imaging, the command control unit 26 instructs the CPU 22 to start imaging. Then, an instruction to transmit compressed image data that has been imaged and subjected to compression processing in response to the imaging start instruction is output to the image processing apparatus 14.

  As described above, as an example of the command input to the command control unit 26, the command for instructing the imaging start and the transmission is given. However, the command includes a white balance change command and a lens including the lens 16 of the monitoring camera 10 (not shown). A pan / tilt control command for controlling a motor for pan / tilt the unit may be used.

  Next, the imaging process of the monitoring camera 12 of the present embodiment will be described focusing on the control of the CPU 22. When receiving an imaging start instruction from the command control unit 26, the CPU 22 controls the imaging lens 16, the CMOS imager 18a, the imaging processing unit 18b, and the SDRAM 20 to repeatedly generate Y, U, and V signals according to a predetermined frame rate. To do. Here, the predetermined frame rate is an arbitrary frame rate set in a register of the CPU 22 (not shown) via the command control unit 26 before or after the surveillance camera 10 starts imaging. is there.

  The Y, U, and V signals are stored again in the SDRAM 20 via the bus 23 and repeatedly input to the compression processing unit 24. Then, the compression processing unit 24 performs compression processing on the Y, U, and V signals according to the MPEG system as compression processing, and the compressed image data generated by the compression processing is stored in the SDRAM 20 again via the bus 23. The

  The compressed image data stored in the SDRAM 20 is output from the communication interface 28 to the image compression device 14.

  The monitoring camera 10 has an interval display mode in which an image (video signal) is output and displayed on the monitoring monitor 12 at a predetermined update interval (interval). This interval display mode is provided in order to switch and monitor a plurality of monitoring locations with one monitoring camera 10. As described above, the digital image data based on the output of the CMOS imager 18a has a size of 1920 × 1080 pixels (aspect ratio 16: 9) in one frame × vertical × horizontal. However, the image size displayed on the monitoring monitor 12 is sufficient to be an SD size image of 740 × 480 pixels (aspect ratio 4: 3) in length × width. On the contrary, if the scaling process is performed on an image with a high resolution so as to lower the resolution, the image quality may be deteriorated.

  As described above, since the resolution of the digital image data based on the output of the CMOS imager 18a is high, the image data corresponding to an arbitrary area is cut out from the digital image data of one frame and is sent to the monitoring monitor 12 at a predetermined interval speed. It is displayed.

  In this interval display mode, first, digital image data based on the output of the CMOS imager 18 a is stored in the SDRAM 20. Here, as described above, one frame of the digital image data is composed of a full-HD size of 1920 × 1080 pixels (aspect ratio 16: 9) in the vertical and horizontal directions, but is displayed on the monitor 12 for monitoring. The image is an SD size image having 740 × 480 pixels (aspect ratio 4: 3) in length × width.

  The digital image data stored in the SDRAM 20 is an SD size that is set by a user in the display setting process for setting the interval display mode that is executed by the image processing apparatus 14 to be described later and that the user wants to monitor with particular attention. The cut-out process is performed by the CPU 22 so as to correspond to any area. Specifically, commands corresponding to data in any of a plurality of areas, an arbitrary interval speed, and display order set in the image processing device 14 are controlled by the image processing device 14 via the communication interface 28. Input to the unit 26.

  The command control unit 26 analyzes the input command, and outputs arbitrary plural areas, arbitrary interval speeds, and display order data to the CPU 22. Then, the CPU 22 stores arbitrary plural areas, arbitrary interval speeds, and display order data in respective registers (not shown).

  The CPU 22 performs SD-size image processing on the Full-HD size digital image data stored in the SDRAM 20 based on any of a plurality of areas, any interval speed, and display order data stored in the register. Cutout processing is performed so as to become data, and the data is stored in the SDRAM 20 again. The stored SD size image data is converted into an analog video signal by the D / A converter 27 and output to the video encoder 29. The video encoder 29 converts the video signal into an NTSC video signal and outputs the video signal to the monitoring monitor 12 via the video signal output interface 31.

  Next, details of the image compression apparatus 14 will be described with reference to FIG. 3 which is a block diagram inside the image compression apparatus 14 shown in FIG. As described above, the image compression device 14 includes the LCD monitor 14a, the signal processing device 14b, and the pointing device 14c.

  The signal processing device 14b includes a communication interface 30, a CPU 32, a decompression processing unit 34, an SDRAM 36, an LCD monitor driver 42, a hard disk driver 44, a hard disk 46, a pointing device driver 48, and a bus 50.

  The CPU 32 controls the communication interface 30, the expansion processing unit 34, the SDRAM 36, the LCD monitor driver 42 and the hard disk driver 44 via the bus 50. In addition, when the pointing device 14 c is operated by being connected to the pointing device driver 48, the cursor position information on the LCD monitor 14 a output from the pointing device 14 c is input to the CPU 32 via the pointing device driver 48. The

  The LCD monitor driver 42 is connected to the LCD monitor 14a, and the decompressed image data is displayed on the LCD monitor 14a as an image. The hard disk driver 44 is connected to the hard disk 46 and the compressed image data is recorded on the hard disk 46.

  Next, processing of the compressed image data output from the monitoring camera 10 in the image compression device 14 will be described. The image compression apparatus 14 according to the present exemplary embodiment performs a recording process for recording compressed image data on the hard disk 46 and an SD size image obtained by performing a cut-out process from the Full-HD size image on the monitoring monitor 12 at a predetermined update interval. Display setting processing for setting an interval display mode to be displayed in (interval) is executed.

  The description of the display setting process in the interval display mode in the monitoring camera 10 will be described with reference to the display setting screen shown in FIGS.

  First, the recording process will be described. The compressed image data from the monitoring camera 10 is input to the communication interface 30 via the LAN cable, and is temporarily input to the SDRAM 36 via the bus 50. Then, the CPU 32 controls the SDRAM 36 and the hard disk driver 44 to record the compressed image data on the hard disk 46.

  Next, a display setting process for setting the interval display mode will be described with reference to FIG. In this display setting process, a plurality of arbitrary areas that the user wants to monitor is set with particular attention, and an arbitrary interval speed is set.

  FIG. 4 shows a setting screen for setting the interval display mode. As shown in FIG. 4, on the left side of the setting screen, three marks are displayed in the mark area Y, and in this embodiment, three buttons are superimposed. The three buttons are superimposed and displayed on the mark area Y based on a program stored in a flash memory (not shown) by the CPU 32. Specifically, the three buttons are an “option”, a “cutout area setting”, and a “help” button. The image processing apparatus 14 in this embodiment is equipped with a graphical user interface (GUI) function so that the button is selected by an operation from the pointing device 14c.

  On the upper right side of the setting screen, an image based on the compressed image signal is displayed in the cutout setting area Z, and on the lower right side of the setting screen, the setting item and the setting value are displayed using marks. The Since selection / setting based on this setting screen also employs a GUI function, selection / setting can be performed by operating the pointing device 14c.

  In the cutout setting area Z, thinning processing is performed so that the compressed image data has an aspect ratio of 16: 9 and an image with the same aspect ratio of 16: 9 from an image with an aspect ratio of 1920 × 1080. Is displayed. In addition, a cursor corresponding to the movement of the pointing device 14c is displayed on the setting change area U. The pointing device 14c moves the main body in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction, for example, like a mouse, detects movement with a sensor using a ball, infrared rays, laser, or the like, and outputs two-dimensional movement distance information to the CPU 32. If a left click operation is performed, left click information is output to the CPU 32. The CPU 32 displays the movement of the cursor on the cutout setting area Z based on the movement distance information, and recognizes the selection / setting based on the left click information.

  Next, a method for setting an arbitrary area in the cutout setting area Z will be described. When the user performs a left click operation on the pointing device 14c, a rectangular frame corresponding to the SD size area is displayed in the cutout setting area Z. Then, the cursor is moved into the frame by the user's operation of the pointing device 14c in the horizontal and vertical directions, the left click operation is performed at the moved point in the frame, and the left click operation by the user is continued. When the pointing device 14c is operated in the horizontal and vertical directions, the frame moves on the cutout setting area Z. Then, the movement of the frame is interrupted by releasing the left click operation at an arbitrary position of the user. Then, the user performs a left click operation with the pointing device 14c on the mark displayed under the setting change area U, which is the set button S in the present embodiment, so that an arbitrary area is determined, An arbitrary area that has been confirmed is set as a cut-out area.

  Specifically, the CPU 32 obtains the position address based on the coordinates (V1, W1) of the upper left corner of the rectangular frame of the image having an aspect ratio of 16: 9 currently displayed in the cropping setting area Z. It is calculated and recorded in the SDRAM 36 as a cutout area, and the number “1” corresponding to the cutout area is recorded in association with it. At that time, the CPU 32 displays on the cutout setting area Z a frame corresponding to the set cutout area and the number “1” on the upper left in the frame. This frame and number correspond to “cutout area 1” in the setting item column of the setting change area U. Further, in order to make it easy for the user to see, the color of the frame corresponding to “Cutout area 1” is blue, the color of the frame corresponding to “Cutout area 2” is pink, and the frame corresponding to “Cutout area 3” Is displayed as green.

  The user can set “cutout area 2” and “cutout area 3” by the same operation as described above.

  Data related to the plurality of cut areas and numbers set are converted into commands by the command control unit 33 and output to the monitoring camera 10 via the communication interface 30.

  Now, as shown in FIG. 4, it is assumed that “cutout area 1”, “cutout area 2”, and “cutout area 3” are currently set. Here, the setting value “DELETE” corresponding to “Cut out area 1” in the setting item column is also displayed by a button which is a mark. The “DELETE” button changes in color according to the setting state. As described above, when the cutout area is set by the user, the “DELETE” button is changed. Specifically, the color of the button before being set is displayed in a color that is not conspicuous with respect to the background color, for example, gray. When the setting is made, the color of the button is changed to a color that stands out from the background color, for example, white. Here, “cutout area 4” is not set. Therefore, the “DELETE” button having the setting value corresponding to the setting item “cutout area 4” is expressed in gray.

  Specifically, referring to FIG. 4, “Cutout area 1”, “Cutout area 2”, and “Cutout area 3” are set, and the “DELETE” button corresponding to each area is indicated by a solid line for convenience of drawing. The characters “DELETE” of this button are expressed in black, and the portions other than the characters surrounded by the solid line are expressed in white.

  In FIG. 4, the “DELETE” button corresponding to “Cutout area 4” is shown as being surrounded by a dotted line for convenience of drawing. However, the character “DELETE” of this button is expressed in black and surrounded by a dotted line. The parts other than the displayed characters are expressed in gray. The CPU 32 also records the color information of each “DELETE” button in the SDRAM 36.

In the setting change area U, an “image update interval” is displayed as a setting item, and a pull-down button that is a mark is displayed as a corresponding setting value. Here, the “image update interval” is an interval speed in the interval display mode described above. The user performs a left click operation on the pull-down button “▼” using the pointing device 14c, and the interval speeds “1 second”, “5 seconds”, “10 seconds” and “ The user selects the interval speed from the “15 seconds” by left-clicking the desired interval speed. Then, when the user performs a left click operation on the set button S, the interval speed is set. Data regarding the set interval speed is commanded by the command control unit 33 and output to the monitoring camera 10 via the communication interface 30.
In FIG. 4, “5 seconds” is set as the interval speed. In this case, information of interval speed = 5 seconds is stored in a register (not shown) of the CPU 22.

  Now, when the pointing device 14c is operated by the user on the setting screen of the interval display mode, the data related to the set cut-out area, interval speed, and number is converted into a command, output to the monitoring camera 10, and the monitoring camera 10 The CPU 22 performs interval display processing in the interval display mode based on the data relating to the cut-out area, interval speed, and number input from the image processing device 14.

  The interval display process will be described with reference to FIGS. FIGS. 5A to 5C show diagrams in which images corresponding to the set clipping areas 1 to 3 are displayed on the monitoring monitor 12 in the above-described interval display mode setting.

  First, an image A corresponding to the cutout area 1 shown in FIG. 5A is displayed, and after 5 seconds, an image B corresponding to the cutout area 2 shown in FIG. 5B is displayed. An image C corresponding to the cutout area 3 shown in FIG. 5C is displayed. 5 seconds later, an image A corresponding to cutout 1 shown in FIG. 5A is displayed, and thereafter images A, B, and C are repeatedly displayed in order at an interval speed of 5 seconds. In this embodiment, the display order of the images corresponding to the cutout area is repeatedly displayed in the numerical order of the numbers within the respective frames displayed in the cutout setting area Z (1 → 2 → 3 → 1 → ...).

  In addition, the cut-out area setting can be canceled on the interval display mode setting screen in the present embodiment. The cancellation of the cut-out area setting will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 6 shows an interval display mode setting screen as in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, when the user wants to cancel the setting of “cutout area 3” in a state where “cutout area 1”, “cutout area 2”, and “cutout area 3” are set as the cutout area. The user can execute the setting value “DELETE” button, which is a mark corresponding to the setting item “cutout area 3”, by performing a left click operation of the pointing device 14c. Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the “DELETE” button corresponding to “cutout area 3” is changed from white to gray and the “cutout area” on the cutout setting area Z is displayed on the setting screen of the interval display mode. The frame and number of the cut-out area set as 3 ″ are deleted.

  With the same operation, it is possible to cancel the setting of “cutout area 1” and “cutout area 2”. When the user ends the release operation of the desired cut-out area and decides to release, the user decides the release by performing a left click operation on the set button S. The CPU 32 controls the command control unit 33 in response to the release determination, generates a data command relating to the cut-out area where the release operation has been performed, and outputs the command to the monitoring camera 10 via the communication interface 30.

  The CPU 22 in the monitoring camera 10 updates the data of the cut-out area and the number in the interval display mode based on the data of the cut-out area to be canceled.

In this way, the user can set an arbitrary clipping area that is currently set by simply performing a left-click operation of the pointing device 14c with respect to the “DELETE” button of the setting value provided in the setting change area U. Can be released. Therefore, even if the user does not recognize the operation method of the image processing apparatus 14 of this embodiment in detail, it can be canceled intuitively. In addition, since a “DELETE” button is provided for each cut-out area, it is possible to prevent a deletion mistake by the user.

Next, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 7, the operation of the CPU 32 in the cut-out area setting and canceling process applied to the image processing apparatus 14 of the present embodiment will be described.

  First, in step S1, it is determined whether or not the “cutout area setting” button has been selected by operating the pointing device 14c. If “YES” is determined in the step S1, the process proceeds to a step S3 to execute the cut-out area setting process described above, and the process proceeds to a step S4 to generate a data command based on the cut-out area setting process and transmit it to the monitoring camera 10. . Then, the process returns to step S1.

  If “NO” is determined in the step S1, the process proceeds to a step S5, and it is determined whether or not the “DELETE” button of the setting value provided in the setting change area U is selected. If “YES” is determined in the step S5, the process proceeds to a step S7 to cancel the currently set cut-out area corresponding to the selected “DELETE” button. That is, the CPU 32 changes the “DELETE” button on the setting screen of the interval display mode from white to gray, and changes the color information of the “DELETE” button in the SDRAM 36. Then, the process proceeds to step S <b> 8, where a command for the cut-out area and number data to be canceled is generated and transmitted to the monitoring camera 10. Then, the process returns to step S1.

  If “NO” is determined in the step S5, the process proceeds to a step S9, and it is determined whether or not another button is selected in the step S9. If "YES" is determined here, the process proceeds to a step S11 to execute a process corresponding to the selected button. If “NO” is determined in the step S9, the process returns to the step S1.

  In this embodiment, a plurality of arbitrary areas are set from within an image captured by relatively large pixels, and images corresponding to the arbitrary areas are repeatedly displayed in order at an arbitrary interval speed. Explained the deletion of the frame and the change of the button display in the operation to cancel the setting of any area that has already been set, but in order to cancel the setting of the currently set arbitrary area, Any setting can be used as long as the setting is canceled by selecting the corresponding button. For example, it can be applied to canceling the setting of the privacy mask.

  Further, in this embodiment, when displaying an image corresponding to the cut-out area on the monitoring monitor 12 in the interval display processing in the interval display mode executed by the monitoring camera 10, FIGS. 5 (a) to 5 (c). As shown in FIG. 8, an SD size image having a vertical size and a horizontal size of 740 × 480 pixels, which is cut out, is displayed. However, an electronic zoom processing unit is provided in the monitoring camera 10, and FIG. As shown in e), the image A cut out may be subjected to enlargement zoom processing and displayed on the monitoring monitor 12 as an enlarged image A ′.

  In the present embodiment, in the display of the “DELETE” button, the button corresponding to the area set as the cut-out area is white, and the button corresponding to the area not set is gray. However, anything that is easy for the user to understand is acceptable. Further, in the display of the “DELETE” button, the button corresponding to the set area is white, but it may be made to correspond to the frame color of each cut-out area. For example, the color of the “DELETE” button corresponding to “Cutout area 1” is blue, the color of the “DELETE” button corresponding to “Cutout area 2” is pink, and the color of the “DELETE” button corresponding to “Cutout area 3” The color may be displayed as green.

  The image processing apparatus according to the present embodiment includes the LCD monitor 14a, the signal processing apparatus 14b, and the pointing device 14c. However, the signal processing apparatus 14b may be a so-called personal computer. In this case, various setting screen displays, interval displays, and programs for executing them in this embodiment are stored in a recording medium, and the personal computer installs the programs so that the personal computer can perform various processes. Execute.

It is a figure which shows the example of a connection with the image processing apparatus which is one Example of this invention, a monitoring camera, and the monitor for monitoring. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the surveillance camera which is one Example of this invention. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is an illustration figure which shows the setting screen of the interval display mode displayed on the LCD monitor 14a which is one Example of this invention. It is a transition diagram of the image display in the interval display mode displayed on the monitor for monitoring which is one Example of this invention. It is another illustration figure which shows the setting screen of the interval display mode displayed on the LCD monitor 14a which is one Example of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows a part of operation | movement of the image processing apparatus which is one Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

2 ... surveillance camera system 10 ... surveillance camera 14 ... image processing device 14a ... LCD monitor 14b ... signal processing device 14c ... pointing device 32 ... CPU
34: Decompression processing unit 36: SDRAM

Claims (5)

Input means for inputting an image signal output from the imaging device;
First display means for displaying an image at a first position of a monitor based on the image signal;
Area designating means for designating a plurality of arbitrary areas from the image displayed by the first display means;
Processing control means for performing predetermined processing on any one of the plurality of areas designated by the area designation means;
A second display means for displaying a plurality of area frames corresponding to a plurality of areas designated by the area designating means, superimposed on the image;
Third display means for displaying a mark set for each area at a second position different from the first position of the monitor;
Selecting means for selecting the mark displayed on the third display means;
An image processing apparatus comprising: release means for releasing an area corresponding to the mark selected by the selection means. A pointing device;
In the third display means, the selection means, and the release means, the mark is displayed as a button, and the release by the release means is executed by selecting the button with the pointing device. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1. An imaging device that images a subject, generates an image signal, and outputs the image signal;
An image processing system comprising an image processing device connected to the imaging device and provided with input means for inputting the image signal,
The image processing apparatus includes:
First display means for displaying an image at a first position of a monitor based on the image signal;
Area designating means for designating a plurality of arbitrary areas from the image displayed by the first display means;
Processing control means for performing predetermined processing on any one of the plurality of areas designated by the area designation means;
A second display means for displaying a plurality of area frames corresponding to a plurality of areas designated by the area designating means, superimposed on the image;
Third display means for displaying a mark set for each area at a second position different from the first position of the monitor;
Selecting means for selecting the mark displayed on the third display means;
An image processing system comprising release means for releasing an area corresponding to the mark selected by the selection means. An image processing program for controlling an image processing apparatus that inputs an image signal output from an imaging apparatus,
The image processing program includes:
A first step of displaying an image at a first position of a monitor based on the image signal;
A second step of designating a plurality of arbitrary areas from the image displayed by the first step;
A third step of performing a predetermined process on the images of the plurality of areas designated in the second step;
A fourth step of displaying a plurality of area frames corresponding to the plurality of areas designated in the second step, superimposed on the image;
A fifth step of displaying a mark provided for each area at a second position different from the first position of the monitor;
A sixth step of selecting the mark displayed in the fifth step;
An image processing program comprising a seventh step of releasing an area corresponding to the mark selected in the sixth step.   A recording medium in which the image processing program according to claim 4 is stored.

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