JP7099687B2 - Video surveillance system and its method and processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

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

A system is known in which an administrator terminal owned by an administrator who manages a monitoring place such as a facility displays a moving image transmitted from a camera installed in the monitoring place to monitor the monitoring place.

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

Conventionally, the trigger for uploading still images and video files from the processing device to the server cannot be generated by the operation of an administrator such as a facility.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2006-115435

, When the administrator of the facility, etc. sees the image of the camera and grasps some situation to be reported, there is a request to upload the still image or video file to the server with the operation of the administrator as a trigger. be.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to operate the facility or the like when the manager of the facility or the like looks at the image of the camera and grasps some situation to be reported. It is an object of the present invention to provide a video monitoring system capable of uploading a still image or a video file to a server, a method thereof, and a processing device.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and achieve the above-mentioned object, the video system of the present invention is a first method of recording a camera and a video captured by the camera in a file format including a plurality of video files. It has a processing device provided with a video recording unit and a server provided with a second video recording unit that receives the video file from the processing device and records the video file, and the processing device has the video file. The video file corresponding to the above is displayed, the video file designated 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 recorded. Alternatively, the first process of transmitting the corresponding still image to the server in response to the operation by the first operator is performed together with the attribute specified by the first operator.

Preferably, the processing apparatus performs a second process of transmitting a still image related to the video file stored in the video recording unit to the server under predetermined predetermined conditions, and the server performs the second processing. In response to the operation of the second operator of the server, the designated acquisition instruction of the video file is transmitted to the processing device, and the processing device transmits the video file corresponding to the acquisition instruction from the server. The third process of transmitting to the server is performed.

Preferably, the processing device further has a sensor for detecting the state of the region related to the imaging range of the camera, and the processing device sets the detection information of the sensor to the predetermined predetermined condition in the second processing. When the condition is satisfied, the video file is associated with the detection information and transmitted to the server using the trigger.

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

Preferably, in the second process and the third process, the processing device transmits a still image extracted from the video file at a predetermined time interval, and the server sends the still image to the administrator. It is transmitted to the terminal, the administrator terminal accepts an input for designating the still image, the server transmits information for identifying the designated still image to the processing device, and the processing is performed. The device transmits the video file including the designated still image to the server, and the server transmits the video file received from the processing device to the administrator terminal.

Preferably, the processing apparatus has a camera real-time image display field for displaying images captured by a plurality of cameras, a calendar display field used for designating a date for displaying thumbnails of designated cameras, and the designation. The time display field to specify the time on the specified day, the camera thumbnail display field to display the thumbnail image of the specified time on the specified day of the specified camera, and the attributes of the image to be uploaded. It has an image attribute designation field to be designated, and when an upload instruction is input, an image related to the image displayed in the camera thumbnail display field is transmitted to the server together with the designated attribute.

The processing device of the present invention is a processing device including a video recording unit that records a video captured by the camera in a file format composed of a plurality of video files, displays the video corresponding to the video file, and performs the processing. The video file designated by the operator of the device is recorded in a predetermined first recording box of the video recording unit, and the video file recorded in the recording box or a still image corresponding thereto is designated by the operator. Along with the above attributes, the first process of transmitting to the server according to the operation by the operator is performed.

The video monitoring method of the present invention comprises a camera, a processing device including a first video recording unit that records a video captured by the camera in a file format composed of a plurality of video files, and the video file from the processing device. It is a video monitoring method performed by using a server provided with a second video recording unit that receives and records the video file, and the processing device displays a video corresponding to the video file and the processing device. The video file designated 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 a still image corresponding thereto is recorded in the first recording box. Along with the attributes specified by the operator, the first process of transmitting to the server in response to the operation by the first operator is performed.

According to the present invention, when an administrator of a facility or the like looks at an image of a camera and grasps some situation to be reported, a still image or a video file is sent to a server by the operation of the administrator as a trigger. It is possible to provide a video surveillance system that can be uploaded, a method thereof, and a processing device.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a video surveillance system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a recording / playback view screen displayed on the display of the processing device shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an upload dialog screen displayed on the display of the processing apparatus 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 following 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 shown 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 arranged in the facility to be monitored by the video monitoring system 1. In addition, 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 by using the operation of the processing device 200 by the facility manager as a trigger (incident).
That is, the facility manager (first operator) who operates the processing device 200 creates a trigger for uploading the video file to the server 300.
As a result, the sensor 120 does not respond, but the 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 has, for example, an image pickup 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 composed of a plurality of video files or in a format other than that.
Further, when the camera 100 detects a predetermined state based on the sensor signal from the sensor 120, the camera 100 associates the attribute information related to the detection with the video file or the video data at the timing of detecting the state.
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 or around the imaging range of the camera 100.
The sensor 120 includes not only a physical sensor but also a logical sensor that analyzes and detects video data with a camera or a processing device 200. Further, the present invention does not have to use the sensor 120.

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

[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 on the display 23 an image corresponding to the image file received from the camera 100.
The processing device 200 records the video file designated 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 according to the operation (manual) by the facility manager together with the attributes specified 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 given by the facility manager, and information for specifying the facility or the camera 100. In addition, it may be provided with a memo function that can be written by the facility manager.

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 via the camera 100, the detection is used as a trigger to obtain a video file of the detected timing. Alternatively, a second process of reading the 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 files and video data from the camera 100 in an area other than the first recording box 121 of the video recording unit 27, except for those designated by the facility manager.

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

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

As shown in FIG. 2, the recording / playback view screen 500 has, for example, a calendar display field 510, a time display field 512, a camera real-time image display field 514, and a camera thumbnail display field 516.

The calendar display field 510 is used to display images captured by a plurality of cameras 100 and to specify a day for displaying thumbnails of the designated cameras.
The time display field 512 is used to specify the time on the day specified by the calendar display field 510.
The camera thumbnail display field 516 displays a thumbnail image of the time specified in the time display field 512 on the day specified in the calendar display field 510 for the designated camera.

The facility manager operates the operation unit 21 on the recording / playback view screen 500 to select the camera 100 and the date / time to be uploaded to the server 300, and adjusts the timeline. Then, the upload button provided on the recording / playback view screen 500 is selected, and attributes such as importance are set in the upload dialog (image attribute designation field) 610 shown in FIG. As a result, the processing device 200 uploads the specified image and attributes to the server 300.

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

[Server 300]
The server 300 has 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 according to an operation signal corresponding to the operation of the operator of the server (second operator) or the operator of the administrator terminal 400 (second operator). The instruction is transmitted to the processing device 200.

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

In the processing apparatus 200, 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 are separated. Those storage capacities can be managed individually.

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

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

The administrator terminal (for example, a smartphone, a mobile phone, a tablet terminal, etc.) 400 has an operation unit 41, a display 43, and a processing unit 45. The administrator terminal 400 is, for example, a desktop or a portable computer.
The administrator terminal 400 displays a management screen corresponding to the management screen data received from the processing device 200 on the display 43.
The administrator terminal 400 transmits an operation signal corresponding to the operation of the operator (second operator) to the server 300. For example, when the second operator specifies a still image from the thumbnail image in the management screen, the second operator receives the video file corresponding to the designated still image from the server 300.
As a result, the 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 by filtering / sorting by facility, importance, date and time according to the operation of the operator.
Further, in consideration of security, it is prevented from being downloaded from the server 300 to the administrator terminal 400.

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

4 and 5 are diagrams showing an outline of the overall processing of the video surveillance system 1 shown in FIG. 1.
Hereinafter, each step of FIGS. 4 and 5 will be described.
Step S101:
The camera 100 captures a moving image in the imaging range in the 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 an image corresponding to the received image data on the display 23.

Step ST103:
The processing device 200 receives the video file and records it 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 (the first operator). Incident) is specified.
The processing unit 29 records the video file corresponding to the designated video location in the first recording box 121 of the video recording unit 27. Further, the attributes are recorded in association with the video file according to the operation of the operation unit 21 by the facility manager.

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

Step S106:
The processing unit 29 identifies 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 a management screen corresponding to the management screen data received in step S110 on the display 43.

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 if there is a part of concern, he / she operates a video upload acquisition instruction related to the part. Operate the unit 41 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 the video acquisition instruction for acquiring the video file related to the acquisition instruction received in step S114 to the processing device 200.

Step S116:
The processing device 200 receives a video acquisition instruction from the server 300.

Step S117:
The processing unit 29 of the processing device 200 reads out the video file related 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 by linking with 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 uses the video file recorded in step S120 to generate administrator screen data for displaying the video file.

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 the management screen corresponding to the management screen data received in step S122 on the display 43. An image corresponding to the image file is displayed on the management screen.

As described above, according to the video monitoring system 1, the processing device 200 has a function of automatically uploading a still image related to the video captured by the camera 100 to the server 300, and the facility manager causes the processing device 200 to have a function. The specified image based on the displayed image can be uploaded to the server 300. As a result, the images / videos required for monitoring can be uploaded to the server 300 as compared with the conventional case, and the monitoring accuracy can be improved. That is, it is possible to provide the server 300 and the administrator terminal 400 with an image of an incident that cannot be picked up by the camera 100 due to the arrangement of the sensor 120 or the like.

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

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above.
That is, one of ordinary skill in the art may make various modifications, combinations, sub-combinations, and alternatives with respect to the components of the embodiments described above, within the technical scope of the invention or equivalent thereof. For example, the above-described embodiment is not necessarily limited to the one having all the configurations described. Further, it is possible to replace a part of the configuration of one embodiment with the configuration of another embodiment. It is also possible to add the configuration of another embodiment to the configuration of one embodiment.

In the above-described embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the processing apparatus 200 uploads 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. , Or a 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 it in the second recording box 331 of the video recording unit 33 (S108a).
Further, the server 300 generates an administrator screen including the video file (S109a), provides it to the administrator 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 administrator terminal 400 can reproduce the video file related to the incident at an early timing.

The present invention is applicable to a video system that acquires and reproduces moving images captured by a camera.

1 ... Video monitoring system 100 ... Camera 11 ... Memory 13 ... Processing unit 200 ... Processing device 21 ... Operation unit 23 ... Display 25 ... Memory 27 ... Video recording unit 121 ... First recording box 29 ... Processing unit 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 device provided with a first video recording unit that records the video captured by the camera in a file format composed of a plurality of video files.
It has a server provided with 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 corresponding to the video file, records the video file designated by the first operator of the processing device in a predetermined first recording box of the video recording unit, and records the video file. The first process of transmitting the video file recorded in the box or the still image corresponding thereto to the server in response to the operation by the first operator together with the attribute specified by the first operator is performed. 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 to the server under predetermined predetermined conditions.
The server transmits the designated acquisition instruction of the video file to the processing device in response to the operation of the 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. It also has a sensor that detects 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 predetermined condition, the processing device transmits the video file in association with the detection information to the server using the detection information as a trigger. The video surveillance system according to claim 2. The server
The video file or the still image received from the processing device in response to the first processing is recorded in the second recording box.
The video file or the still image received from the processing apparatus in accordance with the second processing and the third processing is recorded in the third recording box.
The video surveillance system according to claim 2, wherein the second recording box and the third recording box are individually capacity-managed. The second process and the third process are
The processing device transmits a still image extracted from the video file at a predetermined time interval to the server, and the processing device transmits the still image to the server.
The server sends a still image to the administrator terminal and
The administrator terminal accepts an input for designating the still image, and receives the input.
The server transmits information for identifying the designated still image to the processing device.
The processing device transmits a video file containing the designated 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 device is
A camera real-time image display field that displays images captured by multiple cameras,
A calendar display field used to specify the day when the thumbnail of the specified camera is displayed, and
In the time display field to specify the time on the specified day,
A camera thumbnail display field that displays thumbnail images of the specified camera at the specified time on the specified day, and a camera thumbnail display field.
It has an image attribute specification field that specifies the attributes of the image to be uploaded.
The video monitoring system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein when an upload instruction is input, an image related to the image displayed in the camera thumbnail display field is transmitted to the server together with the specified attribute. It is a processing device equipped with a video recording unit that records the video captured by the camera in a file format consisting of multiple video files.
Display the video corresponding to the video file and display
The video file specified by the operator of the processing device is recorded in a predetermined first recording box of the video recording unit, and the video file is recorded.
A processing device that performs a first process of transmitting the video file recorded in the recording box or a still image corresponding thereto to a server in response to an operation by the operator together with an attribute specified by the operator. With the camera
A processing device provided with a first video recording unit that records the video captured by the camera in a file format composed of a plurality of video files.
It is a video monitoring method performed by using a server provided with 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 corresponding to the video file, records the video file designated by the first operator of the processing device in a predetermined first recording box of the video recording unit, and records the video file. The first process of transmitting the video file recorded in the box or the still image corresponding thereto to the server in response to the operation by the first operator together with the attribute specified by the first operator is performed. Video monitoring method.

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