JPH09163354A - Video monitor system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the operability of a camera in the video monitor system. SOLUTION: A video display device 1 has a video display screen 11 on its front side and a remote controller 12 in its inside and the video display screen 11 is provided with a touch panel 13 by pointing out an optional position on the screen to enter control data corresponding to the pointed-out position. A video input device consisting of a camera 4 and a universal head 5 is located at a position remote from the display device 1 and they are interconnected by a video signal line 2 and a control signal line 3. A video signal is sent to the video display screen 11 from the camera 4 via the signal line 2 and data entered by pointing out the video display screen are given to a remote controller 12, from which a control signal is generated and the control signal is sent to the video input device via the control signal line 3 to control the direction of the camera 4 as pointed out to an upper/lower/left/right position.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image monitoring system capable of inputting control data from an image display screen, thereby enabling quick control of an image input device such as a camera or a cloud platform. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 4 shows a conventional video monitoring system by remote control of a plurality of cameras.
An image input device 41 includes a camera and a cloud platform, and is controlled by a remote control device 43 and a camera drive device 42. Data such as moving images, voices, and control signals are transmitted in real time through the INS net 45 between the image transmitting devices 44 and 46 at remote locations. The transmitted data such as a moving image is projected from the image transmission device 46 to the color monitor 47, and the control of the camera and the platform is controlled by the remote controller 49,
Data is input from the remote control device 48 to control from a remote location.

As described above, in the conventional system, a monitor terminal as a video display device and a dedicated terminal as a system control device are used.

There is also one using a keyboard to control the system. That is, it controls the video input device with a dedicated terminal or keyboard while looking at the video display screen.

[0005]

However, it is difficult to intuitively and swiftly control the video input device with the dedicated terminal or the keyboard while watching the video display screen as in the prior art. is there.

An object of the present invention is to provide an image monitoring system capable of controlling an image input device such as a camera or a platform by directly pointing an arbitrary position on an image display screen.

[0007]

The above-mentioned object is to provide a video display device with a video display screen, a data input device for inputting control data of the video input device from the video display screen, and the input data to the video input device. And a remote control device for outputting as a control signal.

According to the above means, the data corresponding to the designated point can be input by pointing to an arbitrary point on the video display screen, and the input data is input to the remote control device in the video display device for remote control. It is possible to control a video input device such as a camera or a pan head, which is remotely arranged by outputting a control signal from the device, and can perform intuitive and agile control on a video display screen, and has excellent operability.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment for explaining the basic configuration of a video surveillance system according to the present invention.

The video display device 1 has a video display screen 1 on the front side.
1, and a remote control device 12 is provided inside. FIG. 2 shows this internal structure. Also, the video display screen 11
Is provided with a touch panel for inputting control data corresponding to the designated location by pointing to any location on the screen. An image input device including a camera 4 and a platform 5 is provided at a remote position, and is connected by an image signal line 2 and a control signal line 3.

The video signal of the monitoring target 6 is sent from the camera 4 to the video display screen 11 via the video signal line 2. On the other hand, the input data touch-input to the video display screen 11 is input to the remote control device 12 provided inside, and a control signal is output. The output control signal is sent to the camera 4 or the platform 5 via the control signal line 3 to control them.

Now, the operation of this video surveillance system will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the image display screen 11 of the present invention, and the touch panel 1 installed on the image display screen 11.
3 is divided into 4 and control areas 13a, 13b, 13c, 1
Divide 3d. When the control area 13a is pointed now, the control of the camera 4 faces upward, and the control area 13b
The attitude of the camera 4 is controlled so as to face downward when is pointed at. Similarly, if 13c and 13d are pointed to, they are controlled so as to face leftward and rightward, respectively.

That is, by pointing a certain position on the image display screen, the camera pans and tilts in that direction, so that the man-machine interface is excellent, the control is intuitive and agile, and the operability is excellent. Become.

In order to input control data from the video display screen, a touch sensor is provided on the display screen in addition to the touch panel, or a screen instruction with a mouse is used.

[0016]

As described above, in the video monitoring system of the present invention, the control data is input from the video display screen to control the video input device such as the camera and the platform, and thus the video input device. Intuitive and agile control of can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a video surveillance system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram of a video display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a touch panel diagram of a video display screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a conventional video surveillance system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... video display device, 2 ... video signal line, 3 ... control signal line,
4 ... Camera, 5 ... Platform, 6 ... Monitoring target, 11 ... Image display screen, 12 ... Remote control device, 13 ... Image display screen touch panel.

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification number Internal reference number FI Technical indication location H04N 5/232 H04N 5/232 B (72) Inventor ▲ Sukumo ▼ Koji Ta Totsuka Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture 180 Totsuka-cho, Hitachi Communication Systems Co., Ltd.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A video input device comprising a camera and a pan head which are installed apart from each other, a video display device comprising a video display screen connected to the video input device by a video signal line and a control signal line, and data. A video monitoring system comprising an input and a remote control device, wherein the video display device comprises:
A video display screen, a data input device for inputting control data of the video input device from the video display screen, and a remote control device for outputting the input data as a control signal of the video input device. A video surveillance system, wherein the input data is used as a control signal to control the video input device. 2. A data input device for inputting control data of the video input device from the video display screen, by inputting data corresponding to the designated position by pointing to an arbitrary position on the video display screen. The video surveillance system according to claim 1, wherein 3. The video according to claim 1, wherein the data input device for inputting control data of the video input device from the video display screen is a touch panel attached to the video display screen. Monitoring system. 4. The data input device for inputting the control data of the video input device from the video display screen is a touch sensor attached to the video display screen, according to claim 1 or 2. Video surveillance system. 5. The data input device for inputting control data of the video input device from the video display screen is a mouse that points to an arbitrary position on the video display screen. The described video surveillance system.