TWI237506B - System for video image search and image recording - Google Patents

Abstract

An image search system and an image recoding system are disclosed. The image search system includes an image file, an index file and a search apparatus. A plurality of images which is stored sequentially and which is played continuously is stored in the image file. The plurality of images are generated by using an image generating apparatus of the image recording system in a recording environment to take a scene continuously. At least one environmental parameter is stored in the index file. When the image generating apparatus takes every image of the image file, the at least one environmental parameter is obtained from the recording environment simultaneously. In accordance with a search condition provided by a user the search apparatus could obtain an environmental parameter matched the search condition from the index file. A corresponding image in the image file is then acquired from the environmental parameter matched the search condition.

Description

1237506 V. Description of the Invention (1) [Field of the Invention] The present invention provides an image search system and a related video recording system, especially a video search system (v i d e 〇) and a related video image recording system. [Background of the Invention] In a general video recording system (such as a V8 camera), it is usually only used to shoot an event in a recording environment to generate a corresponding moving image screen and sound message. For ordinary users, The functions provided by the conventional image recording system can meet the requirements of its use. However, for some users, such as building security personnel, the conventional video recording system does not record other environmental parameters (such as the amount of object movement and light change) in the recording environment when recording the day and time. Etc.), so when a user wants to find an image day and time that meets a certain environmental parameter condition in the recording environment from the image screen produced by the image recording system, the recorded image screen usually needs to be recorded— — Play it out and look for it. When the number of recorded images is very large, the above-mentioned process of finding the day and time of the image will be very time-consuming and impractical. For example, a remotely located locomotive parking lot is equipped with an image recording system (ie, a monitor) to capture the activities of the locomotive parking lot. One day, the locomotive parking lot was set on fire, but was found unavailable. Know the correct arson time. In order to trace who set the fire, the person in charge of the locomotive parking lot will

1237506 V. Description of the invention (2) The images shot by the video recording system during the possible arson period are played back day by day and tracked. However, because the exact arson time was not known, and the environmental parameters related to the parking lot were not recorded when the video recording system was filmed, the person in charge of the locomotive parking lot took a considerable amount of time to track down. [Objective and summary of the invention]

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an image search system and a related image recording system. When the image recording system shoots a recording environment, an index file including at least one environmental parameter of the recording environment is generated at the same time. The image search The system can find the environmental parameters that meet the search conditions from the index file according to the search conditions provided by a user, and then find the corresponding image frames from the environmental parameters that meet the search conditions. [Detailed description of the invention]

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the video recording system 100 of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the video recording system 100 of FIG. The image recording system 100 includes an image generating device 110, a sensing device 120, and a first storage medium 130 (such as an optical disc or a hard disk drive). The image generating device 11 0 is used to capture a scene 1 1 4 in a recording environment 11 2, and when the image generating device 110 is to capture a scene 11 4, it sequentially generates a plurality of images at a predetermined shooting speed. Video frames 1 2 4 (eg: 30 video frames 1 2 4 are generated every second). The sensing device 1 2 0 is used to sense the recording 11 1 III 111 11 1 1 I 11 11 11 Inkwell 1 1 1 1 1 Round_il Page 5 1237506 5. Description of the invention (3) An environment 1 1 2 At least one of the environmental parameters 1 2 8 is used to indicate a physical quantity of the recording environment 1 1 2. For example, the environmental parameter i 28 may be the field temperature in the recording environment 1 1 2. , Temperature change, infrared change, object movement, light change and other environmental parameters. When the image generating device 1 1 0 generates a plurality of image frames 1 2 4, the sensing device 1 2 0 will simultaneously sense the condition of the environmental parameters 1 2 8 of the recording environment 1 1 2 and detect the The environmental parameter 1 28 is linked with a plurality of image frames 1 24 to generate a relationship to the deer. After the image generating device 110 generates an image frame 12 24, the image frame 12 2 is stored in the first storage medium 1 30 in the form of digital data storage to form an image file 1 22. Similarly, the environmental parameter 1 2 8 sensed by the sensing device i 20 is also stored in the ^ 1 storage medium 1 3 0 as a digital data storage form, and another index file 1 2 6 is formed. In addition, because the environmental parameters 1 2 8 of the recording environment 11 2 have a small change in production time in most of the time, the sensing device 1 2 0 can be designed only when the environmental parameter 1 2 changes by more than one When the standard is predetermined, the environmental parameter 1 2 8 will be stored in the index slot 1 2 6. In this way, not only the total data volume of the index file 1 2 6 can be reduced, but also the environmental parameters 1 2 8 with large changes can be more easily highlighted. Please refer to FIG. 3, which is a schematic diagram of the video search system 2000 of the present invention. The image search system 2 0 0 is used to find a related image frame 1 2 4 from the image file 1 2 2 according to the environmental parameters 1 2 8 sensed by the sensing device 1 2 0. The image search system 2 0 0 includes a second storage medium 2 1 0 (such as a compact disc or a hard disk drive) for storing images generated by the image recording system 100.

Page 6 12375506 V. Description of the invention (4) Image building 1 2 2 and index file 1 2 6 is a search device 2 0 0 for controlling the operation of the image search system 2 0 0 and a display 2 30, It is used to play the relevant images found by the image search system 2 0 0. When a user wants to find an image from the image file 1 2 2 1 2 4, the search conditions can be provided in the search device 220 ′ and the search device 22 0 will be based on the search conditions provided by the user. The index file 1 2 6 finds the environmental parameters 1 2 8 ′ that meet the search condition, and then finds the corresponding image in the image file 1 22 according to the environmental table 2 8 that it finds and meets the search condition. Picture 1 24. In addition, the $ search system 2000 can also be integrated with the video recording system 100 to form a single 2 system, that is, the search device 2 200 in the video search system 200 and Gu + Cry 230 can be integrated into the video recording system. 100, and the first # 2 :: 1 3 0 and the second storage medium 2 1 0 can be replaced by a single storage device ^: Please refer to FIG. 4, FIG. 4 provides the search condition for the display 230 in FIG. 3 Schematic of the time. As shown in Figure 4, a user can provide: 〃 The time range and the range of environmental parameters are within the search device 2 2 0. At this time / device 2 2 0 will be based on the search conditions provided by the user. Find out the environmental parameters 128 that match the date, time range and environmental parameter change template. After that, the search device 22〇 will-

The environment parameter 128 of the search condition finds the corresponding ^ frame 4 in the image file 122 and plays it through the display 2 30. In this way, the process of finding an image picture is still ~: The user can start from the monitor γ: When the environmental parameter 128 that meets the search conditions is generated, the image picture taken by the image producer $ to 1 1 0 1 twenty four. I set

Page 7 12375506 V. Description of the invention (5) In addition to the 'search device 2 2 0' described in Heyun, the corresponding image screen can be dragged according to the search conditions provided by the user 2 4. 2 2 ^ can also display the environmental parameters 1 2 8 stored in the index file 1 2 6 on the display 2 3 0 in a predetermined form for the user to choose. Please refer to FIG. 5, which is a schematic diagram of the display 230 in FIG. 3 when the environmental parameter 128 is displayed. The search device 22 0 displays the environmental parameters 1 2 8 stored in the index file 126 on a time axis 2 3 2 according to the time sequence generated by the search device 22 for the user to choose. Therefore, the user can clearly see the change of the environmental parameters 1 2 8 at various time points from the environmental parameters 1 2 8 displayed on the display 230. In addition, there is a cursor 2 3 4 on the display 2 30. The user can operate the search device 2 2 0 to control the movement of the cursor 2 3 4, and then use the cursor 2 3 4 to select and specify a time point and the time. The corresponding environmental parameters when the point is 1 2 8. When the user finds that the environmental parameter 1 2 8 produced by a certain point on the display 2 3 0 is abnormal, for example, when the environmental parameter 1 2 8 is abnormal at 11 o'clock, the user can Move the cursor 2 3 4 to the eleven o'clock position on the time axis 2 3 2 and click ', the search device 2 2 0 will set the image generation device 1 1 〇 the image captured at 11 o'clock 1 2 4 is displayed on the display 230. In this way, the user can learn the situation of the scene 1 1 4 at 11 o'clock at 11 o'clock by the day and time 12 4 of the image played by the display 23 0. The environmental parameters 1 2 8 can be generated by directly sensing the recording ring ^ 1 1 2 through the sensing device 1 2 0, and can also be based on a computing device (not shown).

1237506 -——-_ V. Description of the invention (6)

= ^ 5 The image frame 1 24 uses a predetermined arithmetic processing process to obtain a number of pixels, and a plurality of images can be obtained based on the enlightenment situation of the daytime surface 124, ^ .H i to list the φ in the recording environment U2 ^ Yes It is assumed that the pre-set% environment parameter f which is generated by the result of its judgment is the 'three real image frames i produced by the previous real second i ~ image generation device 1 1 0 is based on 124 per image frame However, and-the image production in order to produce a plurality of shooting speed is not limited to this 4 cases of production such as raw equipment =: scene " do it] his shooting speed to shoot ~ image generation device ii okay Conditions to change their shooting ϊ; like person v can even depend on the recording environment 112, which is non-numerous 1 28 may be Fugalian degree. In addition, since the production system 100 in the recording environment 1 12 has not changed in time, the user / pure land is used to monitor the scene 1 14 In the activity and production mode, JJ can set the image generating device Η 〇 to its shooting speed of -change / Λ. The generating device 110 takes 12 according to the environmental parameters ^ 128. 4V ^ ^ ^ ^ 〇〇 t t ^ The scene 114 is shot only when the environmental parameters exceed a predetermined standard, and the reference image 1 1 4 and the change amount does not exceed the predetermined When the standard time is stopped, when 110 or even Γ !! Yisheng changes drastically, the image produces a set image 114, which is displayed at a fast shooting speed of t_ ^ normal shooting speed to produce a detailed recording of the current scene per second The activity of n4, 'take two hundred images and the speed of 124 to shoot scenes such as:

Page 9 12375506 V. Description of the invention (7) Compared with the conventional image recording system, which cannot record environmental parameters in its recording environment, the present invention provides an image recording system and a video recording system that can record environmental parameters in its recording environment. Related image search systems. When the image recording system captures the recording environment, an index file containing at least one environmental parameter of the recording environment is also generated, and the image search system can find out from the index file according to the search conditions provided by a user The environmental parameters that meet the search conditions, and then the corresponding image frames are found from the environmental parameters that meet the search conditions.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and any equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of patent application of the present invention shall fall within the scope of the invention patent.

Page 10 1237506 Schematic description [Schematic description] '' Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the video recording system of the present invention. Figure 2 is a block diagram of the image recording system of Figure 1. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an image search system of the present invention. Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the display of Figure 3 when the user provides search conditions. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the display of FIG. 3 when displaying environmental parameters. [Illustrated Symbols]

100 Image recording system 112 Recording environment 110 Image generating device 120 Sensing device 122 Image file 124 Image day surface 126 Index file 128 Environmental parameters 130 First storage medium 200 Image search system 210 No. ~~-Storage medium 220 Search device 230 Display 232 Timeline 234 Cursor

Claims (1)

1237506 VI. Scope of patent application 1. An image search system, including: > an image file, which contains a plurality of daylight images that are sequentially stored and can be continuously played, the plurality of image frames are formed by an image generating device Generated when a scene is continuously captured in a recording environment; an index file containing at least at least the image generating device that is sensed by the recording environment while capturing each image frame of the image file An environmental parameter; and a search device, which can find the environmental parameters that meet the search condition from the index file according to the search conditions provided by a user, and then find the image from the environmental parameters that meet the search condition Corresponding image day and time in the file. 2. For example, the image search system of the first patent application scope further includes a display for displaying the image picture stored in the image file, and the search device can pass the day and time of the image found according to the search condition through the The monitor plays. 3. For example, the image search system of the scope of patent application, wherein the environmental parameter can be the temperature of the scene which is simultaneously sensed by the image generating device when shooting each image of the image file during the day. , Temperature change, infrared change, object movement, light change and other environmental parameters. 4. For example, the image search system in the scope of patent application, where 1237506 VI. Scope of patent application The environmental parameter #! Will be stored in the index load only when the change amount of the environmental parameter exceeds a predetermined standard. 5. For example, the image search system of the first patent application scope includes a storage medium for storing the image file and an index file, and the index file is stored in the storage medium in the form of digital data. 6. For example, the image search system of the scope of patent application, wherein the image generating device can change the shooting speed when shooting the scene according to the environmental parameters to generate the plurality of daylight images. 7. An image search system, comprising: an image file, which has a plurality of sequentially stored and continuously playable image frames, the plurality of image frames are continuously captured by an image generating device in a recording environment; Generated in a scene; an index file, which contains at least one environmental parameter that the image generating device senses simultaneously in the recording environment when shooting each image of the image file at day and time; To display the image daylight stored in the image file or the environmental parameters stored in the index file; and a search device for controlling the operation of the image search system; wherein the search device can set the index file according to a predetermined pattern The stored environmental parameters are displayed on the display for a user to select, and the image frame corresponding to the environmental parameters selected by the user is determined by the image. Page 13 1237506 6. Scope of patent application Find out from the image file and display it on the display. ^ 8. If the image search system of item 7 of the patent application scope, the search device can display the environmental parameters stored in the index file on a time axis according to the time sequence to provide the user with a choice. 9. If the image search system of item 7 of the patent application is applied, the search device can also find the environmental parameters that meet the search conditions from the index file according to the search conditions provided by the user, and then meet the search The environmental parameters of the condition find the corresponding image day and time in the image file and display it on the display. 10. The image search system according to item 7 of the scope of patent application, wherein the environmental parameter may be a scene obtained by the image generating device from the simultaneous recording in the recording environment when each day of the image file is captured Environmental parameters such as temperature, temperature change, infrared change, object movement, and light change. 1 1. The image search system according to item 7 of the scope of patent application, wherein the environmental parameter will be stored in the index file only when the change amount of the environmental parameter exceeds a predetermined standard. 12. The image search system according to item 7 of the scope of patent application, which includes a storage medium for storing the image file and an index file. The index file is a digital file. 1237506 VI. Scope of patent application The type of data is stored in the storage medium. '1 3. The image search system according to item 7 of the scope of patent application, wherein the image generating device can change the shooting speed when shooting the scene according to the environmental parameters to generate the plurality of image frames. 1 4. An image recording system, comprising: an image generating device for continuously shooting a scene in a recording environment to sequentially generate a plurality of image daylight surfaces; A sensing device for sensing at least one environmental parameter in the recording environment; and a storage medium containing an image file for sequentially storing a plurality of daytime images generated by the image generating device, and an index File for storing the environmental parameters that the image generating device senses at the same time as each image frame is captured by the sensing device; the environmental parameters stored in the index file can be used for display or The searched object enables a user to find the corresponding image frame in the image file through the environmental parameters stored in the index file. 15. If the image recording system of item 14 in the scope of patent application further includes a search device, it can find the environmental parameters that meet the search conditions from the index file according to the search conditions provided by a user. Then, the corresponding image day and time in the image file is found from the environmental parameters that meet the search conditions. Page 15 1237506 6. Application scope of patents, 1 6. If the image recording system of item 15 of the scope of patent applications, it also includes a display to display the day and time of the image stored in the image file, and the search device can be based on The image frame found by the search condition is played through the display. 1 7. If the video recording system in item 14 of the scope of patent application, it also includes: A display for displaying the image picture stored in the image file or the environmental parameters stored in the index file, and a search device; wherein the search device can display the environmental parameters stored in the index file on a predetermined pattern according to a predetermined pattern; The display is for a user to select, and an image frame corresponding to the environmental parameter selected by the user is found from the image file and displayed on the display. 1 8. The image recording system according to item 14 of the scope of patent application, wherein the environmental parameters can be obtained by the image generating device sensing simultaneously in the recording environment when shooting each image of the image file in the day and time. On-site temperature, temperature change, infrared change, object movement, light change and other environmental parameters number. 19. The video recording system according to item 14 of the scope of patent application, wherein the environmental parameter will be stored only when the change amount of the environmental parameter exceeds a predetermined standard. Page 16 1237506 Page 17