IP Library Granted Patent US 10,382,800
Granted Patent B2
US 10,382,800 · App. 15/556,318 · Granted Aug 13, 2019

Video surveillance system and video surveillance method

Inventor: Tadamichi Kudo (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,382,800
App. No.
15/556,318
Granted
Aug 13, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A video surveillance system includes surveillance cameras; a video converting and combining unit; an encoder for encoding a combined video from the video converting and combining unit; a decoder for decoding the combined video transmitted from the encoder; a video converting and splitting unit for splitting the combined video decoded by the decoder into the videos captured by the surveillance cameras; and a display device for displaying the videos inputted from the video converting and splitting unit. When combining the videos into one combined video, the video converting and combining unit appends assignment information in which each of the surveillance cameras, rotation information indicating application of a rotation process, and division information indicating whether the corresponding video is a left half video or a right half video are associated with one another. The video converting and splitting unit splits an HD video into SD videos based on the assignment information.

Claims (13)

1. A video surveillance system comprising:

a plurality of surveillance cameras;

a video converting and combining unit configured to combine a plurality of videos captured by the respective surveillance cameras into one combined video;

an encoder configured to encode the combined video combined by the video converting and combining unit;

a decoder configured to decode the combined video transmitted from the encoder through a transmission line;

a video converting and splitting unit configured to split the combined video decoded by the decoder into the videos captured by the respective surveillance cameras; and

a display device configured to display on a display screen the videos captured by the respective surveillance cameras inputted from the video converting and splitting unit,

wherein when combining the videos captured by the plurality of surveillance cameras into one combined video, the video converting and combining unit appends assignment information in which each of the surveillance cameras that captured the plurality of videos, rotation information indicating application of a rotation process, and division information indicating whether the corresponding video is a left half video or a right half video are associated with one another, and

wherein the video converting and splitting unit splits the combined video into a plurality of videos based on the assignment information.

2. The video surveillance system of claim 1 , wherein the surveillance cameras are SD (Standard Definition) compliant cameras,

the video converting and combining unit combines five or six SD videos captured by the respective surveillance cameras into one HD (High Definition) video, and

the video converting and splitting unit splits the HD video decoded by the decoder into five or six SD videos.

3. A video surveillance method comprising the steps of: capturing SD videos by a plurality of surveillance cameras; combining the SD videos into one HD video by a video converting and combining unit; encoding the HD video by an encoder; decoding the HD video transmitted from the encoder through a transmission line by a decoder; splitting the HD video decoded by the decoder into the SD videos by a video converting and splitting unit; and displaying the SD videos inputted from the video converting and splitting unit on a display screen by a a display device, wherein the step of combining the SD videos into one HD video, comprising the step of: appending assignment information in which each of the surveillance cameras capturing the SD videos, rotation information indicating application of a rotation process and division information indicating whether the corresponding video is a left half video or a right half video are associated with one another, and wherein the step of splitting the HD video decoded by the decoder into the SD videos, comprising the step of: splitting the HD video decoded by the decoder into the SD videos based on the assignment information.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded May 15, 2025
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 071275/0058 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 15, 2025
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: KOKUSAI DENKI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 071275/0236 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2017
From: KUDO, TADAMICHI
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 043515/0335 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-091584 · Apr 28, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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