IP Library Granted Patent US 10,999,486
Granted Patent B2
US 10,999,486 · App. 16/063,946 · Granted May 4, 2021

Monitoring apparatus and monitoring system

Inventors: Kyoung Jeon Jeong (Seongnam-si, KR); Yoo Mi Cha (Seongnam-si, KR); Sung Pil Chun (Seongnam-si, KR); Dong Won Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Chang Hee Song (Seongnam-si, KR); Mi Na Choi (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
H04N5/232G06F3/04842G06T5/006H04N5/2254H04N5/23216H04N7/183
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Patent No.
US 10,999,486
App. No.
16/063,946
Granted
May 4, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

To solve the above problem, a monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a communication unit for receiving an original image acquired by a camera; a storage unit for storing the original image; a screen unit for displaying the original image and a corrected image obtained by dewarping the original image; and a control unit for controlling operations of the communication unit, the storage unit, and the screen unit, wherein the screen unit displays an icon in a dewarping area of the original image where the corrected image is obtained by dewarping the original image, indicates that the dewarping area is selected when the icon located in the dewarping area is selected, and displays a polygon representing the selected dewarping area.

Claims (39)

1. A monitoring apparatus comprising:

a communication interface configured to receive an original image acquired by a camera;

a storage configured to store the original image;

a display configured to display the original image and plurality of a corrected image obtained by dewarping the original image, wherein the original image includes a plurality of dewarping areas, each dewarping area corresponding to each of a plurality of corrected images; and

a controller configured to control the communication interface, the storage, and the display,

wherein the display is further configured to:

display a plurality of icons in the original image, wherein each of the plurality of icons is located in each dewarping area;

select, in response to an icon being selected among the plurality of icons, the dewarping area in which the icon is located and the corrected image corresponding to the dewarping area; and

display a polygon surrounding the selected dewarping area,

wherein a number of icons is the same as a number of the corrected images.

2. The monitoring apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the display is further configured to display a shading on an area of the original image except the selected dewarping area.

3. The monitoring apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the display is further configured to display the original image disposed at one side of the display and the plurality of corrected images disposed another other side of the display.

4. The monitoring apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, when a first dewarping area comprises a second dewarping area, the display is further configured to display a first icon located in the first dewarping area and a second icon located in the second dewarping area, the first icon and the second icon overlapping at one or more points.

5. The monitoring apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, when a first dewarping area comprises a second dewarping area, the display is further configured to display a first icon located in the first dewarping area, the first icon comprising a second icon located in the second dewarping area.

6. The monitoring apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the icon is selected by a mouseover when the monitoring apparatus allows an input through a mouse, and is selected by tapping when the monitoring apparatus provides a touch function.

7. The monitoring apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the display is further configured to display a polygon surrounding another dewarping area adjacent to the selected dewarping area in response to the icon being selected and held by at least one of the mouseover and the tapping.

8. The monitoring apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, in response to the icon being selected, the display is further configured to display the polygon and not display the selected icon.

9. A monitoring system comprising:

a fisheye camera configured to acquire an original image; and

a monitoring apparatus configured to receive and display the original image acquired by the fisheye camera,

wherein the monitoring apparatus comprises:

a communication interface configured to receive the original image acquired by the fisheye camera;

a storage configured to store the original image;

a display configured to display the original image and a plurality of corrected images obtained by dewarping the original image, wherein the original image includes a plurality of dewarping areas, each dewarping area corresponding to each of the plurality of corrected images; and

a controller configured to control the communication interface, the storage, and the display,

wherein the display is further configured to display a plurality of icons in the original image, each icon being located in each dewarping area, select, in response to an icon being selected among the plurality of icons, the dewarping area in which the icon is located and the corrected image corresponding to the dewarping area, and display a polygon surrounding the selected dewarping area,

wherein a number of icons is the same as a number of the corrected images.

10. The monitoring system of claim 9 , wherein the display is further configured to display a shading on an area of the original image except the selected dewarping area.

11. The monitoring system of claim 9 , wherein, in response to the icon being selected, the display is further configured to display a shading on the plurality of corrected images except a corrected image corresponding to the selected dewarping area.

12. The monitoring system of claim 9 , wherein, when a first dewarping area comprises a second dewarping area, the display is further configured to display a first icon located in the first dewarping area and a second icon located in the second dewarping area, the first icon and the second icon overlapping at one or more points.

13. The monitoring system of claim 9 , wherein:

the icon is selected by a mouseover when the monitoring apparatus allows an input through a mouse; and

when the icon is clicked and held by the mouse, the display is further configured to display a polygon surrounding another dewarping area adjacent to the selected dewarping area.

14. The monitoring apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the display is further configured to display a border surrounding a corrected image corresponding to the selected dewarping area.

15. The monitoring apparatus of claim 2 ,

wherein the display is further configured to display a shading on the plurality of corrected images except a corrected image corresponding to the selected dewarping area.

16. The monitoring system of claim 10 , wherein the display is further configured to display a border surrounding a corrected image corresponding to the selected dewarping area.

17. The monitoring system of claim 9 , wherein, in response to the icon being selected, the display is further configured to display the polygon and not display the selected icon.

18. The monitoring system of claim 9 , wherein a direction of the selected icon corresponds to an orientation of a corrected image corresponding to the selected dewarping area.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 10, 2023
From: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
To: HANWHA VISION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064549/0075 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2019
From: HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
To: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049013/0723 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NUMBER 10/853,669. IN ADDITION PLEASE SEE EXHIBIT A PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 046927 FRAME 0019. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jan 17, 2019
From: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
To: HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048496/0596 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 24, 2018
From: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD
To: HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046927/0019 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2018
From: JEONG, KYOUNG JEON; CHA, YOO MI; CHUN, SUNG PIL; KIM, DONG WON; SONG, CHANG HEE; CHOI, MI NA
To: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046392/0979 →