Image capturing apparatus with variable event detecting condition

1. An event storage device comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the processor is configured to:

receive images captured in a surveillance area;

detect an event generated in the surveillance area; and

store, in the memory, an image related to the event, among the received images, and an event level of the event only when the event level is higher than predetermined values set by a user interface,

wherein the predetermined values are set to change depending on a time and a type of the event,

wherein the type of the event comprise an audio detection event and a motion event, and

wherein the event level indicates a degree of occurrence of an event, and is obtained by quantifying the event,

wherein the predetermined values for the audio detection event and the predetermined values for the motion event are set differently at a specific time of a day in order to adapt to environment changes.

2. The event storage device of claim 1 , wherein the event level is calculated based on a preset maximum event level.

3. The event storage device of claim 1 , wherein in response to receiving a search request from a user, in order to output the stored image corresponding to the event level satisfying the search request, link information for matching the event level with the stored image is stored in the memory.

4. The event storage device of claim 1 , wherein the type of the event further comprises at least one of a face detection event, a shape detection event, a human body detection event, a heat detection event, a door detection event, a temperature detection event, a humidity detection event, a shock detection event and a network connection detection event.

5. The event storage device of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

analyze the detected event; and

store event contents obtained from the analyzed event along with the stored image.

6. The event storage device of claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to analyze the detected event by performing video analytics (VA) on the stored image to obtain the event contents.

7. An event search device comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the processor is configured to:

read events related to images stored in the memory;

read event levels of the read events from the memory;

receive, through an event search screen of a user interface, a search requirement for at least one event attribute;

retrieve an image related to an event satisfying the search requirement from among the stored images; and

display the retrieved image,

wherein the user interface includes an event level selection section, which allows a user to input a search requirement for a desired event level, and an event listing section in which a position of a search baseline is adjusted according to the desired event level,

wherein the event listing section displays a first event having an event level above these search baseline visually differentiated from a second event having an event level below the search baseline,

wherein the search requirement has different values changing depending on a time and a type of the event, and

wherein the type of the event comprise an audio detection event and a motion event,

wherein the search requirement for the audio detection event and the search requirement for the motion event are set differently at a specific time of a day in order to adapt to environment changes.

8. The event search device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

read event contents related to the read events from the memory;

receiving a search content; and

displaying the retrieved image having an event content, from among the read event contents, satisfying the search content.

9. The event search device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to display the event.

10. The event search device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to sort the read events including the event, and display the sorted events based on at least one of the event levels or a time when the events have occurred.

11. The event search device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to display the event based on an event level of the event.

12. The event search device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to display the event when the event has an event level satisfying the search requirement.

13. The event search device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to display the event by indicating a level of the event and a time of the event.

14. The event search device of claim 7 , wherein the event attribute comprises at least one of an event level, an event frequency and an event duration of the event.

15. The event search device of claim 14 , wherein the processor is configured to:

in response to receiving a search requirement for a specific event level, retrieve and display an image having the specific event level or higher;

in response to receiving search requirements for the specific event level and a specific event duration, retrieve and display an image having the specific event level or higher and the specific event duration or longer; and

in response to receiving search requirements for the specific event level and a specific event frequency, retrieve and display an image having the specific event level or higher and the specific event frequency or higher.

16. An event alarm device comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the processor is configured to:

receive from a user a request level for an event level, wherein the event level indicates a degree of occurrence of an event, and is obtained by quantifying the event;

receive an image captured in a surveillance area;

detect an event from the surveillance area;

calculate an event level of the detected event;

store the calculated event level in the memory; and

output an alarm for the detected event in response to determining that the event level satisfies the request level,

wherein the request level for the event level and a frequency of the alarm are set by the user to have different values changing depending on a time and a type of the event,

wherein the type of the event comprise an audio detection event and a motion event, and

wherein the alarm is output at the frequency of the alarm set by the user when the event level satisfies the request level,

wherein the request level for the audio detection event and the request level for the motion event are set differently at a specific time of a day in order to adapt to environment changes.

17. The event alarm device of claim 16 , wherein the processor is further configured to allow the detected event for the output alarm to be designated as a user's interest event.

18. The event alarm device of claim 17 , wherein the processor is further configured to adjust the request level for the designated event.