IP Library Granted Patent US 11,113,540
Granted Patent B2
US 11,113,540 · App. 16/875,412 · Granted Sep 7, 2021

Vehicle monitoring system and vehicle monitoring method

Inventors: Toshimasa Funaki (Saga, JP); Michinori Kishimoto (Fukuoka, JP); Hiroaki Jodan (Fukuoka, JP); Toshiyuki Sano (Fukuoka, JP); Masahiro Yamashita (Fukuoka, JP); Yuma Kobayashi (Fukuoka, JP); Yuji Arima (Fukuoka, JP); Hideaki Takahashi (Fukuoka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
G06K9/00771G06K9/00255H04N5/2351H04N5/2353H04N5/23209H04N5/23245H04N7/181G06K2209/15G06K2209/23
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Patent No.
US 11,113,540
App. No.
16/875,412
Granted
Sep 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle monitoring system includes at least one camera, and a server that is communicably connected to a client terminal. The camera performs capturing a vehicle while switching a first capturing condition including an image parameter for capturing a number of the vehicle entering an angle of view of the camera and a second capturing condition including an image parameter for capturing an occupant's face of the vehicle, and transmits a first captured video under the first capturing condition and a second captured video under the second capturing condition to the server. The server arranges reproduction screens for the first captured video and the second captured video that are reproduceable in the client terminal and displays the reproduction screens on the client terminal based on the first captured video and the second captured video.

Claims (38)

1. A vehicle monitoring system comprising:

at least one camera; and

a server that is communicably connected to a client terminal,

wherein the camera

performs capturing video data of a vehicle while sequentially switching between a first capturing condition and a second capturing condition, the first capturing condition including an image parameter for capturing a number provided on the vehicle entering an angle of view of the camera, and the second capturing condition including an image parameter for capturing a face of an occupant in the vehicle, and

transmits, to the server, a first captured video under the first capturing condition and a second captured video under the second capturing condition, and

wherein the server

arranges reproduction screens for the first captured video and the second captured video that are reproduceable in the client terminal, and

displays the reproduction screens on the client terminal based on the first captured video and the second captured video, and

wherein the image parameter in the first capturing condition is an exposure time equal to or less than a first reference value or a gain value equal to or smaller than a second reference value, and

the image parameter in the second capturing condition is an exposure time more than the first reference value or a gain value greater than the second reference value.

2. The vehicle monitoring system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the server arranges the reproduction screens for the first captured video and the second captured video on which a reproduction operation and a temporary stop operation are possible in the client terminal and displays the reproduction screens on the client terminal.

3. The vehicle monitoring system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the server further displays a number analysis result including a cutout number image obtained by cutting out the number based on the first captured video, and a snapshot of the first captured video on the client terminal.

4. The vehicle monitoring system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the camera

includes a sensor that detects a brightness of a surrounding, and an IR lighting unit that irradiates the surrounding with IR light, and switches an operation mode to a daytime mode or a nighttime mode based on a detection result from the sensor, and

during the nighttime mode, applies IR light having an intensity less than a third reference value from the IR lighting unit, and applies IR light having an intensity more than the third reference value from the IR lighting unit.

5. A vehicle monitoring system comprising:

at least one camera; and

a server that is communicably connected to a client terminal,

wherein the camera

performs capturing video data of a vehicle while switching a first capturing condition including an image parameter for capturing a number provided on the vehicle entering an angle of view of the camera, and a second capturing condition including an image parameter for capturing a face of an occupant in the vehicle, and

transmits, to the server, a first captured video under the first capturing condition and a second captured video under the second capturing condition, and

wherein the server

arranges reproduction screens for the first captured video and the second captured video that are reproduceable in the client terminal, and

displays the reproduction screens on the client terminal based on the first captured video and the second captured video,

wherein, in a case where an instruction for updating the image parameter in the first capturing condition or the second capturing condition is received in response to a user's operation on the client terminal on which a reproduction screen for the first captured video and a reproduction screen for the second captured video are displayed, the server sends the instruction for updating the image parameter to the camera, and

wherein the camera updates a corresponding image parameter in response to the instruction for updating the image parameter.

6. The vehicle monitoring system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the server causes the client terminal to reproduce the first captured video and the second captured video generated by the camera at the same time.

7. A vehicle monitoring method performed by a vehicle monitoring system including at least one camera, and a server that is communicably connected to a client terminal, the vehicle monitoring method comprising:

by the camera, performing capturing video data of a vehicle while sequentially switching between a first capturing condition and a second capturing condition, the first capturing condition including an image parameter for capturing a number provided on the vehicle entering an angle of view of the camera, and the second capturing condition including an image parameter for capturing a face of an occupant in the vehicle, and transmit, to the server, a first captured video under the first capturing condition and a second captured video under the second capturing condition; and

by the server, arranging reproduction screens for the first captured video and the second captured video that are reproduceable in the client terminal, and displaying the reproduction screens on the client terminal based on the first captured video and the second captured video,

wherein the image parameter in the first capturing condition is an exposure time equal to or less than a first reference value or a gain value equal to or smaller than a second reference value, and

the image parameter in the second capturing condition is an exposure time more than the first reference value or a gain value greater than the second reference value.

8. The vehicle monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the camera encodes the video data at a compression ratio according to an exposure time.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 16, 2023
From: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: I-PRO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063101/0966 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 16, 2023
From: I-PRO CO., LTD.
To: I-PRO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063102/0075 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2020
From: FUNAKI, TOSHIMASA; KISHIMOTO, MICHINORI; JODAN, HIROAKI; SANO, TOSHIYUKI; YAMASHITA, MASAHIRO; KOBAYASHI, YUMA; ARIMA, YUJI; TAKAHASHI, HIDEAKI
To: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052675/0803 →