IP Library Granted Patent US 11,665,322
Granted Patent B2
US 11,665,322 · App. 17/159,914 · Granted May 30, 2023

Monitoring camera, camera parameter determining method and storage medium

Inventors: Masashi Koga (Fukuoka, JP); Jun Ikeda (Fukuoka, JP); Satoshi Kawakami (Fukuoka, JP)
Assignee: I-PRO CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,665,322
App. No.
17/159,914
Granted
May 30, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The monitoring camera is capable of performing artificial intelligence, and includes a capturing unit configured to capture an image of the imaging area, a detection unit configured to detect a person in the captured image of the imaging area based on the artificial intelligence, and a controller configured to determine a position of a face of the person in the captured image and determines a camera parameter of the monitoring camera based on a brightness or a moving speed of the face.

Claims (36)

1. A monitoring camera capable of performing artificial intelligence, the monitoring camera comprising:

an image sensor configured to capture an image of an imaging area;

a detector configured to detect a person in the captured image of the imaging area based on the artificial intelligence; and

a controller configured to determine a position of a face of the person in the captured image and selectively determine a camera parameter of the monitoring camera based on either or both of a brightness or a moving speed of the face.

2. The monitoring camera according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller sets the camera parameter.

3. The monitoring camera according to claim 1 ,

wherein when the person in the captured image is not detected, the controller determines and sets the camera parameter so that the detector detects the person in the captured image captured by the image sensor.

4. The monitoring camera according to claim 1 ,

wherein the camera parameter is exposure time of the image sensor, and

wherein the controller determines the exposure time so that the detector detects the face of the person in the captured image captured by the image sensor.

5. The monitoring camera according to claim 1 ,

wherein the camera parameter is a gain of the image sensor, and

wherein the controller determines the gain so that the detector detects the face of the person in the captured image captured by the image sensor.

6. The monitoring camera according to claim 1 ,

wherein the camera parameter is a rotation amount of at least one of pan rotation and tilt rotation of the image sensor, and

wherein the controller determines the rotation amount so that the detector detects the face of the person in the captured image captured by the image sensor.

7. The monitoring camera according to claim 1 ,

wherein the camera parameter is a zoom magnification of the image sensor, and

wherein the controller determines the zoom magnification so that the detector detects the face of the person in the captured image captured by the image sensor.

8. A monitoring camera capable of performing artificial intelligence, the monitoring camera comprising:

an image sensor configured to capture an image of an imaging area;

a detector configured to detect a person in the captured image of the imaging area based on the artificial intelligence; and

a controller configured to determine a position of a face of the person in the captured image and determine a camera parameter of the monitoring camera based on a brightness or a moving speed of the face,

wherein the camera parameter is a tone curve used to generate the captured image, and

wherein the controller determines the tone curve so that the detector detects the face of the person in the captured image captured by the image sensor.

9. A monitoring camera capable of performing artificial intelligence, the monitoring camera comprising:

an image sensor configured to capture an image of an imaging area;

a detector configured to detect a person in the captured image of the imaging area based on the artificial intelligence;

a controller configured to determine a position of a face of the person in the captured image and determine a camera parameter of the monitoring camera based on a brightness or a moving speed of the face; and

a communication circuit configured to send a face cut-out image obtained by cutting out the face in the captured image to a face collating server communicably connected with the monitoring camera, when the detector detects the face of the person in the captured image captured by the image sensor after the camera parameter is set and a detection score of the face is equal to or larger than a threshold.

10. A camera parameter determining method performed by a monitoring camera capable of performing artificial intelligence, the camera parameter determining method comprising:

capturing an image of an imaging area;

detecting a person in the captured image of the imaging area based on the artificial intelligence; and

determining a position of a face of the person in the captured image and selectively determining a camera parameter of the monitoring camera based on either or both of a brightness or a moving speed of the face.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording a program for causing a computer to execute the camera parameter determining method set forth in claim 10 .

Assignments (3)
ADDRESS CHANGE Recorded Nov 1, 2022
From: I-PRO CO., LTD.
To: I-PRO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061828/0350 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 31, 2022
From: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: I-PRO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061824/0261 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2021
From: KOGA, MASASHI; IKEDA, JUN; KAWAKAMI, SATOSHI
To: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056468/0083 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-011726 · Jan 28, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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