IP Library Granted Patent US 11,463,659
Granted Patent B2
US 11,463,659 · App. 17/177,308 · Granted Oct 4, 2022

Monitoring system, monitoring method, and storage medium

Inventor: Masahiro Nozaki (Komae, JP)
Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 11,463,659
App. No.
17/177,308
Granted
Oct 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A monitoring system of an embodiment includes an acquirer, an extractor, an encryption processor, and a generator. The acquirer is configured to acquire, from one or more monitoring cameras that capture an image of a work area in which presented information to be input is input to an input terminal, a captured image captured by the one or more monitoring cameras. The extractor is configured to extract the information to be input from the captured image acquired by the acquirer. The encryption processor is configured to encrypt the information to be input extracted by the extractor. The generator is configured to generate a replaced image in which the information to be input is made invisible, the replaced image comprising a partial image that displays information encrypted by the encryption processor at a position of the information to be input in the captured image acquired by the acquirer.

Claims (27)

1. A monitoring system comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU) configured to execute processes to:

acquire, from one or more monitoring cameras that capture an image of a work area in which presented information on a sheet to be input is input to an input terminal, a captured image captured by the one or more monitoring cameras;

extract the information to be input corresponding to each other both on the sheet and on the input terminal from the acquired captured image;

encrypt the extracted information to be input;

embed, in the encrypted information to be input, key information for decrypting the encrypted information to be input to generate a partial image; and

replace the information to be input in the acquired captured image with the generated partial image to generate a replaced image in which the information to be input is made invisible.

2. The monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the CPU is further configured to cause a storage to store the captured image captured by the one or more monitoring cameras, and, in a case where the replaced image is generated, to cause the storage to store the replaced image instead of the captured image.

3. The monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the CPU is further configured to cause a display device to display the captured image captured by the one or more monitoring cameras, and, in a case where the replaced image is generated, to cause the display device to display the replaced image instead of the captured image.

4. The monitoring system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the CPU is further configured to determine whether the extracted information to be input matches the information to be input that has been encrypted, and

wherein, in a case where the CPU determines that the extracted information to be input matches the information to be input that has been encrypted, the CPU generates the replaced image on the basis of the invisible image already converted.

5. The monitoring system according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in a case where a predetermined switching timing is reached, the CPU changes an algorithm for encrypting the captured image.

6. A monitoring method comprising:

by a computer,

acquiring, from one or more monitoring cameras that capture an image of a work area in which presented information on a sheet to be input is input to an input terminal, a captured image captured by the one or more monitoring cameras;

extracting the information to be input corresponding to each other both on the sheet and on the input terminal from the acquired captured image;

encrypting the extracted information to be input;

embedding, in the encrypted information to be input, key information for decrypting the encrypted information to be input to generate a partial image; and

replacing the information to be input in the acquired captured image with the generated partial image to generate a replaced image in which the information to be input is made invisible.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute:

acquiring, from one or more monitoring cameras that capture an image of a work area in which presented information on a sheet to be input is input to an input terminal, a captured image captured by the one or more monitoring cameras;

extracting the information to be input corresponding to each other both on the sheet and on the input terminal from the acquired captured image;

encrypting the extracted information to be input;

embedding, in the encrypted information to be input, key information for decrypting the encrypted information to be input to generate a partial image; and

replacing the information to be input in the acquired captured image with the generated partial image to generate a replaced image in which the information to be input is made invisible.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jul 29, 2025
From: TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 072239/0263 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2021
From: NOZAKI, MASAHIRO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055283/0469 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-154186 · Aug 20, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019032252 · Aug 19, 2019
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