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Granted Patent B2
US 10,887,561 · App. 16/352,186 · Granted Jan 5, 2021

Surveillance system, surveillance method, and program

Inventors: Ryoma Oami (Tokyo, JP); Katsuhiko Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Yuusuke Konishi (Tokyo, JP); Hiroo Ikeda (Tokyo, JP); Junko Nakagawa (Tokyo, JP); Kosuke Yoshimi (Tokyo, JP); Yukie Ebiyama (Tokyo, JP); Ryo Kawai (Tokyo, JP); Takuya Ogawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
H04N7/185G06Q10/06311G08B21/22G08B25/04G08B25/10H04M11/00
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Patent No.
US 10,887,561
App. No.
16/352,186
Granted
Jan 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A surveillance system ( 1 ) includes an area information acquisition unit ( 101 ), a position information acquisition unit ( 102 ), a candidate determination unit ( 103 ), and a notification unit ( 104 ). The area information acquisition unit ( 101 ) acquires information of a surveillance-desired area. The position information acquisition unit ( 102 ) acquires pieces of position information of a plurality of portable terminals ( 20 ), each portable terminal performing surveillance using an image capturing unit. The candidate determination unit ( 103 ) determines a candidate portable terminal ( 20 ) to be moved to the surveillance-desired area from among the plurality of portable terminals ( 20 ) based on the acquired pieces of position information of the plurality of portable terminals ( 20 ). The notification unit ( 104 ) outputs a notification to the candidate portable terminal requesting to move to the surveillance-desired area.

Claims (66)

1. An event surveillance system for surveillance of an event venue, comprising:

a movable vehicle;

at least one stationary computer equipped in the movable vehicle; and

at least one display device equipped in the movable vehicle;

wherein the at least one stationary computer comprises:

at least one memory storing instructions; and

at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and configured to execute the instructions to:

acquire information of a surveillance-desired area;

acquire position information of a plurality of portable terminals being used for surveillance with use of cameras of the plurality of portable terminals;

determine at least one candidate portable terminal to be moved to the surveillance-desired area from among the plurality of portable terminals based on the acquired position information of the plurality of portable terminals;

output a notification to the at least one candidate portable terminal requesting to move to the surveillance-desired area;

calculate degree of congestion based on at least one image captured by one of the cameras of the plurality of portable terminals or a surveillance camera installed in the event venue; and

cause the at least one display device to visually display the calculated degree of congestion,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive an image captured by a wearable camera worn by a security guard in the event venue; and

cause the at least one display device to display the image captured by the wearable camera.

2. The event surveillance system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

acquire position information of a portable terminal on which predetermined application software has been installed.

3. The event surveillance system according to claim 1 , wherein

the event venue is a marathon venue,

the at least one processor is further configured to determine a surveillance-target area, based on location information of at least one person at front or end of runners, the at least one person being a security guard or a guide involved in the marathon, and

the surveillance-desired area is determined from within the surveillance-target area.

4. The event surveillance system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

acquire position information of a portable terminal that has transmitted an expression of participation in the surveillance.

5. The event surveillance system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

identify a dense area in which a number of portable terminals, among the plurality of portable terminals, or a density of portable terminals, among the plurality of portable terminals, is equal to or greater than a threshold, based on the position information of the plurality of portable terminals; and

determine the at least one candidate portable terminal to be moved to the surveillance-desired area from among the portable terminals present in the identified dense area.

6. The event surveillance system according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

acquire index information serving as an indicator of degree of necessity for surveillance; and

change the threshold based on the acquired index information.

7. The event surveillance system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

identify a sparse area in which a number of portable terminals, among the plurality of portable terminals, or a density of portable terminals, among the plurality of portable terminals, is equal to or smaller than a threshold, based on the position information of the plurality of portable terminals; and

set the identified sparse area as the surveillance-desired area.

8. The event surveillance system according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

acquire index information serving as an indicator of degree of necessity for surveillance; and

change the threshold based on the acquired index information.

9. An event surveillance method for surveillance of an event venue, performed by at least one stationary computer equipped in a movable vehicle, the event surveillance method comprising:

acquiring information of a surveillance-desired area;

acquiring position information of a plurality of portable terminals being used for surveillance with use of cameras of the plurality of portable terminals;

determining at least one candidate portable terminal to be moved to the surveillance-desired area from among the plurality of portable terminals based on the acquired position information of the plurality of portable terminals;

outputting a notification to the at least one candidate portable terminal requesting to move to the surveillance-desired area;

calculating degree of congestion based on at least one image captured by one of the cameras of the plurality of portable terminals or a surveillance camera installed in the event venue; and

causing at least one display device equipped in the movable vehicle to visually display the calculated degree of congestion,

receiving an image captured by a wearable camera worn by a security guard in the event venue; and

causing at least one display device to display the image captured by the wearable camera.

10. The event surveillance method according to claim 9 , comprising

acquiring position information of a portable terminal on which predetermined application software has been installed.

11. The event surveillance method according to claim 9 , wherein

the event venue is a marathon venue,

the event surveillance method further comprises determining a surveillance-target area, based on location information of at least one person at front or end of runners, the at least one person being a security guard or a guide involved in the marathon, and

the surveillance-desired area is determined from within the surveillance-target area.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer equipped in a movable vehicle to perform an event surveillance method for surveillance of an event venue, the event surveillance method comprising:

acquiring information of a surveillance-desired area;

acquiring position information of a plurality of portable terminals being used for surveillance with use of cameras of the plurality of portable terminals;

determining at least one candidate portable terminal to be moved to the surveillance-desired area from among the plurality of portable terminals based on the acquired position information of the plurality of portable terminals;

outputting a notification to the at least one candidate portable terminal requesting to move to the surveillance-desired area;

calculating degree of congestion based on at least one image captured by one of the cameras of the plurality of portable terminals or a surveillance camera installed in the event venue; and

causing at least one display device equipped in the movable vehicle to visually display the calculated degree of congestion;

receiving an image captured by a wearable camera worn by a security guard in the event venue; and

causing at least one display device to display the image captured by the wearable camera.

13. The storage medium according to claim 12 , wherein the event surveillance method comprises

acquiring position information of a portable terminal on which predetermined application software has been installed.

14. The storage medium according to claim 12 , wherein

the event venue is a marathon venue,

the event surveillance method further comprises determining a surveillance-target area, based on location information of at least one person at front or end of runners, the at least one person being a security guard or a guide involved in the marathon, and

the surveillance-desired area is determined from within the surveillance-target area.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-173122 · Sep 2, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15754378
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