WO2012034369A1

WO2012034369A1 - Method and system for intelligent monitoring

Info

Publication number: WO2012034369A1
Application number: PCT/CN2011/070648
Authority: WO
Inventors: 周星雨
Original assignee: 深圳市同洲电子股份有限公司
Priority date: 2010-09-17
Filing date: 2011-01-26
Publication date: 2012-03-22
Also published as: CN101951500A; CN101951500B

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method for intelligent monitoring, wherein the system includes a tag information processing unit and an Internet Protocol (IP) video camera. The tag information processing unit reads a code of an electronic tag which enters a sensing region of the system, and transmits an activation instruction to the IP video camera. The IP video camera receives the activation instruction transmitted by the tag information processing unit and performs video recording. With the solution of the present invention, the storage space is saved, the cost is reduced and the purpose of intelligent monitoring is achieved.

Description

Intelligent monitoring method and system

The present application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201010287783.8, entitled "Intelligent Monitoring Method and System", filed on September 17, 2010, the entire contents of which is incorporated herein by reference.

Technical field

The invention relates to monitoring technology, in particular to an intelligent monitoring method and system.

Background technique

At present, the monitoring of places such as campuses is often carried out by combining cameras, cameras and access cards. The following is a detailed description of campus monitoring.

The use of the camera method specifically includes: arranging a surveillance camera at the entrance and exit of the school, and real-time recording of the surveillance through a digital video recorder (DVR, Digital Video Recorder) device. This mode keeps the camera and DVR in the recording state and requires a large amount of storage space to store the recorded data.

The combination of the camera and the access card specifically includes: In combination with the card access control, when the student wants to exit the entry port, the card is swiped by the access control IC card to enter and exit. When the card time occurs, the camera captures and records the card reader. This method requires an access card for each student, which is costly; and, in the time period when the students go in and out of concentration, they need to queue up and go in and out, which wastes time.

It can be seen that the existing monitoring scheme has the disadvantage of wasting storage space and high cost.

Summary of the invention

The invention provides an intelligent monitoring system which can save storage space and reduce cost.

The present invention also provides an intelligent monitoring method which can save storage space and reduce cost.

An intelligent monitoring system, comprising: a tag information processing unit and an IP camera; the tag information processing unit reads an encoding of an electronic tag entering the sensing area of the system, and sends a startup command to the IP camera;

The IP camera receives a startup command sent by the tag information processing unit to perform recording. An intelligent monitoring method, the method comprising:

Reading the code of the electronic tag entering the sensing area of the RFID reader antenna;

Send a start command to the IP camera and start the IP camera to record. As can be seen from the above solution, the present invention implements monitoring in conjunction with an electronic tag, and when the encoding of the electronic tag entering the sensing area is read, the recording is triggered. In this way, the real-time monitoring is not required, and accordingly, the video data obtained by the monitoring has a small capacity and saves the capacity space; and the electronic tag method has a lower cost than the access card mode, thereby reducing the implementation cost.

DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic structural diagram of an intelligent monitoring system according to the present invention;

2 is a schematic flowchart of an intelligent monitoring method according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an example of a flow chart of the intelligent monitoring method of the present invention.

detailed description

In order to make the objects, the technical solutions and the advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the embodiments and drawings.

The invention combines the electronic tag to realize intelligent monitoring, and separately configures the electronic tag for the person who may be monitored. When the intelligent monitoring system reads the code of the electronic tag entering the sensing area, the recording is triggered, so that the monitoring is not performed in real time. Correspondingly, the recorded video data has a smaller capacity and saves space; and the electronic tag method has a lower cost than the access card mode, thereby reducing the implementation cost.

For campuses, factories, mines, etc., separate electronic tags are placed for those who may enter or leave the site. Taking the campus as an example, an intelligent monitoring system is set up at the entrance of the campus, which is mainly used to monitor the entry and exit of students, and then trigger the intelligent monitoring system to record.

1 is a schematic structural diagram of an intelligent monitoring system according to the present invention, which includes an electronic tag information processing unit and an IP camera;

The tag information processing unit reads an encoding of an electronic tag entering the sensing area of the system, and sends a startup command to the IP camera;

The IP camera receives a startup command sent by the tag information processing unit to perform recording. In this way, the IP camera does not record when it receives the start command, and if it does not receive the start command, it turns off and does not record. The IP camera can also set the time for each recording, which is called the set time. The IP camera receives the start command to record and start timing. If it exceeds the set time, it turns off; if it receives a new start indication within the set time, it re-clocks.

Optionally, the tag information processing unit includes radio frequency identification (RFID, Radio) Frequency Identification ) reader, RFID server and monitoring host, the system also includes a short message gateway;

The RFID reader reads the code of the electronic tag entering the sensing area of the antenna of the RFID reader and transmits it to the RFID server;

The RFID server stores a first correspondence between the encoding of the electronic tag and the character information and the receiving end information, and after receiving the encoding transmitted by the RFID reader, querying the corresponding person in the first correspondence relationship Information and receiving end information are transmitted to the monitoring host;

After receiving the character information and the receiving end information, the monitoring host transmits the information to the short message gateway, and sends a startup instruction to the IP camera;

The short message gateway receives the character information and the receiving end information sent by the monitoring host, and constructs a short message from the received character information, and sends the short message to the receiving end corresponding to the received receiving end information. Taking the campus monitoring as an example, the receiving end may be a parent mobile phone, and the constructed short message may also include current time information, and the parent may be informed of the time when the student enters and exits the school gate.

The RFID reader has a transmitting antenna, and the reader transmits a certain frequency of the radio frequency signal through the transmitting antenna; when the electronic tag enters the working area of the RFID reader transmitting antenna, the information such as its own code is transmitted to the RFID reader through the built-in transmitting antenna of the electronic tag; The RFID reader demodulates and decodes the signal returned by the electronic tag, and transmits the obtained code to the RFID server.

Further, the present invention may also send a picture of the corresponding person to the receiving end, and accordingly, the capturing instruction needs to be included in the startup instruction, the system further includes a video analysis server and a short message gateway; the IP camera is further used in After the startup, the snapshot is taken, and the obtained captured image is sent to the video analysis server;

The video analysis server stores a facial image of each character, and a second correspondence between the facial image and the person information and the receiving end information, and performs face extraction on the captured image, and extracts the extracted face image and The stored facial images are matched to obtain a matching facial image; and the second corresponding correspondence is used to query the character information and the receiving end information corresponding to the matched facial image, and transmit the information to the short message gateway;

The short message gateway receives the character information and the receiving end information sent by the video analysis server, and constructs a short message from the received character information, and sends the short message to the receiving end corresponding to the received receiving end information. Taking the campus monitoring as an example, the receiving end may be a parent mobile phone, and the constructed short message may also include the current The time information and the extracted face image of the student. Images captured by the video analytics server may include an image of a student or an image of more than two students. The face picture stored by the video analysis server may be a face picture of each angle of the character.

Optionally, the system further includes a monitoring platform, where the monitoring platform includes an access server and a video server;

The access server obtains the recorded data from the IP camera, performs format conversion, and sends the data to the recording server;

The recording server stores data sent by the access server and provides stored data according to the request. The access server converts the data acquired from the IP camera into a unified format inside the monitoring platform and sends it to the recording server. The format can be set as needed.

Optionally, the monitoring platform further includes a stream distribution server that receives data sent by the access server, and provides on-demand or copy distribution of the real-time video stream based on the received data according to the video request. On-demand and copy distribution of real-time video streams providing data can be implemented by existing technologies, which are not described here.

Optionally, the monitoring platform further includes a transcoding server, which acquires data from the recording server, converts the data into a transport stream (TS, Transport Stream), and sends the TS to the IP quadrature amplitude modulator (QAM, which can be obtained not only from the recording server but also from the recording server. Data, you can also request data from the stream distribution server. Convert the recorded video data to TS, which can be implemented in the existing way, but I will not go into details here. The IPQAM placed in the radio and television network has the receiving TS, and is processed accordingly. The function of the set-top box is specified, and the processed TS can be obtained from the IPQAM to perform the playback as long as the specified set-top box is enabled. The playback of the TS is completed by the combination of the IPQAM and the set-top box, which is not described herein. In this way, the transcoding server can be used to view the video recorded by the IP camera through the remote set-top box.

Referring to FIG. 2, it is a schematic flowchart of an intelligent monitoring method according to the present invention, where the method includes the following steps:

Step 201: Read an encoding of an electronic tag that enters an antenna sensing area of the RFID reader.

Step 202: Send a start command to the IP camera to start the IP camera to record.

Optionally, the method pre-stores the encoding between the electronic tag and the information between the person information and the receiving end. The first correspondence, the method further includes:

Querying, in the first correspondence, the person information and the receiving end information corresponding to the read encoding;

The short message is constructed by the queried person information and sent to the receiving end corresponding to the queried receiving end information.

Further, the present invention may also send a picture of the corresponding person to the receiving end. Accordingly, the present invention pre-stores the face picture of each character and the second correspondence between the face picture and the person information and the receiving end information; The startup instruction includes a capture indication, and the method further includes:

After the IP camera is started, it also captures and captures the captured image;

Performing face extraction on the captured image, matching the extracted face image with the stored facial image, and obtaining the matched facial image;

Querying, in the second correspondence, the person information and the receiving end information corresponding to the matched facial picture;

The short message is constructed by the queried person information and the extracted corresponding face picture, and is sent to the receiving end corresponding to the queried receiving end information.

Optionally, after step 202, the method further includes:

Store data recorded by the IP camera;

The stored data is provided upon request.

Optionally, after step 202, the method further includes: providing on-demand or copy distribution of the real-time video stream based on the data recorded by the IP camera according to the video request.

Optionally, after step 202, the method further includes:

Convert the data recorded by the IP camera to TS and send it to IPQAM;

The IPQAM processes the received TS and transmits it to the set-top box.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an intelligent monitoring method according to the present invention. The example monitors a situation in which a student enters and exits the campus, and is implemented based on the structure of FIG. 1, and includes the following steps:

Step 301: The electronic tag enters the antenna sensing area of the RFID reader, performs command and response interaction, and sends the code of the electronic tag itself to the RFID reader, and the RFID reader sends the code to the RFID server.

Step 302, the RFID server queries the student information database according to the code of the electronic tag, and The corresponding student information is sent to the monitoring host.

The RFID server includes a student information database for storing a first correspondence between the encoding of the electronic tag and the student information, the student information including the person information and the receiving end information.

Step 303: The monitoring host notifies the HD IP camera to perform capturing and recording.

Step 304: After the IP camera is started, the capture and recording are performed, and the captured image is sent to the video analysis server, and step 305 is performed; and the recorded data is sent to the access server, and step 307 is performed.

Step 305: The video analysis server performs face extraction on the captured image, and matches the extracted facial image with the stored facial image to obtain a matched facial image, and queries the second corresponding relationship in the stored relationship. And matching the character information and the receiving end information corresponding to the facial image, and transmitting the queried person information, the receiving end information, and the extracted corresponding facial image to the short message gateway.

The video analysis server stores a face picture of each character, and a second correspondence between the face picture and the person information and the receiver information.

Step 306: The short message gateway receives the character information, the receiving end information, and the facial image sent by the video analysis server, and constructs a short message from the received character information and the facial image, and sends the short message to the receiving end corresponding to the received receiving end information.

Step 307: The access server acquires the recorded data from the IP camera, performs format conversion, and sends the data to the recording server and the stream distribution server.

Step 308: The recording server stores the data sent by the access server, and provides the stored data according to the request.

Step 309: The stream distribution server receives the data sent by the access server, and provides on-demand or copy distribution of the real-time video stream according to the received data.

The copy distribution described in this step includes distributing the data to the transcoding server.

Step 310: The transcoding server converts the data acquired from the stream distribution server into a TS, and sends the TS to the IPQAM for corresponding processing and then transmits the data to the set top box.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalents, improvements, etc., which are made within the spirit and principles of the present invention, should be included in the present invention. Within the scope of protection.

Claims

Rights request

1. An intelligent monitoring system, characterized in that the system comprises a tag information processing unit and an IP camera;

The IP camera receives a startup command sent by the tag information processing unit to perform recording.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the tag information processing unit comprises a radio frequency identification RFID reader, an RFID server, and a monitoring host, and the system further comprises a short message gateway;

The RFID server stores a first correspondence between the encoding of the electronic tag and the character information and the receiving end information, and after receiving the encoding of the electronic tag transmitted by the RFID reader, querying in the first correspondence relationship The person information and the receiving end information corresponding to the code of the received electronic tag are transmitted to the monitoring host;

The monitoring host receives the person information and the receiving end information, transmits the information to the short message gateway, and sends a startup instruction to the IP camera;

The short message gateway receives the character information and the receiving end information sent by the monitoring host, and constructs a short message from the received character information, and sends the short message to the receiving end corresponding to the received receiving end information.

The method according to claim 1, wherein the startup command further includes a capture indication, and the system further includes a video analysis server and a short message gateway;

The IP camera is further configured to perform a snapshot after the startup, and send the acquired snapshot image to the video analysis server;

The video analysis server stores a facial image of each character, and a second correspondence between the facial image and the character information and the receiving end information; performing face extraction on the received captured image, and extracting The face image is matched with the stored face image to obtain the matched facial image; and the person information and the receiving end information corresponding to the matched facial image are queried in the second corresponding relationship, and transmitted to the SMS gateway;

The short message gateway receives the character information and the receiving end information sent by the video analysis server, A short message is constructed from the received character information and sent to the receiving end corresponding to the received receiving end information.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the system further comprises a monitoring platform, the monitoring platform comprising an access server and a recording server;

The recording server stores data sent by the access server and provides stored data according to the request.

The system according to claim 4, wherein the monitoring platform further comprises a stream distribution server, receiving data sent by the access server, and providing on-demand or copy distribution of the real-time video stream according to the video request.

The system according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the monitoring platform further comprises a transcoding server, which acquires data from the recording server, converts it into a transport stream TS, and sends the TS to the IP quadrature amplitude modulator IPQAM. So that the IPQAM processes the received TS and transmits it to the top of the machine.

7. An intelligent monitoring method, characterized in that the method comprises:

Send a start command to the IP camera and start the IP camera for recording.

The method of claim 7, wherein the first correspondence between the encoding of the electronic tag and the person information and the receiving end information is stored in advance, the method further comprising:

Querying, in the first correspondence, the person information and the receiving end information corresponding to the code of the read electronic tag;

The method according to claim 7, wherein the face picture of each character and the second correspondence between the face picture and the person information and the receiving end information are pre-stored; Capture instructions, the method also includes:

After the IP camera is started, it captures and captures the captured image;

Performing face extraction on the captured image, matching the extracted face image with the stored facial image, and obtaining the matched facial image; Querying, in the second correspondence, the person information and the receiving end information corresponding to the matched facial picture;

The method of claim 7, wherein after the enabling the IP camera to perform recording, the method further comprises:

Store data recorded by the IP camera;

The stored data is provided upon request.

The method of claim 7, wherein after the enabling the IP camera to record, the method further comprises: providing on-demand or copy distribution of the real-time video stream based on the data recorded by the IP camera according to the video request.

The method according to any one of claims 7 to 11, wherein after the enabling the IP camera to perform recording, the method further comprises:

Convert the data recorded by the IP camera to TS and send it to IPQAM;

The IPQAM processes the received TS and transmits it to the set-top box.