TWM461123U - Image capturing system - Google Patents

Description

Image capture system

This creation is about an image capture system, in particular, an image capture system that has a full-time recording function and performs image recording when the security system is triggered.

At present, the image surveillance system combined with the security system is universally applied to the security and property protection of individuals or the public environment as a preventive measure against the illegal acts such as theft, illegal invasion, destruction of buildings, and the like.

Although there are a variety of image monitoring systems on the market, the camera is set to focus on the camera through the wiring, and then the image is transmitted to the recorder for later reference.

However, various image monitoring systems of the prior art use only conventional cameras for image capture, such as Closed Circuit Television (CCTV). Therefore, it is necessary to additionally set a conventional between the conventional camera and the terminal server. The video server can transmit the images captured by the traditional camera to the terminal server.

Moreover, the conventional image monitoring system can only perform photography, photographing, etc. on the scene of the event, and cannot perform the function of image recording. Therefore, for any behavior of the thief at the time of the incident, the conventional image monitoring system cannot provide a complete scene of the scene to the security personnel or the user to view, but can only provide intermittent photos of the scene to the security personnel. Self-study line to investigate the situation at the time of the incident.

In view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the purpose of the present invention is to provide an image capture system to solve the problem that the conventional image monitoring system requires an additional video server (Video Server) and cannot provide complete image recording. It is a matter of discovering the film of the field, and also solves the problem that the conventional image monitoring system cannot perform image capturing when the security system is triggered.

According to the purpose of the present invention, an image capturing system is provided, which comprises an image capturing device and an image processing device. The image capturing device captures a plurality of temporary images. The image processing device is electrically connected to the image capturing device, and includes a control module and a processing module. The control module generates a control signal that controls the image storage mode. The processing module is electrically connected to the control module. When the processing module receives the trigger signal, the processing module stores, according to the control signal, the first preset time interval and the time point before the processing module receives the trigger signal. The temporary images in the second preset time interval are used to become a plurality of still images or moving images. The processing module stores the temporary images in the first preset time interval and the temporary images in the second preset time interval when the control signal is set to the photographing mode and the processing module receives the trigger signal. When the control signal is set to the video mode and the processing module receives the trigger signal, the processing module stores the start time of the first preset time interval to the end time of the second preset time interval. Temporary images to become motion pictures.

Preferably, the image capturing system further includes a storage device electrically connected to the processing module and the image capturing device, and the storage device stores the static image or the moving image.

Preferably, the image capturing system further includes a display device electrically connected to the processing module and the image capturing device, and the display device displays the temporary images, the still images, the moving images, or a combination thereof.

The processing module is electrically connected to the remote server by using a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) method to transmit the static image or the motion image to the remote server for performing Store or display.

The image capturing device may be an Internet Protocol Camera (IP Cam) or a conventional camera.

The first preset time interval and the second preset time interval are 1 to 10 seconds.

As described above, the image capture system of the present invention can have the following advantages:

(1) The image capturing system can set the network camera to transmit the captured image data directly to the terminal or the remote server via the network transmission method, thereby solving the conventional image monitoring system. With a conventional analog camera, an additional image server is required to process and transfer the resulting image. At the same time, it can also reduce the cost of system equipment and improve the convenience of installing image capture system.

(2) The image capture system can perform instant image capture on any event occurring in the monitored environment, whether in the release state or the set state, and can perform time before and after the event occurs. Instant image capture. Therefore, in the prior art, when the security system has no event reporting, the conventional image monitoring system is completely unable to perform image capturing.

(3) The image capturing system can use the control module to select and control the image capturing device to perform image capturing on the scene of the scene by photographing or recording, thereby solving the problem that the conventional image monitoring system only provides the photographing function. .

1‧‧‧Image capture system
10‧‧‧Image capture device
100‧‧‧ temporary image
101‧‧‧Static imagery
102‧‧‧Dynamic images
11‧‧‧Image processing device
110‧‧‧Control Module
1100‧‧‧Control signal
111‧‧‧Processing module
1110‧‧‧ trigger signal
12‧‧‧Storage device
13‧‧‧Display device
2‧‧‧Remote Server
30‧‧‧Image Server
31‧‧‧Traditional camera
S40~S47‧‧‧Steps

Figure 1 is a first schematic diagram of a first embodiment of the image capture system of the present invention.
Figure 2-a is a second schematic diagram of the first embodiment of the image capture system of the present invention.
Figure 2-b is a third schematic diagram of the first embodiment of the image capture system of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of a second embodiment of the image capture system of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of a third embodiment of the image capture system of the present invention.
Figure 5 is a flow chart of the image capturing method of the image capturing system of the present invention.

The embodiments of the image capturing system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the related drawings. For the sake of understanding, the same components in the following embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , FIG. 2 a and FIG. 2 b , which are respectively a first schematic diagram, a second schematic diagram and a third schematic diagram of a first embodiment of the image capturing system of the present invention. As shown, the image capture system 1 includes an image capture device 10 and an image processing device 11. The image capturing device 10 captures a plurality of temporary images 100. The image processing device 11 is electrically connected to the image capturing device 10 and includes a control module 110 and a processing module 111. The control module 110 generates a control signal 1100 that controls the image storage mode. The processing module 111 is electrically connected to the control module 110. When the processing module 111 receives the trigger signal 1110, the processing module 111 stores the first time before the processing module 111 receives the trigger signal 1110 according to the control signal 1100. The temporary images 100 in the second predetermined time interval of the preset time interval and the time point to become the plurality of still images 101 or the motion images 102.

In the above, when the control signal 1100 is set to the photographing mode and the processing module 111 receives the trigger signal 1110, the processing module 111 stores the temporary images 100 and the second preset time interval in the first preset time interval. The temporary image 100 is used to be the static image 101. When the control signal 1100 is set to the recording mode and the processing module 111 receives the trigger signal 1110, the processing module 111 stores the start time of the first preset time interval. The temporary images 100 to the end time of the second preset time interval are to be the motion picture 102. The first preset time interval and the second preset time interval are 1 to 10 seconds.

For example, the image capture system 1 of the present invention can be combined with a security system to monitor an individual's home or public environment while preventing illegal acts such as theft, illegal intrusion, damage to buildings, and the like. When the image capturing system 1 is used by the operator, the control module 110 of the image processing device 11 can first set the storage mode after the image capturing, such as storing photos or movies. After the operator sets, the control module 110 generates a control signal 1100 corresponding to the operator setting and transmits it to the processing module 111.

Then, when the outsider invades the environment monitored by the image capturing system 1 or the security personnel cancels the alert state of the security system, the processing module 111 receives the trigger signal 1110 generated by the security system in the abnormal state or the released state. The image capturing device 10 captures a plurality of temporary images 100 in a second preset time interval from a first preset time interval before receiving the trigger signal 1110 to a time point after receiving the trigger signal 1110. The point is preferably the time point at which the event occurs. Therefore, the processing module 111 can extract, according to the setting corresponding to the control signal 1100, the image capturing device 10 in the first preset time interval in which the processing module 111 receives the triggering event 1110. The temporary images 100 and the temporary images 100 captured in the second preset time interval after the event time point are integrated and stored into a plurality of still images 101 or motion images 102. The still image 101 can be a photo, and the motion image 102 can be a movie.

Therefore, the setting of the image capturing system 1 of the present invention can provide an image capture by the image capturing device 10 for each environmental condition before and after the triggering when the security system is triggered, so as to facilitate the later adjustment. Read the historical image record to see if there are any suspicious people, or check the identity of the operator who cancels the security system.

Please refer to the figure 2-a. As shown in the figure, when the operator sets the image storage mode to the stored photo via the control module 110, if the processing module 111 receives the trigger signal 1110, the processing module 111 will be based on The control signal 1100 is set to the photographing mode, and the plurality of temporary images 100 captured by the image capturing device 10 in the first preset time interval and the second preset time interval are integrated and stored into a plurality of still images 101.

Moreover, when the operator sets the control signal 1100 to the photographing mode via the control module 110, the operator can simultaneously set the seconds of the first preset time interval and the second preset time interval, and the image capturing device 10 The first preset time interval and the second preset time interval capture the temporary image 100 and become the number of seconds of each still image 101. For example, the operator may set the first preset time interval in which the event time point is forward to 1 to 10 seconds, wherein the first preset time interval is preferably set to 3 seconds, and the first preset time interval is set. In addition, the temporary image 100 captured by the image capturing device 10 every 1 second in the first preset time interval may be set as a still image 101. Therefore, when the operator sets the first preset time interval to 3 seconds, the processing module 111 stores the image captured by the image capturing device 10 in the first preset time interval into three static images 101; The operator may also set the second preset time interval after the event time point to 1 to 10 seconds, wherein the second preset time interval is preferably set to 7 seconds, and the image capturing device 10 can be set. The temporary image 100 captured every 1 second in the second preset time interval becomes a still image 101. Therefore, when the operator sets the second preset time interval to 7 seconds, the processing module 111 stores the image captured by the image capturing device 10 in the second preset time interval into 7 still images 101.

Referring to Figure 2-b, as shown in the figure, when the operator sets the image storage mode to store the movie via the control module 110, the processing module 111 receives the trigger signal 1110, and the processing module 111 The control signal 1100 set to the video mode integrates the plurality of temporary images 100 captured by the image capturing device 10 at the start time point of the first preset time interval and the end time point of the second preset time interval. Becomes a motion picture 102.

Similarly, when the operator sets the control signal 1100 to the recording mode via the control module 110, the operator can also set the image capturing device 10 to capture the plurality of temporary images 100 to become the first preset time interval of the dynamic image 102. The start time point of the second preset time interval and the end time point of the second preset time interval. For example, the operator may set the start time point of the first preset time interval in which the event time point occurs to the processing module 111 to receive the trigger. The signal 1110 is 10 seconds before the time point, and the end time point of the second preset time interval after the event time point is set to 10 seconds after the time when the processing module 111 receives the trigger signal 1110. Therefore, the image length of the motion picture 102 is 20 seconds.

Incidentally, the above embodiments are merely examples and are not limiting, and the present invention is not limited to this manner in actual implementation.

Please refer to FIG. 3, which is a schematic diagram of a second embodiment of the image capturing system of the present invention. Please also refer to Figure 1 to Figure 2-b. As shown in the figure, the components of the image capturing system in this embodiment are similar to those of the components described in the first embodiment, and therefore will not be described again. It is to be noted that, in this embodiment, the image capturing system 1 preferably further includes a storage device 12 electrically connected to the processing module 111 and the image capturing device 10, and the storage device 12 stores the Still image 101 or motion image 102. That is, the image processing apparatus 11 of the present invention can connect a storage device 12 by an external connection, and store the still image 101 or the dynamic image 102 to facilitate the operator to view the environmental conditions of the recent or any date. The storage device 12 is preferably a storage device such as an external hard disk or a flash drive.

Preferably, the image capturing system 1 of the present invention can also provide a storage device 12 in the image processing device 11 in an internal manner to achieve device integration and space saving.

Furthermore, the image capturing system 1 of the present invention preferably further includes a display device 13 electrically connected to the processing module 111 and the image capturing device 10, and the display device 13 displays the temporary images 100 and the still images. 101. A dynamic image 102 or a combination thereof. Therefore, when the security system is in an abnormal state or a released state, the operator can immediately view the current situation of the environment via the display device 13 to facilitate subsequent processing actions.

In addition, the processing module 111 of the present invention is electrically connected to the remote server 2 by means of a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) to transmit the still images 101 or the motion images 102 to Remote server 2 for storage or display. Therefore, the image capturing system 1 of the present invention can provide a remote monitoring server 2 to monitor the environmental image and store the static image 101 or the moving image 102 for later viewing of the historical image. .

Please refer to FIG. 4, which is a schematic diagram of a third embodiment of the image capturing system of the present invention. Please also refer to Figure 1 to Figure 3. As shown in the figure, the components of the image capturing system in this embodiment are similar to those of the first embodiment and the second embodiment, and therefore will not be described again. However, it is worth mentioning that in the embodiment, the image capturing device 10 can be an Internet Protocol Camera (IP Cam). Therefore, the image capturing system 1 of the present invention can transmit the captured image data directly to the remote server 2 via the network transmission mode by setting a network camera, thereby solving the conventional image monitoring system due to the use of the conventional The analog camera, therefore, requires an additional image server 30 to process and transfer the resulting image, while also reducing the cost of the system equipment and improving the convenience of installing the image capture system.

In addition, since the conventional camera uses a copper shaft cable, the joint is easily oxidized, causing poor contact and a joint or terminating resistor problem may cause the entire section network problem, and it is also easy to affect the transmitted image due to the length of the transmission distance. quality. Moreover, the copper shaft cable does not encrypt the image, which makes it easy for anyone to capture the image, destroy it, or replace it with the video of other cameras.

The network camera of the present invention uses the network route, so that the hardware defects generated by the conventional camera and the transmitted image quality can be solved, and the image can be encrypted by the network camera and then transmitted to the network. On the way to ensure that no one can directly watch and tamper with, and can use the authorization method to set encryption authentication, and only accept the specified video camera video, to rule out the possibility that anyone may invade the transmission line. In addition, the created webcam can also add a mark containing time, place, user, alarm or more information to the video data stream so that the security personnel or users can access the historical image in the future. Information about the image.

In addition, the image capturing system 1 of the present invention can also integrate the image server 30 and the conventional camera 31 used in the prior art, and simultaneously perform environmental monitoring by setting a plurality of conventional cameras and a plurality of image capturing devices 10. In order to make the image capturing system 1 of the present invention a diversified image monitoring system.

Please refer to FIG. 5, which is a flow chart of the image capturing method of the image capturing system of the present invention. Please also refer to Figures 1 to 4 together. As shown in the figure, the image capture method of the present creation includes the following steps:
(S40): Capture a plurality of temporary images.
(S41): A control signal for controlling the image storage mode is generated.
(S42): Set to the photographing mode or the recording mode according to the control signal. When the control signal is set to the photographing mode, step S43 is performed; if the control signal is set to the video mode, step S44 is performed.
(S43): setting the number of seconds in which the temporary image is captured and becomes a still image in the first preset time interval and the second preset time interval. And proceeding to step S45.
(S44): setting a plurality of temporary images to be the start time point of the first preset time interval of the motion image and the end time point of the second preset time interval.
(S45): It is determined whether a trigger signal is received, and if so, step S46 is performed; if not, step S45 is reset.
(S46): the temporary images stored in the first preset time interval and the second preset time interval of the receiving trigger signal become a plurality of still images or moving images.
(S47): transmitting the still images or motion pictures to the remote server.

The above is intended to be illustrative only and not limiting. Any equivalent modifications or alterations to the spirit and scope of this creation shall be included in the scope of the appended patent application.

1‧‧‧Image capture system

10‧‧‧Image capture device

100‧‧‧ temporary image

101‧‧‧Static imagery

102‧‧‧Dynamic images

11‧‧‧Image processing device

110‧‧‧Control Module

1100‧‧‧Control signal

111‧‧‧Processing module

1110‧‧‧ trigger signal

Claims (6)

An image capture system comprising:
An image capturing device is configured to capture a plurality of temporary images; and an image processing device is electrically connected to the image capturing device, the image processing device comprising:
a control module is a control signal for controlling image storage; and a processing module electrically connected to the control module. When the processing module receives a trigger signal, the processing module is controlled according to the control module. The plurality of temporary images stored in the first preset time interval of the processing module and the second predetermined time interval of the second time interval of the time point of the one of the triggering signals are stored in the processing module to be plural Still image or a motion picture;
The processing module stores the temporary images in the first preset time interval and the second preset time interval when the control signal is set to the photographing mode and the processing module receives the trigger signal. The temporary image is used to be the static image. When the control signal is set to the video mode and the processing module receives the trigger signal, the processing module stores the start time of the first preset time interval to The temporary images of the end time of the second preset time interval are used to become the motion image. The image capturing system of claim 1, further comprising a storage device electrically connected to the processing module and the image capturing device, wherein the storage device stores the static image or the moving image . The image capturing system of claim 1, further comprising a display device electrically connected to the processing module and the image capturing device, wherein the display device displays the temporary images and the static images Image, the motion picture, or a combination thereof. The image capture system of claim 1, wherein the processing module is electrically connected to a remote server by a network protocol to transmit the static image or the dynamic image to the remote image server. Remote server for storage or display. The image capture system of claim 1, wherein the image capture device is a webcam or a conventional camera. The image capturing system of claim 1, wherein the first preset time interval and the second predetermined time interval are 1 to 10 seconds.