Patent ID: 9437089
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: G06K,G08B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A monitoring camera comprising: an imager having a lens; an image processor which identifies a tracking target in an image captured by the imager and generates tracking information; a main processor which tracks the tracking target in accordance with the tracking information generated by the image processor; and the main processor which determines, based on the tracking information generated by the image processor, whether or not the tracking target intrudes inside of a preset area from outside, and outputs an alarm only if the tracking target intrudes the inside of the preset area from the outside, wherein, if tracking of the tracking target starts from the inside of the preset area and the tracking target remains in the preset area, the main processor does not output the alarm, and wherein, if tracking of the tracking target starts from the inside of the preset area and the tracking target moves to the outside of the preset area, the main processor does not output the alarm.