Patent ID: 9288452
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A monitoring apparatus for controlling an image capturing device and a shutter which limits a capturing area of the image capturing device, the monitoring apparatus comprising: a capturing area controller, configured to transmit a first control signal over a first communication link to a designated camera to cause the image capturing device to align the designated camera and to prepare to capture an image in an actual capturing area of the image capturing device; a shutter controller, configured to transmit a second control signal over the first communication link to open the shutter after the first control signal is transmitted and after the designated camera has been substantially aligned, in response to the first control signal, enabling the capturing of the image in the actual capturing area, and a communicator that receives first information sensed by a sensor over a second communication link, wherein the actual capturing area of the image capturing device is selected by the capturing area controller from a capturable area of the image capturing device in accordance with the first information, which is sensed by the sensor and transmitted over the second communication link from the sensor to the capturing area controller through the communicator.