Patent ID: 9240054
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: G06T

Claim Text:
1. A method for monitoring water level of a water body, said method to be implemented using a monitoring system that includes an image capturing module and an image processing module, said method comprising the following steps of: (a) capturing, using the image capturing module, a current image that has a portion of the water body and a remaining portion aside from the portion of the water body; (b) processing, by the image processing module, the current image into a processed image that includes a water body region corresponding to the portion of the water body, and a background region corresponding to the remaining portion of the current image; (c) marking on the processed image, by the image processing module, a plurality of virtual alert points according to a predetermined water level of the water body; (d) determining, by the image processing module, whether at least one of the virtual alert points is located within the water body region of the processed image; and (e) generating, by the image processing module, a monitoring result according to the determination made in step (d).