Patent ID: 8160129
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus capable of distributing a picked up image through a network, the image pickup apparatus comprising: image pickup means for picking up an image of a predetermined monitoring area and outputting an image signal thereof; a plurality of encoding means for simultaneously converting the image signal into video data of different encoding methods; moving-object detecting means for detecting a moving object that entered the monitoring area based on the image signal; unmoving-object detecting means for detecting an unmoving object in the monitoring area based on the image signal, the unmoving object detecting means storing a frame count and a stay period for each unmoving object detected; and transmission control means for controlling distribution of video data of the unmoving object to the network based on the frame count and the stay period generated by the unmoving-object detecting means, the transmission control means distributing the video data of the unmoving object which includes all video data including the unmoving object and no video data not including the unmoving object based on the frame count and the stay period of the unmoving object.