Patent ID: 8055017
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A monitoring system comprising: a computer; an image capture unit for capturing an image; an object detecting unit for detecting an object from a captured image; a monitoring range setting unit for setting a monitoring range on a side of the object based on an edge portion of the object; a determining unit for determining an existence of a light source within the monitoring range; and an adjusting unit for adjusting at least one of an exposure of the image capture unit and a luminance of a pixel output from the image capture unit when the determining unit determines that the light source exists, wherein, through use of the computer, a transverse width of the object is detected and updated when the determining unit determines that the light source does not exist, and wherein, when the determining unit determines that the light source exists, the monitoring range setting unit sets the monitoring range based on an edge position on an opposite side of the object to a side thereof where the light source exists and the transverse width of the object which is stored.