Patent ID: 7257235
Filing Date: 2007-08-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A monitoring apparatus comprising: an image taking section which captures an image of a predetermined monitoring area; a first angle of view control section which changes an angle of view of the image taking section so that said predetermined monitoring area is divided into a plurality of background areas and an image of each background area is captured by said image taking section; a storage section which stores the image of each background area; a change area obtaining section which obtains an object area nonexistent at the time of capturing the stored image of one background area based on the current image of said one background area and the stored image of the one background area; and a second angle of view control section which changes an angle of view of the image taking section in order to capture an image of a background area adjacent to the one background area when the object area moves from the one background area toward the adjacent background area.