Patent ID: 7929016
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A monitoring system that monitors an area subject to monitoring, said monitoring system comprising a plurality of camera terminals, wherein a self camera terminal of said plurality of camera terminals includes: wherein, said monitoring system further comprises a first storage unit that holds a resolution weight map, the resolution weight map identifying a resolution weight of importance corresponding to each small area of a plurality of small areas of the area subject to monitoring, the plurality of small areas being obtained by dividing the area subject to monitoring, wherein said processing unit is operable to determine the weighted resolution by specifying the resolution weight of importance corresponding to the shooting area of said self camera terminal with reference to the resolution weight map held in said first storage unit, and operable to adjust the resolution of the shooting area of said self camera terminal, wherein said first storage unit is further operable to store a plurality of the resolution weight maps and a resolution weight selection list defining a rule for selecting one resolution weight map of the plurality of stored resolution weight maps based on a monitoring situation, and wherein said processing unit is further operable to (i) specify the monitoring situation, (ii) select a resolution weight map, of the plurality of resolution weight maps, corresponding to the specified monitoring situation, based on the rule defined in the resolution weight selection list, and (iii) specify, from the selected resolution weight map, the resolution weight of importance corresponding to the shooting area of said self camera terminal.