Patent ID: 8797403

Claim:
An image processing apparatus used in a surveillance system, the apparatus comprising: a control device configured to acquire image data from a camera; acquire metadata representing information concerning an object of surveillance; control a display to display a setting screen usable for setting a plurality of filters; perform filter setting using the information of the metadata; and set a combination of the plurality of filters, wherein said filter setting and setting of said combination of the plurality of filters are provided on the same setting screen, wherein said control device is configured to select a type of the combination of the plurality of filters being provided in the setting screen, and wherein a set combination of the plurality of filters is displayed in the setting screen with a plurality of filter types that can be set for each of the filters of the set combination, wherein a filter is used for detecting an event in a surveillance area in an image corresponding to the acquired image data, and wherein options of the type of the combination of the plurality of filters include a first mode and a second mode of the control device, in which: the first mode is a mode in which an alarm information is output each time when conditions of at least one of the plurality of filters in the combination is satisfied with situations based on the metadata, and the second mode is a mode in which an alarm trigger is output when the conditions of all filters in the combination are satisfied with situations based on the metadata.