MONITORING APPARATUS, MONITORING SYSTEM, AND MONITORING METHOD

摘要

A monitoring apparatus is connected to a shutter which opens and closes to limit a capturing area of an image capturing device. The monitoring apparatus detects an event indicative of a closing event or an opening event, and controls the shutter to open and close based on a given time schedule and the detected event, where the time schedule determines each period for opening and closing the shutter. The monitoring apparatus controls the shutter based on the opening event in response to a detection of the opening event, and controls the shutter based on the time schedule in response to a detection of the closing event when the opening event is last detected before the detection of the closing event.

主权项

1. A monitoring apparatus to be connected to a shutter which opens and closes to limit a capturing area of an image capturing device, the monitoring apparatus comprising:
an event detector, configured to detect an event indicative of a closing event or an opening event, the closing event being provided to narrow the capturing area of the image capturing device, and the opening event being provided to widen the capturing area of the image capturing device; and a first controller, configured to control the shutter to open and close based on a given time schedule and the event detected by the event detector, wherein the time schedule determines each period for opening and closing the shutter, and the first controller controls the shutter based on the opening event in response to a detection of the opening event by the event detector, and controls the shutter based on the time schedule in response to a detection of the closing event, and when the opening event is detected before the detection of the closing event by the event detector, the first controller controls the shutter based on the time schedule in response to a detection of the closing event.