| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention relates to a monitoring camera10 arranged to monitor a wide angle image view. The camera comprises an event detector 76 arranged to signal that an event has occurred when an alert line/tripwire 100 positioned in the wide angle image view has been crossed, said alert line 100 is defined as a line enclosing a point 102 of the wide angle image view. Further, a method for monitoring an area using the monitoring camera comprises capturing images representing a wide angle view through a wide angle lens 20, detecting if an object 42 in the images is crossing an alert line 100 defined in the wide angle view as a line enclosing a point 102 in the wide angle view, and in response to a detection of an object crossing the alert line 100 redirecting the camera 100 from capturing images through the wide angle lens 20 to a position capturing an image view including the area in which the alert line 100 where crossed.</p> |
