摘要 |
An abnormality detection apparatus for detecting an event where a monitored object in a room has lapsed into an abnormal state, the apparatus including image pickup means for picking up an image of a scene in the room, feature-quantity extraction means for extracting an image feature quantity from the image picked up by the image pickup means, judgment means for determining whether the monitored object in the room has lapsed into the abnormal state or not based on the time-variations of the image feature quantity extracted by the feature-quantity extraction means, and means for outputting an alarm responding to the determination of the occurrence of the abnormal state. |