Robert Boschgmbh

Jan Karl Warzelhan

Hartmut Loos

Jan Rexilius

Holger Fillbrandt

Matthias Koenig

Marcel Merkel

Daniel Gottschlag

Julia Ebling

Stephan Heigl

Nicolas Cebron

Frank Mattern

Christof Krueger

Axel Baumann

Michael Christern

Merlin Goettlinger

Matthias Roland

Christian Cox

The invention relates to an analysis device () for analyzing image data of a camera (), wherein the image data has a plurality of individual images B, comprising a device () for determining a number of persons, said device () for determining a number of persons being designed to determine the number of persons P in the individual images B; an image selection device (), said image selection device () being designed to select individual images B on the basis of the number of persons P and provide the selected individual images B and the corresponding number of persons P as analysis data A; a device () for identifying persons, said device () for identifying persons being designed to mark persons P, P, Pas image sections A, Ain the individual images B on the basis of the analysis data A and provide same as mask images M; and an image combination device (), said image combination device () being designed to replace the marked image sections A, Awith corresponding image sections A′, A′ without persons, wherein a maximum number of persons Pmax is stored in the image selection device (), and the image selection device () is designed to select the individual images B in which the corresponding number of persons P is less than or equal to the stored maximum number of persons Pmax.

Analysis device, monitoring assembly comprising the analysis device, and method for determining a background image which is privacy-compliant

A method for generating a depth map of at least one selected region () of a capturing region () of a camera (), wherein the camera () is aimed at a plurality of mutually different partial regions () of the at least one selected region (), wherein for each of the partial regions () a depth information item is ascertained from the respective partial region () by varying a focus setting of the camera (), and wherein the depth map () is generated taking into account the depth information of the partial regions (), and to such a camera ().

Method for generating a depth map using a camera

In spacious areas or building complexes, it is customary to use monitoring systems that comprise monitoring cameras and other monitoring sensors that record monitoring data and forward said monitoring data to a monitoring control centre or the like for the purpose of evaluation. Depending on the size of the monitored area, the complexity of the monitoring system can increase to a great extent. Upwards of a certain size of monitoring area, it is necessary for several monitoring persons also to be employed in parallel in order to inspect the monitoring data. A monitoring installationfor a monitoring area B having a plurality of monitoring stationsfor usersof the monitoring installation, wherein the monitoring installationis designed to assign a respective user ID ID_, ID_, ID_, ID_to the usersof the monitoring installation, wherein the monitoring stationseach have a display device, wherein the monitoring stationsare designed to present a user interfacefor the monitoring installationhaving a modelof the monitoring areaon the display device, and having a collaboration device, wherein the collaboration deviceis designed to show a first of the user IDs ID_6from a first monitoring stationtogether with an associated piece of user information as collaboration data with the modelon the user interfaceof at least one second monitoring station, is proposed.

Monitoring installation for a monitoring area, method and computer program

The invention relates to a method for monitoring a monitored region () recorded by a camera, wherein a content analysis is performed for a sub-region () of the monitored region (); wherein the sub-region () is determined in dependence on one or more parameters; and wherein the determination of the sub-region () is performed anew when at least one of the parameters changes during the monitoring.

Method for monitoring a monitored region recorded by a camera

A monitoring system for a monitoring area. The monitoring system includes a monitoring camera, a reflecting device, and a evaluator. The monitoring camera has a field of viewfor capturing a first partial section of the monitoring area. The reflecting device is positioned in the field of view of the monitoring camera such that the monitoring camera captures a second partial section of the monitoring area, wherein the first and the second partial sections are positioned to overlap in a common partial section of the monitoring area, wherein a first image area a depicts the first partial section I and a second image area depicts the second partial section in the monitoring image. The evaluator is configured to identify at least one correspondence object in the first as and the second partial section.

Monitoring system comprising a reflecting device and correspondence module and method for setting up the monitoring system

A monitoring system for monitoring a monitoring area, having an input interface for accepting monitoring images of the monitoring area, having a localization module for locating at least one moving monitoring object in the monitoring area, wherein the localization module is designed to locate a position of the monitoring object, having a definition module for defining a position-dependent protected area in the monitoring area, and having a monitoring module for monitoring the protected area, wherein the definition module is designed to define the position-dependent protected area on the basis of the position of the moving monitoring object.

Monitoring system with a position-dependent protected area, method for monitoring a monitoring area and computer program

For operators of public or commercial buildings, such as supermarkets, it is interesting to determine how many persons, in particular potential buyers, enter the building each day. In other areas, as well, entering and exiting moving objects are counted: it is typical, for example, that cars driving into and out of a parking garage are counted. The invention relates to a devicefor counting objects in a monitoring area, having a counting module, wherein the counting module comprises an object counter increasing by one counting value when one of the objects completely passes through a counting sectionin a counting directionas a counting object, having at least one monitoring camerafor capturing the monitoring area, wherein the monitoring camerais designed for outputting an image data stream of the monitoring area, and having an extraction moduledesigned for extracting moving image areas in a current image of the image data flow, wherein the moving image areas can represent the objects or partial segments thereof, wherein the counting moduleis designed for increasing the object counterby a partial value for each current image for one of the moving image areas, the direction of motion thereof corresponding to the counting directionand thus representing a potential counting object or a partial segment thereof, said partial value being less than the counting value.

Device, method, and computer for image-based counting of objects passing through a counting section in a specified direction

A video surveillance systemhaving an input device. The input device includes an analysis devicefor evaluating images of a surveillance scene from a surveillance region, that have been recorded by a surveillance cameraA useris represented and/or can be represented on the images, and the analysis deviceand/or the input deviceare/is designed for generating user object data, based on the imageswith the userand/or the input device. The input device is embodied as a mobile devicefor the configuration of the video surveillance systemby the useron the basis of or using the user object data

Video surveillance system and method for configuring a video surveillance system

A device assists focusing of a camera that is equipped with a manual focus-adjusting unit and that provides digital image contents, such as a smart camera. The device is configured to determine a focus value of the camera depending on an operation of the manual focus-adjusting unit and to display focusing information on the basis of the determined focus value to a user.

Device for assisting focusing of a camera

In addition to the clear advantages of video monitoring systems for securing monitoring regions and optionally for following suspicious objects, there is the requirement to secure the private environments of people in the regions being monitored. A masking module () for a monitoring system () is disclosed for the above, wherein the monitoring system () has at least one monitoring camera () designed and/or arranged for observing monitoring regions with moving objects (), comprising a selection device for selecting objects as selected objects (), wherein the masking module () is designed to output the selected objects () or partial regions thereof subsequently together called selected objects () in a masked form, wherein the masking module () is designed to limit the masking of objects () to at least one selected physical partial region () of the monitoring region.

Masking module for a video surveillance system, method for masking selected objects, and computer program

The invention relates to a method and device for locating persons () in a prescribed area () monitored by at least one image acquisition device (), wherein the image acquisition device () continuously generates images of the prescribed monitored area (), said images being analyzed and evaluated by means of at least one image-processing method and/or image analysis method, and to a computer program product and data processing program. According to the invention, the generated images of the prescribed area () are analyzed and evaluated for detecting and locating persons (), wherein detected and located persons () are classified and associated with at least one prescribed group, wherein the association with a group is performed depending on prescribed clothing features.

Detecting and classifying persons in a prescribed area

The invention relates to a device () for creating and/or processing an object signature of an object from a scene, wherein the object signature is designed to describe and/or identify the object, comprising a characteristic extraction unit () designed to extract at least one characteristic value of the object from the scene, and wherein the characteristic value can be displayed in a characteristics space of the characteristic. The device further comprises a coding unit () designed to code the characteristic value into an identification data unit, wherein the identification data unit forms part of the object signature, and wherein the identification data unit refers to a partial region of the characteristic space of the characteristic.

Device for creating and/or processing an object signature, monitoring device, method and computer program

The invention relates to a monitoring system () for detecting and/or tracking at least one moving monitoring object () in a monitoring area (), having a plurality of monitoring sensors () which are and/or can be spatially distributed in the monitoring area () and which are designed to detect the monitoring object () and to output detected object information, having a signature lock () having at least one signature sensor () which is designed and/or arranged to detect the monitoring object () and to output object signature information, having an evaluation device () which is designed to create and/or add to an object signature () of the monitoring object () based on the object signature information and to detect and/or track the monitoring object () by comparing detected object information to the object signature () of the monitoring object (), wherein the signature lock () comprises at least two signature sensors () and is designed in such a way that the object signature information of the at least two signature sensors () can be associated with the monitoring object distinctly and/or unmistakably.

Surveillance system, method and computer program for detecting and/or tracking a surveillance object

The invention relates to a housing for protecting an electronic device () to be fitted to a motor vehicle, the housing comprising a plurality of shells () forming a front () and a cap (), these being assembled together to define jointly an enclosure () for housing an electronic card () provided with remote connectors (), wherein at least one first shell () is formed from at least two elementary shells () and said first shell () includes, molded into it, at least one mobility means allowing relative movement between the elementary shells. The first shell () is formed in one piece, the two elementary shells () are situated side by side, each comprising a window for the passage and/or reception of a connector (), and said mobility means comprises an elastically deformable member ().

Information device, method for informing and/or navigating a person, and computer program

An image processing device for the detection and suppression of shadows in a camera image of a surveilled scene, the camera image optionally showing static objects with static shadow regions and moving objects with dynamic shadow regions, includes a long-term module, which is designed to generate a long-term reference image of the surveilled scene by evaluating a long-term observation of a particular scene, a mid-term module, which is designed to generate a mid-term reference image of the surveilled scene by evaluating a mid-term observation of the particular scene, and a shadow detection module, which is designed to process camera image&#x2014;using information technology&#x2014;with long-term reference image and mid-term reference image, in order to detect and suppress shadows.

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Bad Salzdetfurth Ot Heinde, Germany

Jan Karl Warzelhan