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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1998
Takashi Matsumoto, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tsutomu Kumazaki, Gifu-ken, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention concerns a remote monitoring system and method. In the monitoring terminal unit,, a TV camera,pictures a monitoring object and a sensor,watches for any abnormality in the monitoring object. The monitoring images from the TV camera,is encoded in the resolution set in an encoder,. The encoded image data is continuously written in an image storage,in a cyclic way. In addition, real-time images pictured by the TV camera or stored images are transmitted to the monitoring central unit,via connection control unit,only when an abnormality is detected. The monitoring central unit,displays on the monitor,the images thus sent in. In that remote monitoring system, the resolution to give to the image encoder,is fixed at a constant value in the normal state and is raised to a higher value than normal in case of abnormality. That permits watching the monitoring object in a high resolution.