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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2007
Atsushi Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Takao Yamaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Katsuji Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a monitoring system enabling efficient determination of code amounts for respective cameras according to the movement of an object. Each camera () making up the monitoring system includes: a collaboration parameter updating unit () which updates a collaboration parameter, based on the position of the object detected by a sensor () and position identification information and collaboration parameter of a neighboring camera stored in a neighboring camera information storage unit (), so that (i) a distribution pattern indicating the distribution of the collaboration parameter value in a space where plural cameras are present forms a concentric circle with the object being the origin, and (ii) the target code amount for a camera capturing the object becomes larger than that of a camera not capturing the object; and a target code amount determining unit () which determines the target code amount assigned to the camera based on the updated collaboration parameter, and the collaboration parameter and the target code amount for the neighboring camera stored in the neighboring camera information storage unit ().