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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 7/00 (2014.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/247 (2006.01); G08B 13/196 (2006.01); G08B 25/12 (2006.01); G03B 11/04 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G08B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 7/00 (2013.01); G03B 11/04 (2013.01); G08B 13/1963 (2013.01); G08B 25/12 (2013.01); H04N 5/2252 (2013.01); H04N 5/23206 (2013.01); H04N 5/247 (2013.01); G08B 13/19645 (2013.01); G08B 13/19695 (2013.01); G08B 19/00 (2013.01); H04N 5/23219 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01);
Abstract
A monitoring apparatus is connected to a shutter which opens and closes to limit a capturing area of an image capturing device. The monitoring apparatus includes an information obtaining section, configured to obtain information, an existence determiner, configured to determine whether a person exists or not in a predetermined area in accordance with the information obtained by the information obtaining section, and a shutter control unit, configured to control the shutter to be opened in response that the existence determiner determines that the person does not exist in the predetermined area.