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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2014
Denso Wave Incorporated, Chita-gun, Aichi-pref., JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED, Aichi-Pref., JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
In a monitoring apparatus, a monitoring area is scanned by an area sensor device to detect objects. Moving objects are identified among the detected objects, and, among the identified moving objects, a moving object which is the closest to a priority monitoring object which is preset in the monitoring area is set as a tracking target. The object which is set to be tracked is automatically tracked by a camera device. As a result, even if there are present a plurality of moving objects in the monitoring area, tracking targets are switched from one to another, so that it is possible to set a moving object desired by an observer.