JP7328769B2 - Information processing device, system, control method for information processing device, and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device, a system, a control method for an information processing device, and a program.

2. Description of the Related Art There is a technique of detecting a registered person from an image captured by an imaging device by using a feature amount of a person's face or whole body registered in advance and a feature amount of the person included in an image captured by the imaging device. Even in large-scale facilities such as city surveillance and theme parks, a plurality of surveillance personnel stationed at a surveillance center may detect and track a person to be monitored using the above technology. However, confirming the detection results and tracking the persons to be monitored in real time imposes a heavy workload on the observer, and the limit is to track several persons to be monitored at the same time. Therefore, to track more people to be monitored, it is necessary to divide the work among multiple monitors.

On the other hand, when the number of persons to be monitored is small, it is also necessary for a plurality of observers to cooperate and monitor the same person to be monitored in order to improve the accuracy of tracking. In other words, it is necessary to be able to track the person to be monitored in real time, and at the same time, to be able to grasp the person to be monitored by another monitor in order to divide the work and promote cooperation.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-200001 proposes a technique of determining which monitoring user to notify of the occurrence of an event such as a failure in a video monitoring system according to the importance of the event.

JP-A-2009-89229

The technique proposed in Patent Document 1 is effective when the role of the user in charge of different events is fixed, but it is not effective for sharing and coordinating similar monitoring work among multiple observers. .

Accordingly, the present invention provides a technique that enables appropriate division of work and coordination while maintaining an easy-to-monitor display screen.

The present invention for solving the above problems is an information processing device,
generating means for generating screen display information for displaying one or more persons among pre-registered persons in association with a specific user among a plurality of users;
transmitting means for transmitting the screen display information to the terminal device of the specific user;
The screen display information is
The list of pre-registered persons includes information for identifiably displaying the user associated with each person .

Advantageous Effects of Invention According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a technique that enables appropriate division of tasks and coordination while maintaining an easy-to-monitor display screen.

1A and 1B are a diagram showing a configuration example of a monitoring system corresponding to an embodiment, and a diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of an apparatus; FIG. 4A and 4B are diagrams showing an example of functional blocks of a detection device 100 according to an embodiment, and a diagram showing an example of functional blocks of a display control device 120; FIG. The figure which shows an example of the detection result screen corresponding to embodiment. 4A and 4B are a diagram showing an example of the data structure of a registered person table, an example of the data structure of an operator table, and an example of the data structure of a person-in-charge information table, according to the embodiment; FIG. The figure which shows an example of the data structure of the detection information table corresponding to embodiment. 6 is a flowchart corresponding to an example of display processing of a detection result screen corresponding to the embodiment; 10 is a flowchart corresponding to an example of registration person addition processing corresponding to the embodiment; The figure which shows an example of the setting screen of the person in charge corresponding to embodiment. The figure which shows the flowchart corresponding to an example of the charge cancellation|release process corresponding to embodiment, and an example of the confirmation screen of charge cancellation|release. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a flowchart corresponding to an example of registered person deletion processing according to the embodiment, and an example of a warning screen; The figure which shows an example of the detection result screen corresponding to Embodiment 2. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the data structure of the operator table corresponding to Embodiment 3. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the detection result screen corresponding to Embodiment 3. FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, the following embodiments are not intended to limit the invention according to the claims. Although multiple features are described in the embodiments, not all of these multiple features are essential to the invention, and multiple features may be combined arbitrarily. Furthermore, in the accompanying drawings, the same or similar configurations are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

[Embodiment 1]
First, a first embodiment will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1A is a diagram showing a configuration example of a monitoring system 10 corresponding to an embodiment. The monitoring system 10 is configured by interconnecting a detection device 100 , a display control device 120 , an operation terminal 130 , a display device 140 , an imaging device 150 and a recording device 160 via a network 170 . The components of the monitoring system 10 shown in FIG. 1 are merely examples, and components other than these may be further added. Each component will be described below.

The detecting device 100 executes information processing such as processing of detecting a pre-registered person and processing of notifying the content of the detection on the captured image captured by the imaging device 150 . The detecting device 100 can be realized as an information processing device such as a personal computer in which a program for realizing an information processing function to be described later is installed, for example.

The display control device 120 records the result of detecting the registered person. Then, in response to a display request or an operation input from the operation terminal 130 , a detection result screen, a setting screen, or the like is generated/updated and transmitted to the operation terminal 130 . The display control device 120 can be realized, for example, as an information processing device such as a server computer in which a program for realizing an information processing function to be described later is installed.

The operation terminal 130 is a terminal device (also referred to as a user terminal, an information processing device, an input terminal, a display terminal, etc.) that receives an operation from an operator who is a user of the monitoring system 10, and is a display control device via the network 170. 120, and receives display information for displaying various screens such as a detection result screen and a setting screen from the display control device 120. FIG. The operation terminal 130 can be realized as an information processing device such as a personal computer or a mobile terminal (including a smart phone, a tablet terminal, and a mobile phone), for example. The display device 140 is composed of a display element such as an LCD, and is connected to the operation terminal 130 . Further, the operation terminal 130 and the display device 140 may be integrally configured like a smart phone or a tablet terminal. The display device 140 displays a detection result screen, a setting screen, and the like that the display control device 120 has transmitted to the operation terminal 130 .

The image capturing device 150 is a device that captures an image of a predetermined area in a monitored area and generates and outputs a captured image. The image capturing device 150 associates image data based on the captured image, identification information (ID) for identifying the image capturing device 150, and information about the time when the image was captured, and transmits the information to the detecting device 100 or the recording device via the network 170. Send to device 160 . In addition, in the monitoring system 10, the imaging device 150 may be one, or may be plural.

The recording device 160 associates and records the image data of the image captured by each imaging device 150, the identification information (ID) of the imaging device 150, and the time when the image was captured. Then, according to a request from the detecting device 100 , the recording device 160 transmits the recorded data (image, ID, time, etc.) to the detecting device 100 . The network 170 is implemented by a plurality of routers, switches, cables, etc., conforming to communication standards such as ETHERNET (registered trademark). Note that the network 170 may be implemented by the Internet, a wired LAN, a wireless LAN, a WAN, or the like.

In FIG. 1A, the detection device 100, the display control device 120, the operation terminal 130, the display device 140, and the recording device 160 are described as independent devices. Alternatively, two or all of them may be configured integrally. For example, the detection device 100, the display control device, and the recording device 160 may be integrated as an information processing device. Also, the operation terminal 130 and the display device 140 may be integrated as a terminal device.

Next, the hardware configuration of the detection device 100 will be described with reference to FIG. 1(B). In the following description, the hardware configuration of the detection device 100 will be mainly described, but the display control device 120, the operation terminal 130, the recording device 160, and the imaging device 150 can also be realized by the same hardware configuration.

The detection device 100 is configured to have at least a CPU 101 , a RAM 102 , a ROM 103 , an HDD 104 and an I/F 105 . A CPU 101 is a processing device that controls the overall operation of the detection device 100 . The RAM 102 is a memory that temporarily stores computer programs executed by the CPU 101 . The RAM 102 provides a work area used when the CPU 101 executes processing, functions as a frame memory, and functions as a buffer memory. The ROM 103 stores programs and the like for the CPU 101 to control the detection device 100 . The HDD 104 is a storage device that records image data and the like. An I/F (interface) 105 communicates with an external device via a network 170 according to TCP/IP, HTTP, or the like.

In the description of the present embodiment, an example in which the CPU 101 executes processing will be described, but at least part of the processing of the CPU 101 may be performed by dedicated hardware. For example, part of the detection processing of the detection device 100 may be executed by the GPU. Further, the process of reading the program code from the ROM 103 and developing it in the RAM 102 may be executed by a DMA functioning as a transfer device.

The present invention can also be implemented by processing in which one or more processors read and execute a program that implements one or more functions of the above-described embodiments. The program may be supplied to a system or device having a processor via a network or storage medium. The invention can also be implemented by a circuit (eg, an ASIC) that implements one or more functions of the embodiments. Moreover, each unit of the detection device 100 may be realized by hardware shown in FIG. 1B or may be realized by software.

Next, processing executed by the detection device 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the functional blocks of the detection device 100 shown in FIG. 2(A). In this embodiment, each function shown in FIG. 2A can be realized by the CPU 101 of the detection device 100 executing a computer program stored in the ROM 103 of the detection device 100 .

The communication unit 111 can be realized by the I/F 105 and communicates with the display control device 120 , the imaging device 150 and the recording device 160 via the network 170 . The communication unit 111 receives, for example, image data of an image captured by the imaging device 150 and transmits detection results to the display control device 120 .

The decoding unit 112 decompresses and decodes the image data acquired by the communication unit 111 to restore a digital image signal. The decoded digital image signal is output to the detector 113 .

The detection unit 113 detects a pre-registered person from the image data acquired from the imaging device 150 . Specifically, first, person detection processing for detecting a person in the image is executed. In this process, a person included in an image is detected by performing pattern matching or the like using a matching pattern (dictionary). Next, a feature amount, which is information indicating the features of the person, is extracted from the face or the whole body of the detected person.

In this embodiment, the feature amount of a person includes information such as color, edge, texture, hair color, shape of facial organs, presence/absence of sunglasses, presence/absence of beard, and the like. Often not specifically limited. Next, the degree of similarity between the extracted feature quantity and the feature quantity of the registered person is calculated. A known technique may be used as a similarity calculation method. For example, as a similarity calculation method, the edge of the extracted face image and the edge of the face image of the registered person may be used, or another distance measure may be used. Finally, based on the calculated degree of similarity, it is determined whether the person is a registered person.

The notification unit 114 transmits detection information detected by the detection unit 113 to the display control device 120 . The detection information includes information such as the date and time of detection, information about the registered person, information about the detected imaging device, detected image information, and degree of similarity with the registered person. , is not particularly limited.

Next, information processing of the display control device 120 according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the functional blocks of the display control device 120 according to this embodiment shown in FIG. In this embodiment, each function shown in FIG. 2B is implemented by the CPU 101 of the display control device 120 executing a computer program stored in the ROM 103 of the display control device 120 .

The communication unit 121 can be realized by the I/F 105 and communicates with the detection device 100 , the operation terminal 130 and the recording device 160 via the network 170 . For example, the communication unit 121 receives detection information detected by the detection device 100 and transmits a detection result screen, a setting screen, and the like to the operation terminal 130 in response to a display request from the operation terminal 130 .

The operator identification unit 122 identifies the operator from the display request of the operation terminal 130 . Specifically, a login screen (not shown) is transmitted before accepting the display request, and the operator is identified from the information input on the login screen. A known technique may be used as a method of adding the input operator information to the display request. For example, a method using browser cookies or a token attached to the request header may be used.

The display control unit 123 generates a detection result screen and a setting screen for each operator identified by the operator identification unit 122 in response to a display request from the operation terminal 130 . A detailed description of the display control processing by the display control unit 123 will be given later. The setting unit 124 receives various settings from the operation terminal 130 . For example, a registered person is added, and a person in charge of the registered person, which will be described later, is set. The storage unit 125 stores information about the operator, information about the registered person, information about the responsibility of the registered person, and detection information. Information stored in the storage unit 125 is not limited to the above. Further, although the above information is stored in the display control device 120 in this embodiment, one or more pieces of information may be stored in the detection device 100 or the recording device 160 .

In this embodiment, the display control device 120 is configured as a web application that generates display information for displaying a screen on the display device 140 as a server device, but is not limited to a web application. For example, part of the functions of the display control unit 123 may be in the operation terminal 130, such as Javascript that operates on a web browser and generates a display screen. Furthermore, a configuration of a client application in which some or all of the functions of the display control device 120 are configured in the operation terminal 130 may be used.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display of a registered person detection result screen on the display device 140. As shown in FIG. The detection result screen 300 is configured to include a registered person list 301 and a person in charge list 302 . A registered person list 301 is an area for displaying a list of persons registered in advance (registered persons). For example, in the case of a monitoring center, a list of persons being monitored in the monitoring center is displayed. A person in charge list 302 is an area for displaying a list of registered persons to whom a specific operator (userA in FIG. 3) who has logged in to the monitoring system 10 is associated as a person in charge of monitoring among the registered persons included in the list. be. When there are many people to be monitored, the monitoring targets can be shared by each operator. Here, a plurality of users are registered in advance in the monitoring system 10 as operators (also referred to as supervisors, supervisors, or supervisors). A detection result screen as shown in FIG. 3 is provided to the display device 140 of .

An add button 303 is an operator for newly adding a registered person. When the add button is clicked, the display device 140 displays an add screen (not shown), and information about the registered person and the image of the registered person can be selected and added. A registered person display portion 304 is an area for displaying information about each registered person. In this embodiment, the image of the registered person specified at the time of addition, the information about the registered person, and the date and time of registration are displayed.

A person in charge switching button 305 is an operator for switching whether or not the logged-in operator is in charge of a registered person. When the person in charge switching button 305 is set to the right side, the image of the registered person is normally displayed to indicate the state of being in charge. On the other hand, if it is set on the left side, it indicates that the person is not in charge, and the image of the registered person is grayed out. In the screen example of Fig. 3, the operator of userA is in charge of AAA and CCC among the registrants shown in the registered person list, and the others are not in charge, and the registrants who are not in charge are grayed out. , the registered person in charge can be easily identified. A registered person deletion button 306 is an operator for deleting a corresponding person from the monitoring target of the monitoring system 10 . When the delete button 306 is clicked, the person is deleted from the registered person list 301 .

The person-in-charge list 302 displays a list of information about registered persons who are in charge of the operator. In the screen example of FIG. 3, a list is displayed for each person regarding registered persons of AAA and CCC to which the operator userA is in charge. The responsible display section 307 shows the registered person AAA, and includes a registered person display section 308 that shows the registered person in charge and a detection history display section 309 that shows the detection history.

The registered person display section 308 has the same display contents as the registered person display section 304 . Displaying it near the detection history display unit 309 facilitates comparison with the detection result. The detection history display unit 309 is an area for displaying the history of detection results of the registered person in chronological order. By displaying the detection results in chronological order, it is possible to track the movement of the registered person over time. The detection result display section 310 is an area for displaying individual detection results, and includes information regarding thumbnails of images at the time of detection, detection dates and times, and detected imaging devices.

The operator information display section 311 is an area for displaying information of an operator who has logged in to the monitoring system. Information (for example, user name) of an operator authenticated by the monitoring system is displayed via a login screen (not shown). A logout button 312 is a button used by the operator when logging out of the monitoring system.

The screen shown in FIG. 3 is an example of the screen regarding the detection result of the registered person, and the display form is not limited to that shown in FIG. For example, the detection history display unit 309 may be a screen that displays the detection result superimposed on the map of the monitored area. With the detection result screen of FIG. 3, it is possible to check the list of persons registered in the monitoring system, and to centrally check the detection results only for the operator himself/herself.

Next, a data structure for managing registered person information will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4A shows an example of the data structure of a registered person table 400 that registers various information about registered persons. The registered person table 400 is stored by the storage unit 125 .

For example, in the monitoring center, the registered person table 400 registers information about a person to be detected, such as a person to be monitored, from the image of the imaging device 150 for the surveillance staff. In the registered person table 400 according to the present embodiment, a registered ID 401, a registered person name 402, registered person information 403, a registered person image 404, and a registration date and time 405 are associated and registered.

The registration ID 401 is information that uniquely identifies a registered person. In the registered person name 402, when a person to be detected is registered, a name given so that the person can be identified is registered. Information used to identify a person included in an image is registered in the registered person information 403 . For example, it is possible to register a feature amount extracted from a face image of a registered person. The feature quantity to be registered is not limited to a single one. The feature amount is not limited to the information extracted from the face image, and in addition to that, for example, a feature amount extracted from an image including the whole body of the registered person may be registered. In addition, feature amounts extracted from images of the registered person's upper body, lower body, etc. may be registered in the registered person information 403 . By calculating the degree of similarity with the person included in the image using the feature amount of the registered person registered in the registered person information 403, the person can be specified.

In the registered person image 404, an image used for extracting the feature amount of the registered person is registered. The image to be registered may be an image of the whole body, an image of the upper half of the body, the lower half of the body, etc., in addition to the face image. Also, for one registered person, a plurality of person images with different angles of view and a plurality of corresponding feature amounts may be registered in the registered person information 403 .

Note that the feature amount of the registered person registered in the registered person information 403 is registered in advance as follows. When the setting unit 124 receives an operation of an operator who sets an image of a registered person, the setting unit 124 extracts the face image of the registered person from the set image of the registered person. Image data of the face image is registered in the registered person image 404 . Furthermore, the setting unit 124 extracts a feature amount from the face image of the registered person, and registers the extracted feature amount in the registered person information 403 . The registration date and time 405 registers the date and time when the registered person was added to the registered person table.

Next, with reference to FIG. 4B, a data structure for managing information of an operator who is a user of the monitoring system 10 will be described. FIG. 4B shows an example of the data structure of an operator table 410 that registers various information about operators of the monitoring system 10 . The operator table 410 is stored by the storage unit 125 .

The operator table 410 registers, for example, information about observers who are users who operate the monitoring system 10 . A user ID 411, a user name 412, authority information 413, and a user image 414 are associated and registered in the operator table 410 according to this embodiment.

The user ID 411 is information that uniquely identifies the operator. In the user name 412, when an operator is registered, a name given to the operator so that the operator can be identified is registered. The authority information 413 registers the level of operation permitted to the operator in the monitoring system with the concept of "authority". In the example of FIG. 4B, two types of authority information, ie, "management authority" and "general authority" are registered. Here, the general authority is restricted in authority as compared with the administrative authority. By properly using the management authority and the general authority, it is possible to differentiate the operations permitted to the user and the processing to be executed within the monitoring system 10 . For example, in a monitoring center, in addition to normal monitoring personnel, there is a person responsible for managing the monitoring personnel. In this case, the monitoring system 10 can be operated according to the business flow corresponding to the role of the monitoring center by giving general authority to the normal monitoring staff and management authority to the person in charge. In the above example, the authority information is defined by two kinds of administrative authority and general authority, but the authority information may be defined in finer units.

The user image 414 is registered with image information for facilitating identification of the operator from other operators. As the user image 414, an image by which the operator can be identified is registered when the operator is registered.

Next, the data structure for managing the correspondence between the operator and the registered person will be described with reference to FIG. 4(C). FIG. 4C shows an example of the data structure of a responsible information table 420 for registering responsible information about registered persons who are responsible for the operator of the monitoring system 10 . Assignment information table 420 is stored by storage unit 125 . A user ID 421 and a registration ID 422 are associated and registered in the responsible information table 420 according to the present embodiment.

The user ID 421 refers to the user ID 411 of the operator table 410 . The registered ID 422 refers to the registered ID 401 of the registered person table 400 . In the charge information table 420, combinations of user IDs 421 and registration IDs 422 are managed as charge information. For example, the data in the first row indicates that the operator with user ID: 0002 is in charge of the registered person with registration ID: 0001. Further, the second line indicates that the operator with user ID: 0002 is also in charge of the registered person with registration ID: 0003. On the other hand, in FIG. 4A, the registered person with the registration ID: 0005 does not exist in the person in charge information table 420, indicating that no one is in charge of the person.

Next, a data structure for managing detection information indicating the detection result of a registered person will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 shows an example of the data structure of a detection information table 500 for registering detection information regarding registered persons detected in the monitoring system 10 . A detection information table 500 is stored by the storage unit 125 .

A detection ID 501, a detection date and time 502, a registration ID 503, camera information 504, a detection image 505, and a similarity 506 are associated and registered in the detection information table 500 according to this embodiment.

The detection ID 501 is information that uniquely identifies detection information. The date and time of detection 502 is the date and time when the detection unit 113 of the detection device 100 detected the registered person. The registration ID 503 is information for uniquely identifying the registered person detected by the detecting unit 113 of the detecting device 100 , and refers to the registered ID 401 of the registered person table 400 . The camera information 504 is information about the imaging device 500 in which the detection unit 113 of the detection device 100 has detected the registered person, and in this embodiment, the name of the imaging device 150 is registered. In the camera information 504, not only the name but also identification information (ID) assigned to uniquely identify the imaging device 150 may be registered.

A detected image 505 is image information when the detecting unit 113 of the detecting apparatus 100 detects a registered person. At this time, a thumbnail image cut out only around the detected person can be registered as the detected image in the image data, but the entire image data or both the thumbnail image and the entire image data may be registered. . The similarity 506 is the similarity between the feature amount of the person extracted from the detection image 505 calculated by the detection unit 113 of the detection apparatus 100 and the feature amount of the registered person registered in the registered person information 403 of the registered person table 400. degree is registered. In this embodiment, the degree of similarity is represented by a numerical value from 1 to 1000, and the magnitude of the numerical value represents the degree of similarity.

Each data structure shown in FIGS. 4A to 4C and FIG. 5 is an example in the present embodiment, and is not limited to the data structure.

Next, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 6, the flow of processing for generating screen display information for displaying the registered person detection result screen 300 by the display control device 120 and providing the screen display information to the operator's operation terminal 130 will be described. do. Note that the processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 6 is started in response to a display request for the detection result screen 300 by the operator. The processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 6 is executed by each functional block shown in FIG. shall be

First, in S601, the display control unit 123 acquires information about registered persons from the registered person table 400 described above with reference to FIG. Next, in response to a detection result screen display request, the display control unit 123 identifies the operator identified by the operator identification unit 122, the operator table 410 shown in FIGS. From the information table 420, the registered person in charge of the operator is specified. The display control unit 123 acquires the information to be displayed in the registered person list 301 in FIG. 3 and the display state of the responsible switching button 305 from the information acquired in S601 and S602.

Next, in S603, the display control unit 123 determines whether or not there is a registered person in charge of the operator. If there is a registered person in charge, the process proceeds to S604. If there is a registered person in charge, the display control unit 123 acquires detection information about the registered person in charge from the detection information table 500 of FIG. 5 stored in the storage unit 125 . Specifically, detection information whose registration ID 503 in the detection information table matches the registration ID 401 is acquired for each registered person in charge. Next, in S605, the display control unit 123 generates the registered person list 301 from the information acquired in S601 and S602, and generates the person in charge list 302 from the information acquired in S604, thereby displaying the detection result screen 300. Generate information. On the other hand, if there is no person in charge of the operator in S603, in S605 the display control unit 123 generates only the registered person list 301 of the detection result screen from the information acquired in S601 and S602. Generate screen display information. Finally, the communication unit 121 transmits screen display information of the generated detection result screen 300 to the operation terminal 130 .

By executing the process shown in FIG. 6, the display control device 120 displays, on the operation terminal 130, a screen displaying a list of registered persons and detection information required by the operator in accordance with the information in charge of the operator. can be made

Next, the flow of processing for the display control device 120 to add a new registered person to the detection result screen 300 will be described with reference to the flow of FIG. The processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 7 is started in response to an addition request by the operator, such as the addition button 303 of the detection result screen 300 described above with reference to FIG. 3, for example. The processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 7 is executed by each functional block shown in FIG. shall be

First, in S701, the setting unit 124 adds a registered person to the registered person table 400 described above with reference to FIG. Next, in S702, the setting unit 124 determines the authority information of the operator identified by the operator identification unit 122 in response to the registration person addition request. Specifically, the authority information 413 of the operator table 410 stored in the storage unit 125 is acquired for the operator identified from the addition request. In S702, the setting unit 124 determines the authority information of the operator, and the setting unit 124 proceeds to S703 in the case of administrative authority, and to S705 in the case of general authority.

If the operator has administrative authority, in S703 the display control unit 123 generates display information for displaying the setting screen for the person in charge shown in FIG. Send the display information of the setting screen of the person in charge and accept the setting of the person in charge. On the other hand, if the operator has general authority, in S705 the setting unit 124 adds the added registered person to the registered persons in charge of the operator. Note that the processing for determining the operator's authority information in step S702 does not have to be performed after the processing in step S701, and may be performed in advance when the operator logs into the monitoring system 10, for example.

In subsequent S<b>706 , the display control unit 123 updates the screen display information of the detection result screen 300 so that the added registered person is displayed as a registered person in the registered person list 301 . At this time, the added registered person is displayed by associating the person in charge set in the setting screen of FIG. 8 set in S704 or the operator set in S705 with the person in charge. The communication unit 121 transmits the updated screen display information to the operation terminal 130 .

Here, the person-in-charge setting screen will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example of a person-in-charge setting screen 800 when an operator with administrative authority adds a registered person. A person-in-charge selection field 801 is a check box that is specified when the operator selects a person-in-charge. Multiple persons in charge can be selected simultaneously for one registrant. The operator display portion 802 is an area for displaying information about the operator. In the screen example of FIG. 8, a user name 412 and a user image 414 are acquired from the operator table 410 of FIG. 4B and displayed. The assigned number display unit 803 displays the assigned number of each operator based on the assigned information table 420 of FIG. 4(C). By displaying the number of operators in charge of each operator, an operator with management authority can determine the operator's responsibility in consideration of the operator's monitoring load.

As described above, in this embodiment, when the operator has management authority, he or she is permitted to assign a person in charge other than himself or a plurality of persons in charge to a newly registered person. On the other hand, an operator who has only general authority is permitted only to assign himself/herself as a person in charge of a newly registered person.

By executing the processing shown in FIG. 7, the display control device 120 can add the registered person and set the responsible information according to the operator's authority information. This makes it possible to improve the operability when adding a registered person. For example, in the case of a monitoring center, if an operator who adds a registered person has administrative authority, it is expected that another monitor will be in charge of subsequent monitoring, so a screen for setting the person in charge is displayed. On the other hand, if the operator who adds the registered person has general authority, it is expected that the operator will continue to be in charge of monitoring after that, so the operation to set the person in charge is omitted, and the person in charge is register.

Next, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 9A, the process of releasing the responsibility of the display control device 120 will be described. The processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 9A is started in response to a cancellation request by the operator, such as the operation of the charge switching button 305 on the detection result screen 300 described above with reference to FIG. 3, for example. Note that the processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 9A is realized by executing a computer program stored in the ROM 103 of the display control device 120 by the CPU 101 of the display control device 120. Each function shown in FIG. shall be executed by a block.

First, in S901, the setting unit 124 determines from the responsibility information table 420 stored in the storage unit 125 whether or not there is another operator in charge of the registered person for whom the release request has been made, in addition to the operator concerned. judge. If there is another operator in charge, the process goes to S902, and if not, the process goes to S903. If there is another operator, in S902 the setting unit 124 deletes the combination of the registrant to be canceled and the operator who requested the cancellation from the responsible information table 420 in FIG. 4C. After that, in S<b>906 , the display control unit 123 controls the detection result so that the registered person whose responsibility has been canceled is not displayed as the registered person in charge of the operator in the registered person list 301 and that the person is not included in the responsible list 302 . The screen display information on the screen 300 is updated. The communication unit 121 transmits the updated screen display information to the operation terminal 130 .

On the other hand, if there is no other operator, in S903 the display control unit 123 generates display information for the confirmation screen for removing responsibility in FIG. Sends the display information of the confirmation screen for removing the person in charge to. FIG. 9B is an example of a confirmation screen for canceling responsibility displayed when there is no other operator in charge of the registered person whose responsibility is to be released. The operator instructing release of responsibility is clearly shown that there is no other operator in charge, and is made to select whether to release only the release of charge or to delete the registered person in addition to the release of charge.

By using this screen, if "yes" is selected, not only is the person in charge released at S905, but the registered person is deleted from the registered person table 400 as well. In S<b>906 , the display control unit 123 updates the screen display information of the detection result screen 300 so that the registered person whose responsibility has been released is not included in the registered person list 301 and the responsible person list 302 . The communication unit 121 transmits the updated screen display information to the operation terminal 130 .
On the other hand, if "No" is selected, only release of charge is performed in S905, and the registered person is not deleted from the registered person table 400. FIG. In S906, the display control unit 123 displays the detection result screen so that the registered person whose responsibility has been canceled is not displayed as the registered person in charge of the operator in the registered person list 301 and that the person is not included in the responsible list 302. 300 screen display information is updated. The communication unit 121 transmits the updated screen display information to the operation terminal 130 .

By executing the process shown in FIG. 9A, the display control device 120 can cancel the person in charge according to the operation content and simultaneously delete the person from the registered person when there is no other person in charge. As a result, it is possible to efficiently delete a registered person who does not have a person in charge and does not need to be monitored.

Next, a process of deleting a registered person by the display control device 120 will be described with reference to the flow of FIG. 10(A). The processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 10A is started in response to an operator's deletion request, such as the operation of the registered person deletion button 306 on the detection result screen 300 described above with reference to FIG. The processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 10A is realized by executing the computer program stored in the ROM 103 of the display control device 120 by the CPU 101 of the display control device 120. Each function shown in FIG. shall be executed by a block.

First, in S1001, the setting unit 124 confirms the authority information of the operator identified by the operator identification unit 122 in response to the request to delete the registered person. The confirmation method of the authority information is as described above in S702. In S1001, the authority information of the operator is determined, and in the case of administrative authority, the process proceeds to S1002, and in the case of general authority, the process proceeds to S1003. If the operator has administrative authority, in S1002 the setting unit 124 selects the relevant registered person from the registered person table 400 of FIG. Delete a registered person. At this time, if there is an operator in charge of the registered person, the setting unit 124 also deletes the data corresponding to the registered ID of the registered person from the responsible information table 420 of FIG. 4C. Note that the operator's authority information determination process in step S1001 does not have to be performed after the operator's request for deletion is accepted, and may be performed in advance at the timing when the operator logs into the monitoring system 10, for example.

In subsequent S<b>1007 , the display control unit 123 updates the screen display information of the detection result screen 300 so that the deleted registered person is not included in the registered person list 301 and the person in charge list 302 . The communication unit 121 transmits the updated screen display information to the operation terminal 130 .

On the other hand, if the operator has general authority, in S1003 the setting unit 124 determines whether there is another operator in charge of the registered person other than the operator who requested the deletion. If there is another operator in charge, the process proceeds to S1004, and if not, the process proceeds to S1006. If there is another operator, in S1004 the display control unit 123 generates the registered person deletion warning screen shown in FIG. Send a warning screen.

In the screen example of FIG. 10B, the operator who instructed the deletion is clearly informed that there is another operator in charge, and the operator selects whether to perform the deletion or cancel the deletion instruction. Let If deletion is selected here, the setting unit 124 deletes the registered person from the registered person table 400 and deletes the data corresponding to the registered ID of the registered person from the responsible information table 420 . If cancel is selected, the process ends without deleting from the registered person table 400 and the responsible information table 420 . When deletion is selected on the screen of FIG. 10B, in subsequent S1007, the display control unit 123 displays the detection result screen 300 so that the deleted registered person is not included in the registered person list 301 and the person in charge list 302. Update information. The communication unit 121 transmits the updated screen display information to the operation terminal 130 .

On the other hand, if there is no other operator, in S1006 the setting unit 124 deletes the registered person whose deletion has been instructed from the registered person table 400 of FIG. Data corresponding to the registered ID of the registered person is deleted from 420 . In subsequent S<b>1007 , the display control unit 123 updates the screen display information of the detection result screen 300 so that the deleted registered person is not included in the registered person list 301 and the person in charge list 302 . The communication unit 121 transmits the updated screen display information to the operation terminal 130 .

By executing the process shown in FIG. 10A, the display control device 120 can prevent erroneous operations depending on the presence or absence of another person in charge and improve the efficiency of operations according to the authority of the operator. Specifically, since there is a possibility that a deletion instruction when there is another person in charge is an erroneous instruction, an erroneous operation can be prevented by confirming with the operator before execution of deletion. On the other hand, since there are cases where it is desired to forcibly organize registered persons to be monitored, if the operator has administrative authority, the registered persons can be deleted regardless of whether or not they are in charge.

As described above, in the present embodiment, it is possible to provide a display screen on which the registered persons of the monitoring system 10 can be confirmed in a list and the detection results can be confirmed intensively only for the operator's responsibility. Furthermore, it is possible to provide efficient operation and prevention of erroneous operation depending on the presence or absence of another person in charge of processing for a registered person. Furthermore, it is possible to provide efficient processing in accordance with the operation of monitoring according to the authority of the operator.

[Embodiment 2]
In the first embodiment described above, in the registered person list 301 of the detection result screen 300 of FIG. 3, whether or not the logged-in operator is in charge of the registered person is displayed so as to be identifiable. On the other hand, in the second embodiment, information in charge of each operator is displayed for registered persons.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a display of a registered person detection result screen according to the present embodiment. A detection result screen 1100 in FIG. 11 has a charge display section 1101 added as compared to FIG. Since other components are the same as those described above with reference to FIG. 3, the display of the same reference numbers is omitted for the sake of simplification.

The person-in-charge display unit 1101 displays the information of the operator who is in charge of the registered person. The display control unit 123 refers to the person-in-charge information table 420 in FIG. 4C and the operator table 410 in FIG. A user image 414 of the operator is displayed in the registered person display section 304 . This makes it possible to easily grasp the operator in charge of each registered person only by displaying the registered person display section 304 . Also, for a registered person such as registered person EEE to whom no operator in charge has been assigned, an identification mark 1102 is displayed to indicate this, so that the registered person to whom the operator should be assigned can be specified immediately. becomes possible. Note that the display method shown in FIG. 11 is merely an example, and the display method is not limited as long as the method can identify the operator.

In the present embodiment, since each operator can identify another operator in charge, it is possible to enhance cooperation among operators. For example, another operator who is in charge of the same registered person can exchange opinions on the detection results by communicating verbally or using another tool. Furthermore, for the person in charge who has the management authority, it becomes easier to optimize the division of duties because the person in charge of the registered person can be visualized. Furthermore, as in the example of registered person EEE, registered persons that no one is in charge of can also be displayed in an identifiable manner.

[Embodiment 3]
In this embodiment, in addition to the second embodiment described above, the usage status of the monitoring system 10 by the operator is managed. An operator table 1200 shown in FIG. 12 shows the data structure of a table for registering various types of information about operators of the monitoring system 10 according to the third embodiment. The operator table 1200 is stored by the storage unit 125 .

A status 1201 is additionally registered in the operator table 1200 according to the present embodiment as compared with the operator table 410 of FIG. 4B. Other data items are the same as those described above with reference to FIG.

The status 1201 registers information indicating whether or not the operator is using the monitoring system 10 . A known technique may be used for determining the status of the operator, and there is no particular limitation. For example, there is a method in which the operator identification unit 122 of the display control device 120 identifies the login state of the operator, and registers the logged-in operator as being in use and the non-logged-in operator as invalid. As another example, there is a method of registering an operator who refers to the detection result screen as being in use, and an operator who does not refer to it as invalid.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a display of a registered person detection result screen according to the present embodiment. A detection result screen 1300 in FIG. 13 displays the above-described status of the operator (usage state of the operation terminal 130, login state, etc.) in a identifiable manner by the responsible display unit 1301 in comparison with the detection result screen 1100 in FIG. . Other components are the same as those described above with reference to FIGS.

The responsible display unit 1301 displays the status of the operator in a identifiable manner for the operator in charge. The display control unit 123 refers to the operator table 1200 shown in FIG. 12, and in the screen example shown in FIG. is displayed in The display method is not limited as long as the method can identify the usage state.

9 and the registered person deletion process shown in FIG. determined the presence of another operator who In the present embodiment, in the determination, it is determined that there is another operator when the usage status is in use, and it is determined that there is no other operator when the usage status is invalid. For example, in the case of a monitoring center, it is assumed that the responsible monitor is off-duty or taking a break. By including the usage status in the determination, it is possible to prevent the efficiency of the current process from being hindered by an operator who is in charge but is currently ineffective.

As described above, in the present embodiment, by displaying the use state of the operator in an identifiable manner, each operator can enhance the cooperation of the operators while considering the use state of another operator. be able to. Furthermore, for the person in charge who has management authority, the status of responsibility, including the usage status of the operator, can be visualized, making it easier to optimize the division of duties. Furthermore, considering the usage status of the operator, it is also possible to display a registered person who is in charge of no one in an identifiable manner. Furthermore, when judging the existence of another operator who is in charge of the registered person, by considering the usage status of the other operator, it is possible to prevent the efficiency of the processing from being hindered by the existence of the currently invalid operator. can be prevented.

The invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications and variations are possible without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the claims are appended to make public the scope of the invention.

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The present invention supplies a program that implements one or more functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or apparatus via a network or a storage medium, and one or more processors in the computer of the system or apparatus reads and executes the program. It can also be realized by processing to It can also be implemented by a circuit (for example, ASIC) that implements one or more functions.

10: Monitoring system, 100: Detecting device, 120: Display control device, 130: Operation terminal, 140: Display device, 150: Imaging device, 160: Recording device, 170: Network

Claims (17)

generating means for generating screen display information for displaying one or more persons among pre-registered persons in association with a specific user among a plurality of users;
transmitting means for transmitting the screen display information to the terminal device of the specific user;
The screen display information is
An information processing apparatus comprising information for identifiably displaying a user associated with each person in the list of persons registered in advance. generating means for generating screen display information for displaying one or more persons among pre-registered persons in association with a specific user among a plurality of users;
a transmitting means for transmitting the screen display information to the terminal device of the specific user;
with
The screen display information includes:
An information processing apparatus, wherein the list of pre-registered persons includes information for identifiably displaying a person who is not associated with any one of the plurality of users. 3. The information according to claim 1, wherein the screen display information includes information for identifiably displaying the status of the user associated with each person in the list of pre-registered persons. processing equipment. 4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the status includes information as to whether or not the user is using the terminal device. Further comprising determination means for determining the user,
the screen display information includes an operator for adding a new person to the list;
The determination means determines the authority of the specific user,
A request for adding the new person is received from the terminal device in response to the operation of the operator on the terminal device of the specific user, and the authority of the specific user is a predetermined authority. the generating means further generates first display information for accepting a user designation associated with the new person,
5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said transmitting means transmits said first display information to said terminal device. If the authority of the specific user is not the predetermined authority,
The generating means updates the screen display information so that the new person is identifiably displayed as a person associated with the specific user in the list,
6. An information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein said transmitting means transmits said updated screen display information to said terminal device. The screen display information further includes an operator for switching whether to associate each of the pre-registered persons with the specific user in the list,
When receiving from the terminal device a request to cancel the association between the specific user and the corresponding person in response to the switch of the operator in the terminal device of the specific user, the determination means determining whether there are other users associated with the corresponding person;
If the other user does not exist, the generating means further generates second display information for notifying that the other user does not exist;
7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein said transmitting means transmits said second display information to said terminal device. The second display information further includes a first operator for deleting the corresponding person from the pre-registered person when the association is cancelled,
When a request for deletion of the corresponding person is received from the terminal device in response to the operation of the first operator on the terminal device of the specific user, the generation means generates the corresponding person update the screen display information so that is no longer included in the list;
8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein said transmitting means transmits said updated screen display information to said terminal device. if the other user exists, the generation means updates the screen display information to indicate that the corresponding person and the specific user are not associated in the list;
9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein said transmitting means transmits said updated screen display information to said terminal device. The screen display information further includes a second operator for deleting each person from the list of persons registered in advance,
A request for deletion of a corresponding person is received from the terminal device in response to the operation of the second operator on the terminal device of the specific user, and the authority of the specific user is the predetermined If so, regardless of whether there are other users associated with the person to be deleted, the generating means generates the list so that the person to be deleted is not included in the list. Update the screen display information,
10. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 9 , wherein said transmitting means transmits said updated screen display information to said terminal device. If the authority of the specific user is not the predetermined authority, the determining means further determines whether there is another user associated with the person to be deleted,
If the other user exists, the generating means further generates third display information for notifying that the other user exists,
11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein said transmitting means transmits said third display information to said terminal device. the third display information includes a third operator for deleting the person to be deleted;
When a request for deletion of the person to be deleted is received from the terminal device in response to the operation of the third operator on the terminal device of the specific user, or when the other user If the person does not exist, the generating means updates the screen display information so that the person to be deleted is no longer included in the list,
12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein said transmitting means transmits said updated screen display information to said terminal device. an imaging device that captures a predetermined area and generates a captured image;
A system comprising an information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 12 . 14. The information processing according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein said screen display information includes information for displaying a captured image in which a person associated with said specific user is detected. Device. A control method for an information processing device,
a generation step in which the generation means generates screen display information for displaying one or more persons among pre-registered persons in association with a specific user among a plurality of users;
a transmission step in which the transmission means transmits the screen display information to the terminal device of the specific user;
The screen display information is
A control method for an information processing apparatus, wherein the list of persons registered in advance includes information for identifiably displaying a user associated with each person. A control method for an information processing device,
a generation step in which the generation means generates screen display information for displaying one or more persons among pre-registered persons in association with a specific user among a plurality of users;
a transmission step in which transmission means transmits the screen display information to the terminal device of the specific user;
including
The screen display information includes:
A control method for an information processing apparatus, wherein the list of pre-registered persons includes information for identifiably displaying a person who is not associated with any of the plurality of users. A program for causing a computer to function as each means of the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 12 .

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