US 12,445,720 B2
Device and method for controlling a camera
Ester Marjan Van Der Heide, 's-Hertogenbosch (NL); and Fei Zuo, Eindhoven (NL)
Assigned to Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 18/036,188
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Nov. 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/081177
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 10, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/106269, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20208465 (EP), filed on Nov. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0412919 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/667 (2023.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01)
CPC H04N 23/667 (2023.01) [G06V 20/41 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 40/174 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); G06V 40/15 (2022.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for controlling a camera, the device comprising:
an input configured to obtain video data from the camera;
an image processor configured to determine from the obtained video data if a particular person is present alone in a first area monitored by the camera;
a controller configured to generate a control signal for controlling the camera to operate in a first monitoring mode or a second monitoring mode based on the determination by the image processor if the particular person is present alone in the first area monitored by the camera, wherein the control signal is configured to control the camera to operate in the first monitoring mode in which the first area or a third area is monitored in case the particular person is not alone in the first area and to operate in the second monitoring mode in which a second area is monitored in case the particular person is alone in the first area, wherein the second area is smaller than the first area and substantially includes the particular person and the third area is larger than the second area but smaller than the first area and includes one or more persons, other than the particular person, present in the first area; and
an output configured to output the control signal to the camera.