Masking module for a video surveillance system, method for masking selected objects, and computer program

US9058523B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Marcel Merkel · Hildesheim, DE
• Hartmut Loos · Overijse, BE
• Jan Karl Warzelhan · Bad Salzdetfurth, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 11, 2008
• Grant date: Jun 16, 2015
• Expiry date: May 13, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08B13/19686
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In addition to the clear advantages of video monitoring systems for securing monitoring regions and optionally for following suspicious objects, there is the requirement to secure the private environments of people in the regions being monitored. A masking module (4) for a monitoring system (1) is disclosed for the above, wherein the monitoring system (1) has at least one monitoring camera (2) designed and/or arranged for observing monitoring regions with moving objects (14, 16), comprising a selection device for selecting objects as selected objects (16), wherein the masking module (4) is designed to output the selected objects (16) or partial regions thereof subsequently together called selected objects (16) in a masked form, wherein the masking module (4) is designed to limit the masking of objects (16) to at least one selected physical partial region (15, 18) of the monitoring region.