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Monitoring method and camera

US9648285B2 · kind B2 · utility

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2References

17Claims

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Assignee

Axis AB · SE

Inventors

Gustav Träff · Skutskär, SE
Anis Ben Hamida · Malmö, SE
Mikael Pendse · Lund, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 13, 2014
Grant date	May 9, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 7, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N23/23
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A scene is monitored by receiving image data representing a thermal image captured by a thermal image sensor (13) and a visual image captured by a visual image sensor (15), the thermal image and the visual image depicting a same view of the scene. Objects (9) are detected in the visual image and in the thermal image. A mask (17a) is defined in the view of the scene, and it is determined if an object (9) or an object part, inside the mask (17a), is present in both the thermal image and the visual image. If so, a modified mask (17b) is provided by excluding an area occupied by the object (9) or the object part from the mask (17a).

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