Abstract: Provided is a surveillance camera using a POS apparatus and a surveillance method using the same. The surveillance method includes receiving, by a point-of-sale (POS) apparatus, transaction information from a user, transmitting, by the POS apparatus, the transaction information to a camera management apparatus, transmitting, by the camera management apparatus, the transaction information to a camera, capturing, by the camera, an image of a surveillance region corresponding to the transaction information based on receiving the transaction information from the camera management apparatus, transmitting, by the camera, the captured image to the camera management apparatus, and storing, by the camera management apparatus, the image transmitted by the camera and the transaction information, respectively, in a storage.

Abstract: A cooling device for surveillance system includes: an outer housing surrounding a surveillance camera; and a blower positioned on an outer surface of the outer housing and configured to generate cooling air flowing along the outer surface of the outer housing.

Abstract: A monitoring camera system may include: a camera including an imaging unit for capturing an image of a periphery region according to a first profile, a local storage medium capable of storing the captured image, and a first communication interface for transmitting the captured image; and an image management device including a main storage for storing the transmitted image, a recovery control unit for determining whether a recovery is necessary in the main storage and generating a control signal according to the determination result such that the main storage is recovered, and a computation unit for calculating storable hours for which the image captured according to the first profile can be stored in the local storage medium, according to the determination result, and comparing the calculated storable hours and predicted recovery hours required for recovering the main storage.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image processor and an encoder. The image processor enhances an edge of an input image, removes noise from the input image, synthesizes the edge-enhanced image and the noise-removed image, and removes a high frequency from the synthesized image. The encoder pre-encodes a downsized synthesized image, obtains a pre-bit rate of the pre-encoded image, sets a quantization parameter value based on a reference bit rate and the pre-bit rate, and compresses the high-frequency removed image based on the quantization parameter value.

Abstract: A method of determining a quantization parameter includes determining an adjustment range of a quantization parameter correction value based on a size of a motion area of an input image, calculating an average bitrate value of the input image, and adjusting the quantization parameter correction value by decreasing the quantization parameter correction value within the adjustment range in response to determining that the average bitrate value is greater than an upper limit value, and by increasing the quantization parameter correction value within the adjustment range in response to determining that the average bitrate value is equal to or less than a lower limit value.

Abstract: A time information providing apparatus includes a power supply; a clock oscillator configured to generate a clock signal; a communicator configured to transmit a current-time information request to a content providing server or receive a current-time information response corresponding to the current-time information request from the content providing server via the network; a real-time clock (RTC) module configured to generate real-time information representing an actual time; and a controller configured to, in response to the power supply supplying power, control the clock oscillator to generate a clock signal, apply the clock signal to the RTC module, and control the communicator to transmit the current-time information request, and in response to the communicator receiving the current-time information response, control the RTC module to record current-time information based on the current-time information response, and control the RTC module to generate the real-time information by using the clock signal a

Abstract: A method of controlling zoom of a lighting unit based on brightness of an image may include determining at least one of an angle of view of an optical unit and an optical zoom magnification of the optical unit configured to obtain an image by using an image sensor, determining a zoom adjustment range of a lighting unit based on at least one of the angle of view and the optical zoom magnification, and adjusting zoom of the lighting unit such that brightness of the image meets a preset condition within the zoom adjustment range, wherein a diffusion range of light from the lighting unit is adjusted through the zoom adjustment of the lighting unit.

Abstract: There is provided a data distribution storing method including: recognizing, by a cluster manager managing a cluster of a plurality of nodes, a vehicle storage installed in a vehicle; transmitting, by the cluster manager, a vehicle index request including identification information about the vehicle storage to an index server; receiving, by the cluster manager, a first vehicle index including information about a first time section during which first vehicle data is recorded in the vehicle storage from the index server; selecting, by the cluster manager, a node from the cluster; transmitting, by the vehicle storage, second vehicle data recorded in the vehicle storage during a second time section which is after the first time section, to the node; generating, by the cluster manager, a second vehicle index based on the first vehicle index and information about the second time section and the node.

Abstract: A camera modeling system. The camera modeling system includes: a vanishing point detecting module configured to detect, from at least one reference detection object existing in a detection region, a first vanishing point and a second vanishing point; a view mode determining module configured to determine a camera view mode on the basis of a distance from a first position in the detection region to the first vanishing point and a distance from the first position to the second vanishing point; and a camera modeling module configured to select a camera modeling mode corresponding to the determined camera view mode and perform camera modeling through the selected camera modeling mode.

Abstract: A surveillance system including a surveillance server and at least one network camera is provided. The network camera includes: a camera configured to capture images of a monitoring area; a communication interface configured to communicate with a server and a beacon terminal; and a processor configured to transmit a first beacon signal to the beacon terminal to receive a second beacon signal corresponding to the first beacon signal from the beacon terminal, generate beacon information and image information in response to receiving the second beacon signal, and transmit the beacon information and the image information to the server via the communication interface, wherein the beacon information includes location information of the beacon terminal, and the image information includes an image of a monitoring target that carries the beacon terminal.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an image providing method including: obtaining a user input that sets an area of interest on a fisheye image; setting a transformation area corresponding to at least a part of the fisheye image based on the user input; and generating a transformed image by dewarping a fisheye image corresponding to the transformation area.

Abstract: Provided are a camera assembly and a method of installing the camera assembly. The camera assembly includes: a base portion; a guide rail mounted on a surface of the base portion; a magnet arranged to face the guide rail; a camera lens units arranged to be moveable on or along the guide rail; and a cover configured to fix positions of the camera lens units to the guide rail by pushing at least one of the plurality of camera lens units.

Abstract: There is provided a compressing apparatus housing including: an inner housing unit configured to house at least a portion of an impeller unit; an outer housing unit including an inner housing receiving unit configured to receive at least a portion of the inner housing unit; and an intermediate housing unit provided between the inner housing unit and the outer housing unit and configured to form a flow path together with at least one of the inner housing unit and the outer housing unit.

Abstract: A monitoring device is disclosed. The monitoring device includes a display configured to display an image acquired by a camera; and a processor configured to: control the display to display a panning control icon including an area corresponding to a panning range of the image, detect an input of selecting one point from the area of the panning control icon, determine a target panning direction based on a position of the selected one point on the panning control icon, perform panning on the image in the target panning direction, and display a direction marker at the position of the selected one point.

Abstract: A monitoring device includes: a communication interface configured to receive image data acquired by a camera and a signal generated by at least one sensor; a screen configured to display thereon the received image data as a main image; and a controller configured to control operations of the communication interface and the screen, wherein the controller controls the screen to include a control area around an area for displaying the main image so that the control area displays the main image and a surrounding image of the main image, and wherein, in response to the sensor sensing at least one event, the controller controls generation of an alarm with indication of at least one pointer associated with the sensor in the control area as a source of the sensing the event, and controls the main image to be changed to cover an area where the sensor is disposed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an event searching apparatus comprising: a communication interface configured to receive, from a camera, a plurality of image frames obtained by photographing a surveillance region and metadata comprising time information of occurrence of an event and location information regarding a location of the occurrence of the event; a search map generator configured to generate a search map corresponding to the image frames and comprising a plurality of blocks; a time stamp setter configured to set at least one time stamp comprising the time information in at least one block, corresponding to the location information; a user interface configured to receive a search location as a search condition for an event search in the surveillance region; and an event searcher configured to search for and find a time stamp included in a block near the search location among the blocks, and perform event search using metadata regarding an image frame indicated by the found time stamp.

Abstract: A monitoring apparatus includes: a communication interface configured to receive an original image acquired by a camera; a storage configured to store the original image; a display configured to display the original image and a calibrated image obtained by dewarping the original image; and a controller configured to control operations of the communication interface, the storage, and the display, wherein, in a view mode in which only the calibrated image among the original image and the calibrated image is displayed, in response to the calibrated image being selected, the display is configured to display a mini map which shows the original image in a portion of the selected calibrated image.

Abstract: Provided is a monitoring system including an image obtaining apparatus and an image processing apparatus. The image obtaining apparatus includes: a camera; a beacon sensor; a processor configured to match beacon information obtained by detecting, by the beacon sensor, a beacon attached to an object existing in a monitoring region, to an image of the monitoring region captured by the camera; and a memory storing the image matched with the beacon information.

Abstract: A device authentication method includes: connecting to a device such as a camera through a network; receiving, from the device, a certificate of the device including device binding information about the device; sending, to the device, a device management message for administration level authentication; receiving, from the device, device information about the device in response to the administration level authentication being successful; determining whether the certificate is valid based on the device binding information and the device information; and establishing a protected communication session with the device in response to the certificate being determined to be valid.