CN111246170A

CN111246170A - Control method and device of monitoring system, storage medium and equipment

Info

Publication number: CN111246170A
Application number: CN202010052640.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 廖海霖; 王子; 廖湖锋; 郑文成; 李保水
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2020-01-17
Filing date: 2020-01-17
Publication date: 2020-06-05
Anticipated expiration: 2040-01-17
Also published as: CN111246170B

Abstract

The invention provides a control method, a control device, a storage medium and a control device of a monitoring system, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the monitoring system comprises image acquisition equipment which is arranged in each preset area inside the house and outside the house; the method comprises the following steps: acquiring first images of all preset areas in the house through image acquisition equipment of all preset areas in the house, and acquiring second images in a preset range outside the house through image acquisition equipment outside the house; and controlling the display of the second image within the preset range outside the acquired house according to the acquired first image of each preset area inside the house. The scheme provided by the invention can realize effective real-time transmission of the outdoor situation.

Description

Control method and device of monitoring system, storage medium and equipment

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of control, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for controlling a monitoring system, a storage medium, and a device.

Background

With the concept of smart home going deep into the mind, smart home is popularized very rapidly. In the realization of intelligent house, camera and screen play very important effect, are the important ring of safety in the intelligent house.

In the intelligent home scene, a camera and a screen are indispensable, for example, an outdoor camera, an indoor screen, indoor voice and the like are indispensable parts in the intelligent home. In a traditional intelligent home scene, a screen is generally used as a large screen capable of being operated by a central control, and a camera is used as a safety sky eye when no person is indoors, however, the screen and the camera scene in the existing intelligent home are monotonous in application, and all the scenes seem to be insufficient in artificial intelligence when AI artificial intelligence comes.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to overcome the defects of the prior art and provides a control method, a control device, a storage medium and a control device of a monitoring system, so as to solve the problem of monotonous scene application of the intelligent home monitoring system in the prior art.

The invention provides a control method of a monitoring system, wherein the monitoring system comprises image acquisition equipment which is arranged in each preset area inside a house and outside the house; the method comprises the following steps: acquiring first images of all preset areas in the house through image acquisition equipment of all preset areas in the house, and acquiring second images in a preset range outside the house through image acquisition equipment outside the house; and controlling the display of the second image within the preset range outside the acquired house according to the acquired first image of each preset area inside the house.

Optionally, the monitoring system further includes: the control terminals are arranged in each preset area inside the house; the method for controlling the display of the second image collected within the external preset range of the house according to the collected first image of each preset area inside the house comprises the following steps: identifying whether people exist in each preset area inside the house according to the first image; and transmitting the second image to a control terminal in an area where people exist so as to be displayed on the control terminal, and not displaying the second image in an area where no people exist.

Optionally, the method further comprises: and distributing the control authority of the monitoring system to the control terminal in the area where the person exists.

Optionally, before acquiring the first image of each preset area inside the house and the second image within the preset range outside the house, the method further includes: receiving notification information sent by a doorbell device outside a house and indicating that a person triggers a doorbell; and after receiving the notification information, acquiring a first image of each preset area inside the house and a second image within a preset range outside the house.

Optionally, the monitoring system further includes: the voice equipment is arranged in each preset area in the house; the method further comprises the following steps: and if receiving notification information sent by a doorbell device outside the house and indicating that a person triggers a doorbell, sending out voice reminding information through voice equipment in the area where the person exists in each preset area.

Optionally, the method further comprises: receiving a searching command for searching a target user and characteristic information of the target user, which are sent by a control terminal in any preset area; when the searching command and the characteristic information are received, acquiring third images of all preset areas in the house; and identifying the area where the target user is located according to the collected third image of each preset area in the interior and the characteristic information of the target user.

Optionally, the method further comprises: if the target user is not in any area of each preset area in the house, acquiring a historical image of each preset area; identifying the time when the target user leaves the house according to the acquired historical images of the preset areas; feeding back the time when the target user leaves the house to a control terminal sending the searching command; and/or if the target user is not in any area of the preset areas in the house, reminding is carried out when the target user is identified to return to the house.

The invention provides a control device of a monitoring system, wherein the monitoring system comprises image acquisition equipment which is arranged in each preset area inside the house and outside the house; the apparatus, comprising: the acquisition unit is used for acquiring first images of all preset areas in the house through image acquisition equipment of all preset areas in the house and acquiring second images within a preset range outside the house through image acquisition equipment outside the house; and the control unit is used for controlling the display of the second image, collected by the collection unit, in the external preset range of the house according to the first image, collected by the collection unit, of each preset area in the house.

Optionally, the monitoring system further includes: the control terminals are arranged in each preset area inside the house; the control unit includes: the identification subunit is used for identifying whether people exist in each preset area inside the house according to the first image; and the transmitting subunit is used for transmitting the second image to a control terminal in an area where people exist so as to display the second image on the control terminal, and not displaying the second image in an area where no people exist.

Optionally, the control unit is further configured to: and distributing the control authority of the monitoring system to the control terminal in the area where the person exists.

Optionally, the method further comprises: the first receiving unit is used for receiving the notification information of the doorbell triggered by someone sent by the doorbell device outside the house before the acquisition unit acquires the first image of each preset area inside the house and the second image within the preset range outside the house; the acquisition unit is further configured to acquire, after the first receiving unit receives the notification information, first images of each preset area inside the house and second images of the preset range outside the house.

Optionally, the monitoring system further includes: the voice equipment is arranged in each preset area in the house; the method further comprises the following steps: and the first reminding unit is used for sending out voice reminding information through voice equipment in the area where people exist in each preset area if the first receiving unit receives notification information sent by a doorbell device outside the house and the notification information is sent by the doorbell device.

Optionally, the method further comprises: a second receiving unit, configured to receive a search command for searching for a target user and feature information of the target user, where the search command is sent by a control terminal in any one of the preset areas; the acquisition unit is further configured to: when the second receiving unit receives the searching command and the feature information, acquiring third images of all preset areas in the house to which the second receiving unit belongs; and the identification unit is used for identifying the area where the target user is located according to the collected third image of each preset area in the interior and the characteristic information of the target user.

Optionally, the method further comprises: the acquisition unit is used for acquiring the historical images of all the preset areas if the identification unit identifies that the target user is not in any area of all the preset areas in the house; the identification unit is further configured to: identifying the time when the target user leaves the house according to the historical images of the preset areas acquired by the acquisition unit; the feedback unit is used for feeding back the time of the target user leaving the house, which is identified by the identification unit, to the control terminal which sends the searching command; and/or the second reminding unit is used for reminding when the target user is identified to return to the house if the identification unit identifies that the target user is not in any area of the preset areas in the house.

A further aspect of the invention provides a storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, carries out the steps of any of the methods described above.

Yet another aspect of the invention provides an apparatus comprising a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the processor implementing the steps of any of the methods described above when executing the program. The device includes a gateway, a router, and/or a server.

In a further aspect, the invention provides an apparatus comprising control means for a monitoring system as described in any preceding claim. The device includes a gateway, a router, and/or a server.

According to the technical scheme of the invention, the display of the second image in the preset range outside the house is controlled according to the first image in each preset area inside the house, so that the image display of the environment condition outside the house can be intelligently controlled; whether people exist in each area inside the house is determined through image acquisition and identification, images in a preset range outside the house are transmitted to a control terminal in the area where people exist inside the house to be displayed, the outdoor condition can be effectively transmitted in real time, a user can be timely reminded through voice reminding information, the control terminal in the area where no people exist can not display the real-time images, a display screen of the control terminal does not need to be lightened, and energy can be saved; according to the technical scheme of the invention, the control authority of the monitoring system can be distributed to the control terminals in the areas where people exist; according to the technical scheme of the invention, the target user can be identified and searched based on the searching command of the target user and the characteristic information of the target user, so that the user can be helped to quickly find the person to be searched, the method is particularly suitable for searching people in large space, the time of leaving the house of the target user can be fed back when the target user is found, the user can be reminded in time when the target user returns to the room, the application scene of the monitoring system is greatly enriched, and the user experience is improved.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a method diagram illustrating an embodiment of a method for controlling a monitoring system according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating one embodiment of the step of controlling the display of the captured second images within a predetermined range outside the home based on the captured first images of the predetermined areas inside the home;

FIG. 3 is a method diagram of another embodiment of a monitoring system control method provided by the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a method diagram of another embodiment of a method of controlling a monitoring system provided by the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a method diagram of a further embodiment of a method of controlling a monitoring system provided by the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an embodiment of an apparatus of a monitoring system provided by the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a specific implementation of a control unit according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of another embodiment of an apparatus of a monitoring system provided by the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of an apparatus of a monitoring system according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a block diagram of a monitoring system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the specific embodiments of the present invention and the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention, and not restrictive of the full scope of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present invention and in the drawings described above are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the invention described herein are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

The invention provides a control method of a monitoring system.

The monitoring system comprises image acquisition equipment which is arranged in each preset area inside the affiliated house and outside the affiliated house. Each preset area inside the house may be specifically each room or an area inside a room of the house. The image acquisition category comprises, for example, a camera. For example, cameras are arranged in various rooms of a house to acquire images in the rooms. And arranging an outdoor camera at the door of the door entering the house and/or around the house to acquire images within a preset range outside the house.

The monitoring system also comprises control terminals arranged in each preset area inside the house. The control terminal is provided with a display screen. For example, the control terminal is a touch screen terminal.

The control method may be specifically executed at a gateway, a router and/or a server side. For example, each preset area in the house, the image acquisition device outside the house and the control terminal in each preset area in the house are added into the server through a distribution network, the server is distinguished by an MAC address, an IP address and/or an alias, and the MAC address and the IP address are mainly used for communication and control.

Fig. 1 is a method schematic diagram of an embodiment of a control method of a monitoring system provided by the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the control method of the monitoring system includes at least step S110 and step S120.

Step S110, acquiring first images of each preset area inside the house through image acquisition equipment of each preset area inside the house, and acquiring second images within a preset range outside the house through image acquisition equipment outside the house.

For example, the first image, which is an image in each room of the house, is acquired by a camera provided in each room. And acquiring an image of the door opening of the door of the house, namely the second image, by the outdoor camera of the house.

Preferably, before acquiring a first image of each preset area inside the home and a second image within a preset range outside the home, receiving notification information sent by a doorbell device outside the home that a person triggers a doorbell; and after receiving the notification information, acquiring a first image of each preset area inside the house and a second image within a preset range outside the house.

That is to say, when the doorbell outside the house is ringing, the first image in each preset area inside the house and the second image in the preset range outside the house are collected, so that the image collecting device can be prevented from working for a long time and wasting electric energy. For example, when a visitor arrives, the visitor rings a doorbell device outside a house door, the doorbell device sends notification information of triggering the doorbell by someone to a gateway, a router and/or a server executing the method after detecting that the doorbell is triggered, and after receiving the notification information sent by the doorbell device, a door image is collected through a camera outside the door, so that a real-time door image can be sent to the gateway, the router and/or the server executing the method.

And step S120, controlling the display of the second image within the external preset range of the acquired house according to the acquired first image of each preset area inside the house.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of the step of controlling the display of the second captured image within the preset range outside the house according to the first captured image of each preset area inside the house. As shown in fig. 2, in a specific embodiment, step S120 specifically includes step S121 and step S122.

And S121, identifying whether people exist in each preset area inside the house according to the first image.

And step S122, transmitting the second image to a control terminal in an area where people exist so as to be displayed on the control terminal, and not displaying the second image in an area where no people exist.

That is, in the house internal area where a person exists in the implemented image transmission within the preset range outside the house, the display screen of the control terminal in the corresponding area is lighted, and the control terminal in the area where no person exists may not display the real-time image, and the control terminal may be in a standby state without lighting the display screen of the control terminal, thereby being capable of saving energy. For example, the server judges whether a person exists in each room according to a real-time image (a first image) collected by a camera in each room of the house, and transmits a doorway image collected by a camera outside a door to a control terminal in the house with the person to display. The display screen of the control terminal can be preferably a painting screen which can display a painting, the content of the painting of each painting screen can be preset, and when no person is in a room, the painting screen is in a standby state.

Optionally, the monitoring system further includes a voice device disposed in each preset area inside the home, which can implement voice control and voice interaction, and a user can control the monitoring system through a voice command. The method may further comprise: and if receiving notification information sent by a doorbell device outside the house and indicating that a person triggers a doorbell, sending out voice reminding information through voice equipment in the area where the person exists in each preset area. Optionally, the voice device may be provided on the control terminal.

Preferably, if notification information that someone triggers a doorbell and is sent by a doorbell device outside the house is received, after first images of all preset areas inside the house and second images of all preset areas outside the house are collected, the second images are transmitted to a control terminal in an area where someone exists, so that the control terminal displays the first images, and meanwhile voice reminding information can be sent out through voice equipment in the area where someone exists in all the preset areas to remind users in the corresponding areas, so that the situation that the user outside the house is reminded in time, such as visitors, is realized.

According to the embodiment of the invention, whether people exist in each area inside the house is determined through image acquisition and identification, the outdoor condition can be effectively transmitted in real time by transmitting the images in the preset range outside the house to the control terminal in the area where people exist inside the house for display, the user can be timely reminded through voice reminding information, the control terminal in the area where no people exist can not display the real-time images, the display screen of the control terminal is not required to be lightened, and energy can be saved.

Fig. 3 is a method schematic diagram of another embodiment of the control method of the monitoring system provided by the invention. As shown in fig. 3, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the control method of the monitoring system further includes a step S130.

Step S130, assigning the control authority of the monitoring system to the control terminal in the area where the person exists.

For example, the control authority of the monitoring system is given to the control terminal of the room in which the person exists, so that the person in the room can control the monitoring system through the control terminal of the room. Such as voice, recording, video, etc.

Optionally, the monitoring system further includes voice devices disposed in each preset area inside the home, and voice control and voice interaction can be achieved. The user may control the monitoring system by voice command. For example, after the control authority of the monitoring system is handed to a control terminal of a room where people exist, a user in the room can perform voice control on preset equipment in the room.

Fig. 4 is a method schematic diagram of a control method of a monitoring system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 4, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the control method of the monitoring system further includes step S140, step S150, and step S160.

Step S140, receiving a search command for searching for a target user and feature information of the target user, which are sent by a control terminal in any one of the preset areas.

And S150, acquiring third images of all preset areas in the house when the searching command and the characteristic information are received.

Step S160, identifying the area where the target user is located according to the collected third image of each preset area inside and the feature information of the target user.

Specifically, a user can send a search command for searching a target user through a control terminal in any one of preset areas in the house, and input feature information of the target user. The feature information of the target user may specifically include an image of the target user. And identifying the area where the target user is located according to the real-time image (third image) of each preset area in the collected house and the image of the target user. For example, the user may upload a photo of a target user to be searched on the control terminal, and identify which room the target user is currently in based on the photo uploaded by the user and real-time image acquisition of each room.

The person searching function can be applied to large spaces such as markets or squares and can also be applied to each room in a set of house. For example, in a shopping mall where a person is to be found, a picture of the person to be found may be uploaded.

Optionally, the method may further include: if the target user is identified to be in any one of the preset areas currently, the voice equipment of the area where the control terminal receiving the searching command is located sends voice reminding information, so that the user is reminded of finding the user to be searched in time, and the user is prevented from being staggered with the target user to be searched.

Fig. 5 is a method schematic diagram of a control method of a monitoring system according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 5, according to still another embodiment of the present invention, the control method of the monitoring system further includes step S170, step S180, and step S190.

Step S170, if the target user is not in any area of each preset area in the house, acquiring a historical image of each preset area;

step S180, identifying the time when the target user leaves the house according to the acquired historical images of the preset areas;

step S190 feeds back the time when the target user leaves the house to the control terminal that sent the search command.

Specifically, if a target user is not found by collecting and identifying real-time images of each preset area, that is, the target user is not currently located in any area of each preset area inside the house, and the target user may leave the house, the historical images of each preset area may be obtained, and the time when the target user leaves the house is identified. Wherein historical images may be acquired within a preset time period from the current time, for example within 2 hours. More specifically, when it is recognized from the history image that the target user leaves the home from the door to and from the home, it is recognized that the target user leaves the home, and thus the time at which the target user leaves the home is recognized from the time record of the history image.

Optionally, the voice device in the area where the control terminal receives the search command may also send out voice feedback information to feed back the time when the target user leaves the house to the current user.

Preferably, if the target user is not in any of the preset areas inside the house, a reminder is given when the target user is identified to return to the house. For example, it is recognized that the target user is reminded when entering the home from a door for entering and exiting the home. The voice broadcasting reminding can be carried out through voice equipment in the area where people exist in the house, or the reminding information is displayed on the display screen of the control terminal in the area where people exist in the house to remind, so that the target user to be found can be reminded to come back in time.

The invention also provides a control device of the monitoring system.

The control means may be implemented in particular at the gateway, router and/or server side. For example, each preset area in the house, the image acquisition device outside the house and the control terminal in each preset area in the house are added into the server through a distribution network, the server is distinguished by an MAC address, an IP address and/or an alias, and the MAC address and the IP address are mainly used for communication and control.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a device of a monitoring system provided in the present invention. As shown in fig. 6, the apparatus 100 of the monitoring system includes an acquisition unit 110 and a control unit 120.

The collecting unit 110 is configured to collect first images of preset areas inside the house via image collecting devices of the preset areas inside the house, and collect second images within a preset range outside the house via image collecting devices outside the house.

For example, the acquisition unit 110 acquires the images in the rooms through cameras arranged in the rooms of the house, namely the first image. And acquiring an image of the door opening of the door of the house, namely the second image, by the outdoor camera of the house.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 7, the device 100 of the monitoring system further includes a first receiving unit 130, configured to receive notification information that a person triggers a doorbell and is sent by a doorbell device outside the home before the collecting unit 110 collects the first images of the respective preset areas inside the home and the second images within the preset range outside the home; the acquiring unit 120 is further configured to acquire, after the first receiving unit receives the notification information, a first image of each preset area inside the house and a second image of a preset range outside the house.

That is to say, when the doorbell outside the house is ringing, the first image in each preset area inside the house and the second image in the preset range outside the house are collected, so that the image collecting device can be prevented from working for a long time and wasting electric energy. For example, when a visitor arrives, the visitor rings a doorbell device outside a house door, the doorbell device sends notification information that someone triggers the doorbell to a gateway, a router and/or a server after detecting that the doorbell is triggered, and after the first receiving unit receives the notification information sent by the doorbell device, the collecting unit 120 collects a door image through a camera outside the door, and can send a real-time door image to the gateway, the router and/or the server.

The control unit 120 is configured to control display of a second image within a preset range outside the home, which is acquired by the acquisition unit, according to the first image of each preset area inside the home, which is acquired by the acquisition unit.

Specifically, the monitoring system may further include a control terminal disposed in each preset area inside the home. Fig. 8 is a block diagram of a specific implementation of a control unit according to an embodiment of the invention. As shown in fig. 8, in a specific embodiment, the control unit 120 includes an identification subunit 121 and a transmission subunit 122.

The identification subunit 121 is configured to identify whether people exist in each preset area inside the home according to the first image; the transmitting subunit 122 is configured to transmit the second image to a control terminal in an area where a person exists, so as to be displayed on the control terminal, and not display the second image in an area where no person exists.

That is, in the house internal area where a person exists in the implemented image transmission within the preset range outside the house, the display screen of the control terminal in the corresponding area is lighted, and the control terminal in the area where no person exists may not display the real-time image, and the control terminal may be in a standby state without lighting the display screen of the control terminal, thereby being capable of saving energy. For example, whether a person exists in each room is judged according to a real-time image (a first image) collected by a camera in each room of the house, and a doorway image collected by a camera outside a door is transmitted to a control terminal in the house with the person to be displayed. The display screen of the control terminal can be preferably a painting screen which can display a painting, the content of the painting of each painting screen can be preset, and when no person is in a room, the painting screen is in a standby state.

Optionally, the monitoring system further includes a voice device disposed in each preset area inside the home, which can implement voice control and voice interaction, and a user can control the monitoring system through a voice command. The device 100 may further include a first alert unit (not shown): and the voice reminding information is sent out through voice equipment in the area where people exist in each preset area if the first receiving unit receives notification information sent by a doorbell device outside the house and the doorbell device triggers the doorbell by people. Optionally, the voice device may be provided on the control terminal.

Preferably, if the first receiving unit receives notification information that a person triggers a doorbell, which is sent by a doorbell device outside the home, the collecting unit 110 collects first images of various preset areas inside the home and second images within a preset range outside the home, and then transmits the second images to a control terminal in an area where the person exists, so that the control terminal displays the first images, and meanwhile, voice reminding information can be sent out through voice equipment in the area where the person exists in each preset area to remind users in the corresponding area, so that the situation outside the home, such as visitors, of the users can be reminded in time.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 120 is further configured to: and distributing the control authority of the monitoring system to the control terminal in the area where the person exists.

For example, the control unit 120 gives the control authority of the monitoring system to a control terminal of a room in which a person exists, so that the person in the room can control the monitoring system through the control terminal of the room. Such as voice, recording, video, etc.

Fig. 9 is a block diagram of a monitoring system according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 9, the apparatus 100 of the monitoring system further comprises a second receiving unit 140 and an identifying unit 160.

The second receiving unit 140 is configured to receive a search command for searching for a target user and feature information of the target user, where the search command is sent by a control terminal in any one of the preset areas; the acquisition unit 120 is further configured to: when the second receiving unit 140 receives the search command and the feature information, acquiring a third image of each preset area inside the house; the identification unit 160 is configured to identify an area where the target user is located according to the collected third image of each preset area inside the user and the feature information of the target user.

Specifically, a user can send a search command for searching a target user through a control terminal in any one of preset areas in the house, and input feature information of the target user. The feature information of the target user may specifically include an image of the target user. When the second receiving unit 140 receives the search command and the feature information of the target user input by the user, the identifying unit 160 identifies the area where the target user is located according to the real-time images (third images) of the preset areas in the house and the images of the target user. For example, the user may upload a photo of a target user to be searched on the control terminal, and the recognition unit 160 recognizes which room the target user is currently in based on the photo uploaded by the user and real-time image acquisition of each room.

Fig. 10 is a block diagram of a monitoring system according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 10, the apparatus 100 of the monitoring system further includes an obtaining unit 170 and a feedback unit 190 according to the above embodiment.

The obtaining unit 170 is configured to obtain a history image of each preset area if the identifying unit identifies that the target user is not in any area of each preset area inside the house; the identification unit 160 is further configured to: identifying the time when the target user leaves the house according to the historical images of the preset areas acquired by the acquisition unit; the feedback unit 190 is configured to feed back the time when the target user leaves the house, which is identified by the identification unit, to the control terminal that sent the search command.

Specifically, if the target user is not found by collecting and identifying real-time images of each preset area, that is, the target user is not currently located in any area of each preset area inside the house, and the target user may have left the house, the obtaining unit 170 may obtain historical images of each preset area, and identify the time when the target user left the house. Wherein historical images may be acquired within a preset time period from the current time, for example within 2 hours. More specifically, when the recognition unit 160 recognizes that the target user leaves the home from the door to the home from the history image, it recognizes that the target user leaves the home, thereby recognizing the time at which the target user leaves the home from the time record of the history image.

Optionally, the feedback unit 190 may also send voice feedback information through a voice device in the area where the control terminal receiving the search command is located, so as to feed back the time when the target user leaves the house to the current user.

Optionally, based on any of the above embodiments, the apparatus 100 may further include a second reminding unit (not shown). The second reminding unit is configured to remind the user when the target user is identified to return to the house if the identification unit 160 identifies that the target user is not in any of the preset areas in the house.

For example, the recognition unit 160 recognizes that the target user is reminded when entering the home from a door for entering and exiting the home. Optionally, the second reminding unit may perform voice announcement reminding through a voice device in an area where people exist in the home, or display reminding information on a display screen of the control terminal in an area where people exist in the home to remind, so as to remind a target user to be found that the target user has come back in time.

The invention also provides a storage medium corresponding to the control method of the monitoring system, on which a computer program is stored, which program, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of any of the methods described above.

The invention also provides a device corresponding to the control method of the monitoring system, which comprises a processor, a memory and a computer program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein the processor executes the program to realize the steps of any one of the methods. The device includes a gateway, a router, and/or a server.

The invention also provides equipment corresponding to the control device of the monitoring system, which comprises the control device of any one of the monitoring systems. The device includes a gateway, a router, and/or a server.

Therefore, according to the scheme provided by the invention, the display of the second image in the preset range outside the house is controlled according to the first image in each preset area inside the house, so that the image display of the environment condition outside the house can be intelligently controlled; whether people exist in each area inside the house is determined through image acquisition and identification, images in a preset range outside the house are transmitted to a control terminal in the area where people exist inside the house to be displayed, the outdoor condition can be effectively transmitted in real time, a user can be timely reminded through voice reminding information, the control terminal in the area where no people exist can not display the real-time images, a display screen of the control terminal does not need to be lightened, and energy can be saved; according to the technical scheme of the invention, the control authority of the monitoring system can be distributed to the control terminals in the areas where people exist; according to the technical scheme of the invention, the target user can be identified and searched based on the searching command of the target user and the characteristic information of the target user, so that the user can be helped to quickly find the person to be searched, the method is particularly suitable for searching people in large space, the time of leaving the house of the target user can be fed back when the target user is found, the user can be reminded in time when the target user returns to the room, the application scene of the monitoring system is greatly enriched, and the user experience is improved.

The functions described herein may be implemented in hardware, software executed by a processor, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software executed by a processor, the functions may be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Other examples and implementations are within the scope and spirit of the invention and the following claims. For example, due to the nature of software, the functions described above may be implemented using software executed by a processor, hardware, firmware, hardwired, or a combination of any of these. In addition, each functional unit may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.

In the embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed technology can be implemented in other ways. The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units may be a logical division, and in actual implementation, there may be another division, for example, multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, units or modules, and may be in an electrical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and the parts serving as the control device may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

The integrated unit, if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a removable hard disk, a magnetic or optical disk, and other various media capable of storing program codes.

The above description is only an example of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and it is obvious to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. The control method of the monitoring system is characterized in that the monitoring system comprises image acquisition equipment which is arranged in each preset area inside a house and outside the house; the method comprises the following steps:

acquiring first images of all preset areas in the house through image acquisition equipment of all preset areas in the house, and acquiring second images in a preset range outside the house through image acquisition equipment outside the house;

and controlling the display of the second image within the preset range outside the acquired house according to the acquired first image of each preset area inside the house.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the monitoring system further comprises: the control terminals are arranged in each preset area inside the house;

the method for controlling the display of the second image collected within the external preset range of the house according to the collected first image of each preset area inside the house comprises the following steps:

identifying whether people exist in each preset area inside the house according to the first image;

and transmitting the second image to a control terminal in an area where people exist so as to be displayed on the control terminal, and not displaying the second image in an area where no people exist.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

and distributing the control authority of the monitoring system to the control terminal in the area where the person exists.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising, before acquiring the first image of each of the predetermined areas inside the house and the second image of the predetermined range outside the house:

receiving notification information sent by a doorbell device outside a house and indicating that a person triggers a doorbell;

and after receiving the notification information, acquiring a first image of each preset area inside the house and a second image within a preset range outside the house.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the monitoring system further comprises: the voice equipment is arranged in each preset area in the house; the method further comprises the following steps:

and if receiving notification information sent by a doorbell device outside the house and indicating that a person triggers a doorbell, sending out voice reminding information through voice equipment in the area where the person exists in each preset area.

6. The method of any one of claims 1-5, further comprising:

receiving a searching command for searching a target user and characteristic information of the target user, which are sent by a control terminal in any preset area;

when the searching command and the characteristic information are received, acquiring third images of all preset areas in the house;

and identifying the area where the target user is located according to the collected third image of each preset area in the interior and the characteristic information of the target user.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

if the target user is not in any area of each preset area in the house, acquiring a historical image of each preset area;

identifying the time when the target user leaves the house according to the acquired historical images of the preset areas;

feeding back the time when the target user leaves the house to a control terminal sending the searching command;

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

and if the target user is not in any area of the preset areas in the house, reminding when the target user is identified to return to the house.

8. The control device of the monitoring system is characterized in that the monitoring system comprises image acquisition equipment which is arranged in each preset area inside a house and outside the house; the apparatus, comprising:

the acquisition unit is used for acquiring first images of all preset areas in the house through image acquisition equipment of all preset areas in the house and acquiring second images within a preset range outside the house through image acquisition equipment outside the house;

and the control unit is used for controlling the display of the second image, collected by the collection unit, in the external preset range of the house according to the first image, collected by the collection unit, of each preset area in the house.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the monitoring system further comprises: the control terminals are arranged in each preset area inside the house;

the control unit includes:

the identification subunit is used for identifying whether people exist in each preset area inside the house according to the first image;

and the transmitting subunit is used for transmitting the second image to a control terminal in an area where people exist so as to display the second image on the control terminal, and not displaying the second image in an area where no people exist.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the control unit is further configured to:

11. The apparatus of any one of claims 8-10, further comprising:

the first receiving unit is used for receiving the notification information of the doorbell triggered by someone sent by the doorbell device outside the house before the acquisition unit acquires the first image of each preset area inside the house and the second image within the preset range outside the house;

the acquisition unit is further configured to acquire, after the first receiving unit receives the notification information, first images of each preset area inside the house and second images of the preset range outside the house.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the monitoring system further comprises: the voice equipment is arranged in each preset area in the house; the method further comprises the following steps:

and the first reminding unit is used for sending out voice reminding information through voice equipment in the area where people exist in each preset area if the first receiving unit receives notification information sent by a doorbell device outside the house and the notification information is sent by the doorbell device.

13. The apparatus of any one of claims 8-12, further comprising:

a second receiving unit, configured to receive a search command for searching for a target user and feature information of the target user, where the search command is sent by a control terminal in any one of the preset areas;

the acquisition unit is further configured to: when the second receiving unit receives the searching command and the feature information, acquiring third images of all preset areas in the house to which the second receiving unit belongs;

and the identification unit is used for identifying the area where the target user is located according to the collected third image of each preset area in the interior and the characteristic information of the target user.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising:

the acquisition unit is used for acquiring the historical images of all the preset areas if the identification unit identifies that the target user is not in any area of all the preset areas in the house;

the identification unit is further configured to: identifying the time when the target user leaves the house according to the historical images of the preset areas acquired by the acquisition unit;

the feedback unit is used for feeding back the time of the target user leaving the house, which is identified by the identification unit, to the control terminal which sends the searching command;

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

and the second reminding unit is used for reminding when the target user is identified to return to the house if the identification unit identifies that the target user is not in any area of the preset areas in the house.

15. A storage medium, having stored thereon a computer program which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method of any one of claims 1 to 7.

16. An apparatus comprising a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the processor implementing the steps of the method of any one of claims 1 to 7 when executing the program, or comprising control means of the monitoring system of any one of claims 8 to 14.