IMAGE MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD

• Main Authors: TENN, HIAN-KUN, LI, CHIAANG, HUANG, JAY
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 21.07.2022
• Subjects: ALARM SYSTEMS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; FUNERAL DEVICES; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; SIGNALLING; SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; TRANSPORT OR ACCOMODATION FOR PATIENTS

An image monitoring apparatus including an image sensing module and a processor is provided. The image sensing module is configured to obtain an invisible light dynamic image of an objective scene. The invisible light dynamic image includes a plurality of frames. The processor is configured to perform operations according to at least one frame of the invisible light dynamic image to determine a status of at least one live body corresponding to the objective scene to be one of a plurality of status types and at least one status valid region of the invisible light dynamic image, and set a scene of each pixel of the at least one status valid region to be one of a plurality of scene types corresponding to the status type of the at least one live body. An image monitoring method is also provided.