Monitoring device and method

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a monitoring device including: a front data acquisition unit to acquire, via a sensor installed in a front of a mobile object, data around its front area with respect to its traveling direction and status information of the mobile object; a rear data acquisition unit to acquire, via a sensor installed in a rear of the mobile object, data around its rear area with respect to the traveling direction and status information of the mobile object; a position identification unit to identify a position of the data around the front area and a position of the data around the rear area; and an object detection unit to compare the data around the front area with the data around the rear area of the same position as the data around the front area, detect an object, and warn of an anomaly.

1 . A monitoring device comprising:
 front data acquisition circuitry to acquire, via a sensor installed in a front of a mobile object, data around its front area with respect to its traveling direction and status information of the mobile object;   rear data acquisition circuitry to acquire, via a sensor installed in a rear of the mobile object, data around its rear area with respect to the traveling direction and status information of the mobile object;   position identification circuitry to identify a position of the data around the front area and a position of the data around the rear area; and   object detection circuitry to compare the data around the front area with the data around the rear area of the same position as the data around the front area, detect an object, and warn of an anomaly.   
     
     
         2 . The monitoring device according to  claim 1 , wherein the front data acquisition circuitry and the rear data acquisition circuitry acquire at least one of speed of the mobile object and a yaw angle of the mobile object as the status information. 
     
     
         3 . The monitoring device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the mobile object is provided with a light in each of its front and rear,   the front data acquisition circuitry and the rear data acquisition circuitry detect and record colors of their respective lights as the status information, and   the object detection circuitry corrects colors of the data around the front area and the data around the rear area by using the colors of the lights.   
     
     
         4 . The monitoring device according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the mobile object is provided with a light in each of its front and rear,   the front data acquisition circuitry and the rear data acquisition circuitry detect and record colors of their respective lights as the status information, and   the object detection circuitry corrects colors of the data around the front area and the data around the rear area by using the colors of the lights.   
     
     
         5 . The monitoring device according to  claim 1 , wherein the position identification circuitry includes locating data in which uniquely identifiable data and position information thereof are recorded, compares the data around the front area acquired by the front data acquisition circuitry and the data around the rear area acquired by the rear data acquisition circuitry with the locating data. 
     
     
         6 . The monitoring device according to  claim 2 , wherein the position identification circuitry includes locating data in which uniquely identifiable data and position information thereof are recorded, compares the data around the front area acquired by the front data acquisition circuitry and the data around the rear area acquired by the rear data acquisition circuitry with the locating data. 
     
     
         7 . The monitoring device according to  claim 3 , wherein the position identification circuitry includes locating data in which uniquely identifiable data and position information thereof are recorded, compares the data around the front area acquired by the front data acquisition circuitry and the data around the rear area acquired by the rear data acquisition circuitry with the locating data. 
     
     
         8 . The monitoring device according to  claim 4 , wherein the position identification circuitry includes locating data in which uniquely identifiable data and position information thereof are recorded, compares the data around the front area acquired by the front data acquisition circuitry and the data around the rear area acquired by the rear data acquisition circuitry with the locating data. 
     
     
         9 . The monitoring device according to  claim 1 , wherein the object detection circuitry includes exclusion data, and does not warn of an anomaly when the object matches the exclusion data. 
     
     
         10 . The monitoring device according to  claim 2 , wherein the object detection circuitry includes exclusion data, and does not warn of an anomaly when the object matches the exclusion data. 
     
     
         11 . The monitoring device according to  claim 3 , wherein the object detection circuitry includes exclusion data, and does not warn of an anomaly when the object matches the exclusion data. 
     
     
         12 . The monitoring device according to  claim 4 , wherein the object detection circuitry includes exclusion data, and does not warn of an anomaly when the object matches the exclusion data. 
     
     
         13 . The monitoring device according to  claim 5 , wherein the object detection circuitry includes exclusion data, and does not warn of an anomaly when the object matches the exclusion data. 
     
     
         14 . The monitoring device according to  claim 6 , wherein the object detection circuitry includes exclusion data, and does not warn of an anomaly when the object matches the exclusion data. 
     
     
         15 . The monitoring device according to  claim 7 , wherein the object detection circuitry includes exclusion data, and does not warn of an anomaly when the object matches the exclusion data. 
     
     
         16 . The monitoring device according to  claim 8 , wherein the object detection circuitry includes exclusion data, and does not warn of an anomaly when the object matches the exclusion data. 
     
     
         17 . A monitoring method comprising:
 acquiring data around a front area with respect to a traveling direction of a mobile object and status information of the mobile object;   acquiring data around a rear area with respect to the traveling direction of the mobile object and status information of the mobile object;   identifying a position of the data around the front area and a position of the data around the rear area; and   comparing the data around the front area with the data around the rear area of the same position as the data around the front area, detecting an object, and warning of an anomaly.