A method of monitoring monitored locations by means of a monitoring
system. The monitoring system comprises a plurality of monitoring modules
1, each of which has a light-sensitive sensor for monitoring the
monitored locations. The monitoring system further comprises a remote
monitoring station 3 with an operator. The method comprises the steps of
recording by each of the monitoring modules 1 an image of the monitored
location associated with the monitoring module 1, extracting in each of
the monitoring modules an area in the recorded image that differs from a
reference image, and extracting in each of the monitoring modules an
object from the area. The method further comprises classifying in each of
the monitoring modules 1 the object based on characteristics, such as a
characteristic of the type: size, shape and/or movement history,
associated with the object, if the object is a human alarm object, and,
if the object is classified as a human alarm object, transmitting data
representing the area in a stylized way to the monitoring station 3, and
recreating said transmitted data in the monitoring station 3 and
displaying the same to the operator for verification of the human alarm
object.