An observation system for masking a privacy zone and method thereof are
provided. The observation system has a camera part that photographs a
certain observation area. An operation part receives a user-set command
for selecting a privacy zone among the observation area, where the
privacy zone requires no observation. A control part outputs a control
signal for setting a mask area that masks the privacy zone according to
the user-set command. An area set part generates a plurality of vertexes
forming the mask area according to the control signal. An image signal
process part uses a mosaic scheme to masks the privacy zone photographed
by the camera part according to the mask area formed by the plurality of
vertexes set by the area set part. An output part displays the mask area
masked by the image signal process part. Therefore, the privacy zone
photographed from the camera part is not displayed on a screen.