IP Library Granted Patent US 12664677
Granted Patent B2
US 12664677 · App. 18/216,208 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Image analysis apparatus, image analysis method, and a non-transitory storage medium

Inventors: Jianquan Liu (Tokyo, JP); Noboru Yoshida (Tokyo, JP); Tingting Dong (Tokyo, JP); Ryo Kawai (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Karen Stephen (Tokyo, JP); Yuta Namiki (Tokyo, JP); Naoki Shindou (Tokyo, JP); Youhei Sasaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
G06T7/70G06F3/14G06V10/44G06T2207/30242
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Patent No.
US 12664677
App. No.
18/216,208
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

To utilize a result of image analysis, an image analysis apparatus 100 includes an analysis result acquisition unit 110 and a counting unit 111 . The analysis result acquisition unit 110 acquires analysis information being information acquired by analyzing a still image and including an appearance attribute to which a person included in the still image belongs. The counting unit 111 counts, for each appearance attribute, the number of persons belonging to the appearance attribute in the still image by using the analysis information, and generates counting information indicating a result of the counting in units of still images.

Claims (46)

1 . An image analysis apparatus comprising:

a memory configured to store instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions to:

acquire analysis information being information acquired by analyzing a still image and including an appearance attribute to which a person included in the still image belongs;

count, for each of the appearance attributes, the number of persons belonging to the appearance attribute in the still image by using the analysis information, and generate counting information indicating a result of the counting in units of the still images; and

in response to a selection of the appearance attribute, control a display screen to display additional information indicating a person belonging to the selected appearance attribute,

wherein the additional information is superimposed on the still image.

2 . The image analysis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to further execute the instructions to:

control the display screen to display, in units of the still images, the still image together with counting information associated with the still image.

3 . The image analysis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the still image is one of images constituting a moving image; and

the processor is configured to further execute the instructions to:

control the display screen to display each of the still images constituting the moving image, together with counting information associated with the still image.

4 . The image analysis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the analysis information includes reliability for each of the appearance attributes; and

the processor is configured to further execute the instructions to:

control the display screen to display reliability of the appearance attribute of a person belonging to the selected appearance attribute.

5 . The image analysis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the acquiring analysis information is information acquired by analyzing the still image comprising acquiring analysis information being information acquired by analyzing a plurality of still images, and

wherein the counting, for each of the appearance attributes, the number of persons belonging to the appearance attribute in the still image comprising counting, for each of the appearance attributes, the number of persons belonging to the appearance attribute in the plurality of still images.

6 . An image analysis apparatus comprising:

a memory configured to store instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions to:

acquire analysis information being information acquired by analyzing a plurality of images and including an appearance attribute for each person included in the plurality of images; and

count for each combination of the plurality of appearance attributes, the number of persons belonging to all of the plurality of appearance attributes constituting the combination, and generate counting information that indicates, for each combination, the counted number and is arranged in descending order of the counted number.

7 . The image analysis apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the analysis information is information indicating a result of analyzing the image by using a plurality of types of engines for analyzing the image, and includes an appearance attribute of a person included in the image.

8 . The image analysis apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to further execute the instructions to:

control a display screen to display information on a first combination being a combination of a plurality of appearance attributes having the largest number of persons belonging to a combination of the plurality of appearance attributes, based on the counting information.

9 . The image analysis apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the counting the number of persons includes counting, for each capturing condition, the number of persons belonging to each combination of the plurality of appearance attributes by using the analysis information, and generating counting information indicating a result of the counting.

10 . The image analysis apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the capturing condition includes at least one of weather, day of week, time zone, season, and capturing apparatus.

11 . An image analysis method comprising, by a computer:

acquiring analysis information being information acquired by analyzing a still image and including an appearance attribute to which a person included in the still image belongs;

counting, for each of the appearance attributes, the number of persons belonging to the appearance attribute in the still image by using the analysis information, and generating counting information indicating a result of the counting in units of the still images; and

in response to a selection of the appearance attribute, controlling a display screen to display additional information indicating a person belonging to the selected appearance attribute,

wherein the additional information is superimposed on the still image.

12 . The image analysis method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

controlling the display screen to display, in units of the still images, the still image together with counting information associated with the still image.

13 . The image analysis method according to claim 11 , wherein:

the still image is one of images constituting a moving image; and

the image analysis method further comprises:

controlling the display screen to display each of the still images constituting the moving image, together with counting information associated with the still image.

14 . The image analysis method according to claim 11 , wherein:

the analysis information includes reliability for each of the appearance attributes; and

the image analysis method further comprises:

controlling the display screen to display reliability of the appearance attribute of a person belonging to the selected appearance attribute.

15 . The image analysis method according to claim 11 , wherein the acquiring analysis information is information acquired by analyzing the still image comprising acquiring analysis information being information acquired by analyzing a plurality of still images; and

wherein the counting, for each of the appearance attributes, the number of persons belonging to the appearance attribute in the still image comprising counting, for each of the appearance attributes, the number of persons belonging to the appearance attribute in the plurality of still images.