IP Library Granted Patent US 12707026
Granted Patent B2
US 12707026 · App. 18/236,697 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Processing apparatus, and processing method

Inventors: Jun Uchimura (Tokyo, JP); Yuji Tahara (Tokyo, JP); Rina Tomita (Tokyo, JP); Yasuyo Kazo (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
H04N7/181G06Q10/06G06T7/20G06T7/292G06T7/70G06T11/26G06V20/44G06V20/46G06V20/52G06V40/10G09G5/14H04N7/18H04N7/183H04N23/61H04N23/90
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12707026
App. No.
18/236,697
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a processing apparatus ( 10 ) including an acquisition unit ( 11 ) that acquires a video generated by a surveillance camera, a generation unit ( 12 ) that generates a plurality of surveillance target video contents, based on the video, a condition setting unit ( 13 ) that sets a surveillant condition required of a surveillant who confirms the surveillance target video content, and a video distribution unit ( 14 ) that distributes the surveillance target video content to a terminal apparatus of a surveillant satisfying the surveillant condition.

Claims (68)

1 . A processing apparatus comprising:

at least one memory configured to store one or more instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to:

acquire a video generated by a surveillance camera;

generate a plurality of surveillance target video contents, based on the video;

determine whether each surveillant satisfies each surveillant condition associated with each facility where the surveillance camera is placed, the surveillant condition being defined based on a past career other than a career for surveying the surveillance target video contents; and

distribute a surveillance target video content generated from a first video of a first surveillance camera placed in a first facility to a terminal apparatus of a first surveillant satisfying a first surveillant condition associated with the first facility,

wherein the first surveillant condition associated with the first facility requires the first surveillant to have business experience at a facility of a same type as the first facility, and

wherein the first facility is a convenience store.

2 . The processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to:

display a list of the surveillance target video contents on the terminal apparatus; and

in case where the surveillant associated with the terminal apparatus satisfies the surveillant condition of a selected surveillance target video content from the list, distribute the selected surveillance target video content.

3 . The processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to:

display the surveillant condition for each the surveillance target video contents on the list.

4 . The processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to:

in case where the surveillant associated with the terminal apparatus does not satisfy the surveillant condition of the selected surveillance target video content from the list, transmit an error message to the terminal apparatus.

5 . The processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to:

display a list of the surveillance target video contents on the terminal apparatus, wherein the surveillant related to the terminal apparatus satisfies the surveillant condition of the surveillance target video contents; and

distribute a selected surveillance target video content from the list at the terminal apparatus.

6 . The processing apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to:

display a video time for each the surveillance target video contents on the list.

7 . The processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to:

generate the surveillance target video content connecting, in a time-series order, parts capturing a person included in the acquired video.

8 . The processing apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein the surveillant condition can be registered by a person in charge at each facility where the surveillance camera is placed.

9 . The processing apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to:

set the surveillant condition based on a capturing time of the video.

10 . The processing apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to:

set the surveillant condition based on a capturing day of a week of the video.

11 . The processing apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to determine whether a person extracted from the acquired video is a target requiring surveillance, and generate the surveillance target video content connecting, in a time-series order, parts capturing a person determined as a target requiring surveillance.

12 . The processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to extract a plurality of persons from the acquired video, and generate, for each of the extracted persons, a surveillance target video contents connecting, in a time-series order, parts capturing each of the extracted persons.

13 . The processing apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to:

acquire a plurality of the videos generated by a plurality of surveillance cameras, and

generate, for each of the extracted persons, the surveillance target video contents connecting parts of the plurality of the videos.

14 . The processing apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to determine whether a person extracted from the acquired video is a target requiring surveillance, and generate the surveillance target video contents for a person determined as a target requiring surveillance.

15 . The processing apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to determine whether a person extracted from the acquired video is a target requiring surveillance, and generate the surveillance target video contents for a person determined as a target requiring surveillance.

16 . The processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to:

set the surveillant condition based on a characteristic of a person captured in the video.

17 . The processing apparatus according to claim 16 ,

wherein the characteristic of the person captured in the video is whether the person captured in the video is registered in a blacklist.

18 . A processing method executed by a computer, the processing method comprising:

acquiring a video generated by a surveillance camera;

generating a plurality of surveillance target video contents, based on the video;

determining whether each surveillant satisfies each surveillant condition associated with each facility where the surveillance camera is placed, the surveillant condition being defined based on a past career other than a career for surveying the surveillance target video contents; and

distributing a surveillance target video content generated from a first video of a first surveillance camera placed in a first facility to a terminal apparatus of a first surveillant satisfying a first surveillant condition associated with the first facility,

wherein the first surveillant condition associated with the first facility requires the first surveillant to have business experience at a facility of a same type as the first facility, and

wherein the first facility is a convenience store.

19 . The processing method according to claim 18 ,

wherein the computer

displays a list of the surveillance target video contents on the terminal apparatus; and

in case where the surveillant associated with the terminal apparatus satisfies the surveillant condition of a selected surveillance target video content from the list, distributes the selected surveillance target video content.

20 . A non-transitory storage medium storing a program causing a computer to:

acquire a video generated by a surveillance camera;

generate a plurality of surveillance target video contents, based on the video; and

determine whether each surveillant satisfies each surveillant condition associated with each facility where the surveillance camera is placed, the surveillant condition being defined based on a past career other than a career for surveying the surveillance target video contents; and

distribute a surveillance target video content generated from a first video of a first surveillance camera placed in a first facility to a terminal apparatus of a first surveillant satisfying a first surveillant condition associated with the first facility,

wherein the first surveillant condition associated with the first facility requires the first surveillant to have business experience at a facility of a same type as the first facility, and

wherein the first facility is a convenience store.