IP Library Granted Patent US 11,164,018
Granted Patent B2
US 11,164,018 · App. 16/743,487 · Granted Nov 2, 2021

Identification device, vehicle monitoring system, and vehicle monitoring method

Inventors: Yuji Arima (Fukuoka, JP); Yuma Kobayashi (Fukuoka, JP); Toshimasa Funaki (Fukuoka, JP); Ryutaro Sen (Fukuoka, JP); Hideaki Takahashi (Fukuoka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
G06K9/00832G06K9/00771G06K9/325H04N7/181
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Patent No.
US 11,164,018
App. No.
16/743,487
Granted
Nov 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An identification device includes a processor configured to acquire a result of determining, based on a part of an image with a moving object which does not include a face of an occupant on the moving object, whether the occupant is an identification target, and to identify the face of the occupant based on an image including the face of the occupant if the result indicates that the occupant is the identification target.

Claims (33)

1. A vehicle monitoring system comprising:

a monitoring device, a video storage and analysis device, and a terminal device, wherein:

the monitoring device is configured to image an occupant of a vehicle and image at least a part of the vehicle and to transmit vehicle video data relating to the image of the at least the part of the vehicle to the video storage and analysis device;

the video storage and analysis device is configured to detect whether the vehicle included in the vehicle video data transmitted from the monitoring device matches a vehicle registered in advance;

the monitoring device is configured to transmit occupant video data relating to the image of the occupant to the video storage and analysis device in response to a detection result of the video storage and analysis device detecting that the vehicle included in the vehicle video data matches the vehicle registered in advance;

the video storage and analysis device is configured to identify the occupant included in the occupant video data in response to the detection result detecting that the vehicle included in the vehicle video data matches the vehicle registered in advance and the occupant video data being transmitted by the monitoring device;

the video storage and analysis device is configured to transmit the vehicle included in the matched vehicle video data and the identified occupant to the terminal device in response to the detection result detecting that the vehicle included in the vehicle video data matches the vehicle registered in advance and an identification result of the video storage and analysis device identifying the occupant; and

the terminal device is configured to display the vehicle and the occupant,

wherein, in response to the detection result detecting that the vehicle included in the vehicle video data does not match the vehicle registered in advance, the occupant video data relating to the image of the occupant is discarded.

2. The vehicle monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the video storage and analysis device is configured to detect whether the vehicle included in the vehicle video data matches the vehicle registered in advance, based on a vehicle number included in the vehicle video data.

3. The vehicle monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the video storage and analysis device is configured to detect whether the vehicle included in the vehicle video data matches the vehicle registered in advance, based on a vehicle feature included in the vehicle video data.

4. The vehicle monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the occupant video data includes a face of the occupant; and

the video storage and analysis device is configured to transmit an image relating to the face of the occupant, which is successfully identified among images included in the occupant video data.

5. The vehicle monitoring system according to claim 4 , wherein:

the image relating to the face of the occupant, which is successfully identified among images included in the occupant video data, is a one-shot image.

6. The vehicle monitoring system according to claim 5 , wherein:

the video storage and analysis device is configured to aggregate the detection result of the vehicle, the identification result of the occupant, and the one-shot image, and to transmit the detection result of the vehicle, the identification result of the occupant, and the one-shot image to the terminal device.

7. The vehicle monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein:

a process, by which the video storage and analysis device is configured to identify the occupant included in the occupant video data in response to the detection result detecting that the vehicle included in the vehicle video data matches the vehicle registered in advance, includes collating an occupant face in the occupant video data.

8. A vehicle monitoring method implemented by a vehicle monitoring system including a monitoring device, a video storage and analysis device, and a terminal device, the vehicle monitoring method comprising:

imaging an occupant of a vehicle and imaging at least a part of the vehicle;

transmitting vehicle video data relating to an image of the at least the part of the vehicle to the video storage and analysis device;

detecting whether the vehicle included in the vehicle video data matches a vehicle registered in advance;

transmitting occupant video data relating to the image of the occupant to the video storage and analysis device in response to a detection result detecting that the vehicle included in the vehicle video data matches the vehicle registered in advance;

identifying the occupant included in the occupant video data in response to the detection result detecting that the vehicle included in the vehicle video data matches the vehicle registered in advance and the occupant video data being transmitted to the video storage and analysis device;

transmitting the vehicle included in the matched vehicle video data and the identified occupant to the terminal device in response to the detection result detecting that the vehicle included in the vehicle video data matches the vehicle registered in advance and an identification result identifying the occupant;

displaying the vehicle and the occupant on the terminal device in response to the vehicle and the identified occupant being transmit; and

in response to the detection result detecting that the vehicle included in the vehicle video data does not match the vehicle registered in advance, discarding the occupant video data relating to the image of the occupant.

9. The vehicle monitoring method according to claim 8 , wherein:

a process by which the occupant included in the occupant video data is identified in response to the detection result detecting that the vehicle included in the vehicle video data matches the vehicle registered in advance, includes collating an occupant face in the occupant video data.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 16, 2023
From: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: I-PRO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063101/0966 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 16, 2023
From: I-PRO CO., LTD.
To: I-PRO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063102/0075 →
ADDRESS CHANGE Recorded Dec 29, 2020
From: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055479/0932 →
MERGER Recorded Dec 28, 2020
From: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054757/0114 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2020
From: ARIMA, YUJI; KOBAYASHI, YUMA; FUNAKI, TOSHIMASA; SEN, RYUTARO; TAKAHASHI, HIDEAKI
To: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051525/0442 →