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US 12,094,250 · App. 17/436,211 · Granted Sep 17, 2024

Image processing apparatus, control method, and non-transitory storage medium

Inventor: Masahiro Tani (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
G06V40/20G06T11/40G06V40/172
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Patent No.
US 12,094,250
App. No.
17/436,211
Granted
Sep 17, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image processing apparatus ( 2000 ) acquires a video frame ( 14 ), and detects a person from the acquired video frame ( 14 ). The image processing apparatus ( 2000 ) determines whether the detected person ( 30 ) satisfies a predetermined condition based on a permission list ( 40 ). The image processing apparatus ( 2000 ) performs, on an image region in the video frame ( 14 ) representing the person ( 30 ) determined to satisfy the predetermined condition, first treatment processing of setting the person ( 30 ) in a hardly identified state. The predetermined condition includes a condition that the person ( 30 ) is included in the permission list ( 40 ).

Claims (57)

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

at least one memory storing one or more instructions; and

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

acquire a video frame, and detect a person from the acquired video frame;

determine whether the detected person satisfies a predetermined condition including a condition that the detected person is indicated in a permission list; and

in a case in which the predetermined condition has been satisfied such that the detected person is in the permission list, perform, on an image region in the video frame including the detected person, first treatment processing to make the detected person more difficult to identify in the image region; and

in a case in which the predetermined condition has not been satisfied such that the detected person is not in the permission list:

do not perform the first treatment process such that the detected person is not made more difficult to identify in the image region;

determine a degree of suspiciousness of the detected person; and

perform, on the image region including the detected person, second treatment processing based on the determined degree of suspiciousness, wherein

the second treatment processing is

in a case in which the degree of suspiciousness is equal to or more than a threshold value, processing of emphasizing the image region including the detected person; and

in a case in which the degree of suspiciousness is smaller than the threshold value, processing of making the detected person more difficult to identify in the image region.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the permission list associates a person and a place with each other, and

the predetermined condition further includes a condition that a place where the detected person is captured is associated with the person in the permission list.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the permission list associates a person and a level with each other, and

the predetermined condition includes a condition that a level associated with the detected person is equal to or more than a surveillance level of a place where the detected person is captured.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

the level indicated in association with the person in the permission list is determined by either one or both of an amount and a kind of personal information provided by the person in the permission list.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first treatment processing is any one of

processing of replacing the image region including the detected person with a background,

processing of filling the image region including the detected person with a predetermined color,

processing of replacing the image region including the detected person with a background, and superimposing a predetermined mark on the image region, and

processing of blending the image region including the detected person with a background.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the degree of suspiciousness of the detected person is determined by any one or more of an analysis of behavior of the detected person at a place to be surveyed, and an analysis of behavior of the detected person on the Internet.

7. A control method executed by a computer and comprising:

acquiring a video frame, and detect a person from the acquired video frame;

determining whether the detected person satisfies a predetermined condition including a condition that the detected person is indicated in a permission list; and

in a case in which the predetermined condition has been satisfied such that the detected person is in the permission list, performing, on an image region in the video frame including the detected person, first treatment processing to make the detected person more difficult to identify in the image region; and

in a case in which the predetermined condition has not been satisfied such that the detected person is not in the permission list:

not performing the first treatment process such that the detected person is not made more difficult to identify in the image region;

determining a degree of suspiciousness of the detected person; and

performing, on the image region including the detected person, second treatment processing based on the determined degree of suspiciousness, wherein

the second treatment processing is

in a case in which the degree of suspiciousness is equal to or more than a threshold value, processing of emphasizing the image region including the detected person; and

in a case in which the degree of suspiciousness is smaller than the threshold value, processing of making the detected person more difficult to identify in the image region.

8. The control method according to claim 7 , wherein

the permission list associates a person and a place with each other, and

the predetermined condition further includes a condition that a place where the detected person is captured is associated with the person in the permission list.

9. The control method according to claim 7 , wherein

the permission list associates a person and a level with each other, and

the predetermined condition includes a condition that a level associated with the detected person is equal to or more than a surveillance level of a place where the detected person is captured.

10. The control method according to claim 9 , wherein

the level indicated in association with the person in the permission list is determined by either one or both of an amount and a kind of personal information provided by the person in the permission list.

11. The control method according to claim 7 , wherein

the first treatment processing is any one of

processing of replacing the image region including the detected person with a background,

processing of filling the image region including the detected person with a predetermined color,

processing of replacing the image region including the detected person with a background, and superimposing a predetermined mark on the image region, and

processing of blending the image region including the detected person with a background.

12. The control method according to claim 7 , wherein

the degree of suspiciousness of the detected person is determined by any one or more of an analysis of behavior of the detected person at a place to be surveyed, and an analysis of behavior of the detected person on the Internet.

13. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program causing a computer to execute the control method according to claim 7 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 14, 2022
From: TANI, MASAHIRO
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061424/0342 →
Continuity (1)
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