Representative image generation device and representative image generation method
A representative image generation device includes circuitry that identifies a selected image from a plurality of recorded images of an object. The plurality of recorded images are captured as the object traverses a predetermined area. The device prepares the selected image for display on a display device, wherein the selected image provides a visual recognizability of the object greater than a predetermined threshold.
1. A representative image generation device, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
identify a selected image of an object from a plurality of recorded images, wherein the plurality of recorded images includes at least a portion of the object, and the plurality of recorded images is captured as the object traverses a determined area; and
control display of the selected image on a display device, wherein the selected image provides a visual recognizability of the object greater than a determined threshold.
2. The representative image generation device of claim 1 , wherein the determined threshold corresponds to a highest recognizability of the object among the plurality of recorded images.
3. The representative image generation device of claim 1 , wherein the determined threshold corresponds to the visual recognizability of the object that is greater than a visual recognizability of the object at a time the object is initially detected in the determined area.
4. The representative image generation device of claim 1 , further comprising the display device configured to display a representation of the selected image.
5. The representative image generation device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to produce a tracking frame that includes the portion of the object.
6. The representative image generation device of claim 1 , wherein the selected image is a thumbnail image.
7. The representative image generation device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to track the object as the object traverses the determined area.
8. The representative image generation device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to use a size of the object in at least two of the plurality of recorded images of the object as a factor to identify the selected image that has the visual recognizability greater than the determined threshold.
9. The representative image generation device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to use object aspect ratio of the object in at least two of the plurality of recorded images of the object as a factor to identify the selected image that has the visual recognizability greater than the determined threshold.
10. The representative image generation device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to use direction of motion of the object in at least two of the plurality of recorded images of the object as a factor to identify the selected image that has the visual recognizability greater than the determined threshold.
11. The representative image generation device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to use a calculated human likeness indication of the object in at least two of the plurality of recorded images of the object as a factor to identify the selected image that has the visual recognizability greater than the determined threshold.
12. The representative image generation device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to use face direction of the object in at least two of the plurality of recorded images of the object as a factor to identify the selected image that has the visual recognizability greater than the determined threshold.
13. The representative image generation device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to use color information frame correlation in at least two of the plurality of recorded images of the object as a factor to identify the selected image that has the visual recognizability greater than the determined threshold.
14. The representative image generation device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to use object speed of the object in at least two of the plurality of recorded images of the object as a factor to identify the selected image that has the visual recognizability greater than the determined threshold.
15. The representative image generation device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to use object signal to noise ratio of the object in at least two of the plurality of recorded images of the object as a factor to identify the selected image that has the visual recognizability greater than the determined threshold.
16. The representative image generation device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to use object luminance in at least two of the plurality of recorded images of the object as a factor to identify the selected image that has the visual recognizability greater than the determined threshold.
17. The representative image generation device of claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of recorded images is respective frames of a video, and
the circuitry is further configured to produce a thumbnail image from the selected image.
18. The representative image generation device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to detect the object at a time the object enters the determined area.
19. A representative image generation system, comprising:
a surveillance camera; and
circuitry configured to:
identify a selected image of an object from a plurality of recorded images, wherein the plurality of recorded images includes at least a portion of the object captured by the surveillance camera, and the plurality of recorded images is captured as the object traverses a determined area; and
control display of the selected image on a display device, wherein the selected image provides a visual recognizability of the object greater than a determined threshold.
20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer executable instructions, which when executed by circuitry, cause the circuitry to execute operations, the operations comprising:
identifying a selected image of an object from a plurality of recorded images, wherein the plurality of recorded images includes at least a portion of the object, and the plurality of recorded images are captured as the object traverses a determined area; and
controlling display of the selected image on a display device, wherein the selected image provides a visual recognizability of the object greater than a determined threshold.
21. A representative image generation device, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
identify a selected image from a plurality of recorded images, wherein the plurality of recorded images includes at least a portion of an object, and the plurality of recorded images is captured as the object traverses a determined area; and
control display of the selected image on a display device, wherein
the selected image provides a visual recognizability of the object greater than a determined threshold, and
the determined threshold corresponds to the visual recognizability of the object that is greater than a visual recognizability of the object when initially detected in the determined area.