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Granted Patent B2
US 11,068,716 · App. 16/526,309 · Granted Jul 20, 2021

Information processing method and information processing system

Inventors: Kazunobu Ishikawa (Osaka, JP); Takuya Yamaguchi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,068,716
App. No.
16/526,309
Granted
Jul 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing method includes, by using a computer: acquiring an annotation skill of an operator who provides annotation information to image; acquiring annotation-target image having an image feature identified based on the annotation skill; acquiring an annotation result attained by the operator for the annotation-target image; and updating the annotation skill using the annotation result and reference annotation information corresponding to the image feature.

Claims (24)

1. An information processing method comprising, by using a computer:

acquiring an annotation skill of an operator who provides annotation information to image data;

acquiring annotation-target image data containing an object appropriate to the annotation skill when the annotation skill is below a predetermined threshold;

acquiring an annotation result attained by the operator for the annotation-target image data; and

updating the annotation skill using the annotation result and reference annotation information corresponding to the object.

2. The information processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the annotation skill comprises a skill related to designation of the annotation information.

3. The information processing method according to claim 2 , wherein the designation of the annotation information comprises designation of at least one of a position, size, and shape of an annotation.

4. The information processing method according to claim 2 , wherein the designation of the annotation information comprises designation of a label of an annotation.

5. The information processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the annotation result comprises time spent on designating the annotation information, and the annotation skill comprises time required to designate the annotation information.

6. The information processing method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying the reference annotation information based on the annotation skill; and

acquiring the annotation-target image data by selecting, from a plurality of sets of the annotation-target image data, annotation-target image data containing an object corresponding to the reference annotation information identified.

7. The information processing method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying the reference annotation information based on the annotation skill; and

acquiring the annotation-target image data by generating image data containing an object corresponding to the reference annotation information identified.

8. The information processing method according to claim 7 , wherein generating the image data comprises synthesizing (i) first image data containing an object corresponding to the reference annotation information identified and (ii) second image data that is different from the first image data.

9. The information processing method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

presenting a difference between the reference annotation information and the annotation result to the operator.

10. The information processing method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

presenting, to the operator, the annotation skill updated.

11. An information processing system comprising:

a first acquirer that acquires annotation-target image data containing an object appropriate to an annotation skill of an operator who provides annotation information to image data when the annotation skill is below a predetermined threshold;

a second acquirer that acquires an annotation result attained by the operator for the annotation-target image data; and

a processor that updates the annotation skill using the annotation result and reference annotation information corresponding to the object.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2019
From: ISHIKAWA, KAZUNOBU; YAMAGUCHI, TAKUYA
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051351/0877 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2018-146202 · Aug 2, 2018 · national
JP JP2019-070210 · Apr 1, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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