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Granted Patent B2
US 11,176,698 · App. 16/080,745 · Granted Nov 16, 2021

Analysis apparatus, analysis method, and storage medium

Inventors: Yasufumi Hirakawa (Tokyo, JP); Jianquan Liu (Tokyo, JP); Shoji Nishimura (Tokyo, JP); Takuya Araki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 11,176,698
App. No.
16/080,745
Granted
Nov 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an analysis apparatus ( 10 ) including a person extraction unit ( 11 ) that analyzes video data to extract a person, a time calculation unit ( 12 ) that calculates a continuous appearance time period for which the extracted person has been continuously present in a predetermined area and a reappearance time interval until the extracted person reappears in the predetermined area for each extracted person, and an inference unit ( 13 ) that infers a characteristic of the extracted person on the basis of the continuous appearance time period and the reappearance time interval.

Claims (41)

1. An analysis apparatus comprising

a processor configured to:

analyze video data to extract a person;

calculate a time period for which the extracted person has been continuously present in a predetermined area and a time interval between first point in time when the extracted person disappears from the predetermined area and second point in time when the extracted person reappears to the predetermined area; and

infer a characteristic of the extracted person on the basis of the time period and the time interval, wherein

the time period is a time period in which the extracted person has been continuously present in a predetermined area in which a plurality of cameras are installed,

the time interval is a time period between when the extracted person disappears from the predetermined area and when the extracted person reappears in the predetermined area,

in a case where an elapsed time between a first point in time when a certain person is detected in a capturing range of any of the plurality of cameras and a second point in time when the person is detected in a capturing range of any of the plurality of cameras is less than a reference value, the processor is to determine that the person has been continuously present in the predetermined area between the first point in time and the second point in time, and

in a case in which the elapsed time is equal to or greater than the reference value, the elapsed time is defined as the time interval between when the person disappears from the predetermined area and when the person reappears in the predetermined area.

2. The analysis apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to infer the characteristic of the person on the basis of a relationship between the time period and the time interval.

3. The analysis apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to:

count the number of times each characteristic is inferred, the characteristic being inferred in correspondence with each person; and

calculate reliability of the inferred characteristic on the basis of the number of times each characteristic is inferred, the characteristic being inferred in correspondence with a certain person.

4. The analysis apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to infer the characteristic of the person on the basis of correspondence information in which a pair of the time period and the time interval is associated with a characteristic.

5. The analysis apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the processor is configured to infer the characteristic of the person on the basis of the correspondence information having different contents for each time slot during which the person appears.

6. The analysis apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the processor is configured to infer the characteristic of the person on the basis of the time period, the time interval, a probability distribution, and the correspondence information.

7. The analysis apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to:

in a case in which a time t elapsed from the extraction of a first person from the video data to the next extraction of the first person from the video data is less than a predetermined time t s , determine that the first person has been continuously present in the predetermined area for the elapsed time t, and

in a case in which the elapsed time t is equal to or greater than the predetermined time t s , determine that the first person has not been present in the predetermined area for the elapsed time t.

8. An analysis method performed by a computer, the method comprising:

analyzing video data to extract a person;

calculating a time period for which the extracted person has been continuously present in a predetermined area and a time interval between first point in time when the extracted person disappears from the predetermined area and second point in time when the extracted person reappears to the predetermined area; and

inferring a characteristic of the extracted person on the basis of the time period and the time interval, wherein

the time period is a time period in which the extracted person has been continuously present in a predetermined area in which a plurality of cameras are installed,

the time interval is a time period between when the extracted person disappears from the predetermined area and when the extracted person reappears in the predetermined area,

in a case where an elapsed time between a first point in time when a certain person is detected in a capturing range of any of the plurality of cameras and a second point in time when the person is detected in a capturing range of any of the plurality of cameras is less than a reference value, the person is determined as having been continuously present in the predetermined area between the first point in time and the second point in time, and

in a case in which the elapsed time is equal to or greater than the reference value, the elapsed time is defined as the time interval between when the person disappears from the predetermined area and when the person reappears in the predetermined area.

9. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to:

analyze video data to extract a person;

calculate a time period for which the extracted person has been continuously present in a predetermined area and a time interval between first point in time when the extracted person disappears from the predetermined area and second point in time when the extracted person reappears to the predetermined area; and

infer a characteristic of the extracted person on the basis of the time period and the time interval, wherein

the time period is a time period in which the extracted person has been continuously present in a predetermined area in which a plurality of cameras are installed,

the time interval is a time period between when the extracted person disappears from the predetermined area and when the extracted person reappears in the predetermined area,

in a case where an elapsed time between a first point in time when a certain person is detected in a capturing range of any of the plurality of cameras and a second point in time when the person is detected in a capturing range of any of the plurality of cameras is less than a reference value, the person is determined as having been continuously present in the predetermined area between the first point in time and the second point in time, and

in a case in which the elapsed time is equal to or greater than the reference value, the elapsed time is defined as the time interval between when the person disappears from the predetermined area and when the person reappears in the predetermined area.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2018
From: HIRAKAWA, YASUFUMI; LIU, JIANQUAN; NISHIMURA, SHOJI; ARAKI, TAKUYA
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046736/0646 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-067538 · Mar 30, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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