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US 12,025,332 · App. 17/864,647 · Granted Jul 2, 2024

Information processing method, recording medium, and information processing system

Inventor: Tetsuya Takayanagi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 12,025,332
App. No.
17/864,647
Granted
Jul 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an information processing method executed by a computer. The information processing method includes detecting a cough or a sneeze of a person who is in a predetermined space; acquiring an image of the predetermined space captured when the cough or the sneeze is detected; recognizing a state around a mouth of the person from the image; generating, based on the recognized state around the mouth of the person, a control signal for controlling at least one of a direction or a volume of air that is to be sent from an airflow generation apparatus that generates an airflow in the predetermined space; and outputting the generated control signal.

Claims (22)

1. An information processing method comprising:

acquiring an image of a person in a predetermined space;

recognizing a state in which a mouth of the person is covered with a hand from the image;

determining, based on the state around the mouth, a first value indicating risk of a receptor being infected with an infectious disease in the predetermined space by airborne infection;

outputting an evaluation result based on the first value,

wherein the person and the receptor are included in the predetermined space; and the information processing method further comprises:

determining, based on the state around the mouth, a second value indicating risk of the receptor being infected with the infectious disease in the predetermined space by contact infection; and

determining, based on the state around the mouth, a third value indicating risk of the receptor being infected with the infectious disease in the predetermined space by droplet infection, and

wherein the evaluation result is based on the second value and the third value.

2. An information processing system comprising:

a camera that captures an image including a person in a predetermined space; and

an information processing apparatus, wherein

the information processing apparatus

acquires the image,

recognizes a state in which a mouth of the person is covered with a hand from the image,

determines, based on the state around the mouth, a first value indicating risk of a receptor being infected with an infectious disease in the predetermined space by airborne infection, and

outputs an evaluation result based on the first value, and

wherein the person and the receptor are included in the predetermined space; and

the information processing apparatus further

determines, based on the state around the mouth, a second value indicating risk of the receptor being infected with the infectious disease in the predetermined space by contact infection,

determines, based on the state around the mouth, a third value indicating risk of the receptor being infected with the infectious disease in the predetermined space by droplet infection, and

wherein the evaluation result is based on the second value and the third value.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2018-113436 · Jun 14, 2018 · national
JP 2018-113437 · Jun 14, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17005263 · Aug 27, 2020
Continuation PCTJP2019019999 · May 21, 2019
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