Granted Patent B2

US 12,189,713 · App. 18/222,333 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Inventor: Nobuaki Kawase (Tokyo, JP)

Assignee: NEC CORPORATION

G06F18/2135G06T7/97G06V10/23G06V40/16G06V40/23G06V40/179

Abstract

Claims (38)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

at least one memory storing instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to:

perform a first collation process of collating first feature information extracted from a person included in a first image with first feature information indicating features of a retrieval target person retrieved from a second image in which the person has a backward appearance is captured, to acquire a first collation result;

extract second feature information from the person as a candidate included in the first image in a case where the first collation result indicates a match; and

store the extracted second feature information of the candidate in association with the retrieval target person in a first storage unit, wherein

the first feature information of the retrieval target person is generated by using the second image that is different from the first image.

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

the second feature information is feature information of a face of the person, and the first feature information extracted from the person included in the first image is feature information including a region other than the face of the person.

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

the second image is an image in which a face of the retrieval target person is not captured.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

perform a second collation process of collating the second feature information extracted from the person included in the first image with the second feature information stored in a second storage unit in association with identification information of a specific person to acquire a second collation result; and

cause an output unit to output the identification information stored in the second storage unit in a case where the second collation result indicates a match.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second image is one of a plurality of second images, the first feature information is one piece of a plurality of pieces of first feature information, and

the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

extract the plurality of pieces of first feature information from person regions of persons included in the plurality of second images which are different from each other;

store the plurality of pieces of first feature information in the first storage unit in association with each other as information for an identical retrieval target person; and

perform the first collation process by using the plurality of pieces of first feature information stored in the first storage unit.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein each second image is generated by an imaging unit which is different from an imaging unit generating the first image.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to perform at least one of the first collation process and a second collation process with respect to a third image.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to store, in the first storage unit, a region corresponding to at least the first feature information in the first image, in association with the second feature information.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to store the second feature information in association with an imaging condition of the first image.

10. An information processing method performed by a computer and comprising:

performing a first collation process of collating first feature information extracted from a person included in a first image with first feature information indicating features of a retrieval target person retrieved from a second image in which the person has a backward appearance is captured, to acquire a first collation result;

extracting second feature information from the person as a candidate included in the first image in a case where the first collation result indicates a match; and

storing the extracted second feature information of the candidate in association with the retrieval target person in a first storage unit, wherein

the first feature information of the retrieval target person is generated by using the second image that is different from the first image.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute processing comprising:

performing a first collation process of collating first feature information extracted from a person included in a first image with first feature information indicating features of a retrieval target person retrieved from a second image in which the person has a backward appearance is captured, to acquire a first collation result;

extracting second feature information from the person as a candidate included in the first image in a case where the first collation result indicates a match; and

storing the extracted second feature information of the candidate in association with the retrieval target person in a first storage unit, wherein

the first feature information of the retrieval target person is generated by using the second image that is different from the first image.

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