IP Library Granted Patent US 12,299,993
Granted Patent B2
US 12,299,993 · App. 18/502,390 · Granted May 13, 2025

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

Inventors: Junko Nakagawa (Tokyo, JP); Ryoma Oami (Tokyo, JP); Kenichiro Ida (Tokyo, JP); Mika Saito (Tokyo, JP); Shohzoh Nagahama (Tokyo, JP); Akinari Furukawa (Tokyo, JP); Yasumasa Ohtsuka (Tokyo, JP); Junichi Fukuda (Tokyo, JP); Fumi Ikeda (Tokyo, JP); Manabu Moriyama (Tokyo, JP); Fumie Einaga (Tokyo, JP); Tatsunori Yamagami (Tokyo, JP); Keisuke Hirayama (Tokyo, JP); Yoshitsugu Kumano (Tokyo, JP); Hiroki Adachi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
G06V20/52G06F16/22G06Q50/265G06V20/40G06V20/41G06V20/46G06V40/10G06V2201/07G06V2201/08H04N7/18
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Patent No.
US 12,299,993
App. No.
18/502,390
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus ( 10 ) includes a time and space information acquisition unit ( 110 ) that acquires high-risk time and space information indicating a spatial region with an increased possibility of an accident occurring or of a crime being committed and a corresponding time slot, a possible surveillance target acquisition unit ( 120 ) that identifies a video to be analyzed from among a plurality of videos generated by capturing an image of each of a plurality of places, on the basis of the high-risk time and space information, and analyzes the identified video to acquire information of a possible surveillance target, and a target time and space identification unit ( 130 ) that identifies at least one of a spatial region where surveillance is to be conducted which is at least a portion of the spatial region or a time slot when surveillance is to be conducted, from among the spatial region and the time slot indicated by the high-risk time and space information, on the basis of the information of the possible surveillance target.

Claims (44)

1. An information processing apparatus analyzing at least one video captured by at least one camera, the information processing apparatus comprising:

at least one memory storing instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to:

acquire high-risk time and space information indicating a spatial region with an increased possibility of an accident occurring or of a crime being committed and at least one of a corresponding time slot and a corresponding date; and

identify, based on the video, the spatial region, and the corresponding time slot indicated by the high-risk time and space information, at least a portion of the spatial region where surveillance is to be conducted and a time slot when the surveillance is to be conducted;

acquire information of a potential victim of the accident or the crime detected by analyzing the video; and

adjust at least one of the portion of the spatial region where the surveillance is to be conducted or the time slot when the surveillance is to be conducted using the information of the potential victim, wherein

the high-risk time and space information further includes at least one of a type of risk that may occur and the probability of occurrence of the risk.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

acquire environmental information of a region included in the video, based on the video or information for identifying a place of the video; and

adjust at least one of the portion of the spatial region where the surveillance is to be conducted or the time slot when the surveillance is to be conducted using the environmental information.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor further configured to:

accept an input of a result of the surveillance according to at least one of the portion of the spatial region where the surveillance is to be conducted or the time slot when the surveillance is to be conducted; and

store the input result in a database.

4. An information processing method performed by a computer analyzing at least one video captured by at least one camera, the information processing method comprising:

acquiring high-risk time and space information indicating a spatial region with an increased possibility of an accident occurring or of a crime being committed and at least one of a corresponding time slot and a corresponding date; and

identifying, based on the video, the spatial region, and the corresponding time slot indicated by the high-risk time and space information, at least a portion of the spatial region where surveillance is to be conducted and a time slot when the surveillance is to be conducted;

acquiring information of a potential victim of the accident or the crime detected by analyzing the video; and

adjusting at least one of the portion of the spatial region where the surveillance is to be conducted or the time slot when the surveillance is to be conducted using the information of the potential victim, wherein

the high-risk time and space information further includes at least one of a type of risk that may occur and the probability of occurrence of the risk.

5. The information processing method according to claim 4 , further comprising:

acquiring environmental information of a region included in the video, based on the video or information for identifying a place of the video; and

adjusting at least one of the portion of the spatial region where the surveillance is to be conducted or the time slot when the surveillance is to be conducted using the environmental information.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising:

accepting an input of a result of the surveillance according to at least one of the portion of the spatial region where the surveillance is to be conducted or the time slot when the surveillance is to be conducted; and

storing the input result in a database.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program executable by a computer analyzing at least one video captured by at least one camera to perform operations comprising:

acquiring high-risk time and space information indicating a spatial region with an increased possibility of an accident occurring or of a crime being committed and at least one of a corresponding time slot and a corresponding date; and

identifying, based on the video, the spatial region, and the corresponding time slot indicated by the high-risk time and space information, at least a portion of the spatial region where surveillance is to be conducted and a time slot when the surveillance is to be conducted;

acquiring information of a potential victim of the accident or the crime detected by analyzing the video; and

adjusting at least one of the portion of the spatial region where the surveillance is to be conducted or the time slot when the surveillance is to be conducted using the information of the potential victim, wherein

the high-risk time and space information further includes at least one of a type of risk that may occur and the probability of occurrence of the risk.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:

acquiring environmental information of a region included in the video, based on the video or information for identifying a place of the video; and

adjusting at least one of the portion of the spatial region where the surveillance is to be conducted or the time slot when the surveillance is to be conducted using the environmental information.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:

accepting an input of a result of surveillance according to at least one of the spatial region where surveillance is to be conducted or the time slot when surveillance is to be conducted, and

storing the input result in a database.

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

adjusting at least one of the portion of the spatial region where the surveillance is to be conducted or the time slot when the surveillance is to be conducted comprises adjusting a degree of priority of each spatial region where the surveillance is to be conducted or adjusting a length of time of the time slot where the surveillance is to be conducted.

11. The information processing method according to claim 4 , wherein

adjusting at least one of the portion of the spatial region where the surveillance is to be conducted or the time slot when the surveillance is to be conducted comprises adjusting a degree of priority of each spatial region where the surveillance is to be conducted or adjusting a length of time of the time slot where the surveillance is to be conducted.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 7 , wherein

adjusting at least one of the portion of the spatial region where the surveillance is to be conducted or the time slot when the surveillance is to be conducted comprises adjusting a degree of priority of each spatial region where the surveillance is to be conducted or adjusting a length of time of the time slot where the surveillance is to be conducted.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-015713 · Jan 29, 2016 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17471900 · Sep 10, 2021
Continuation 16073457
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