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Granted Patent B2
US 12,342,317 · App. 17/946,305 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Monitoring device, tracking method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium

Inventor: Shinichi Miyamoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
H04W64/006G01S13/589H04W4/029H04W4/40
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Patent No.
US 12,342,317
App. No.
17/946,305
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to providing a monitoring device that can improve the accuracy in tracking ships. A monitoring device ( 10 ) according to the present disclosure includes a position information acquiring unit ( 11 ) configured to acquire position information of an object to be tracked; an estimating unit ( 12 ) configured to estimate a position of the object to be tracked displayed in an image captured of a predetermined region; and an information generating unit ( 13 ) configured to generate path information of the object to be tracked by supplementing, based on an estimated position of the object to be tracked, the position of the object to be tracked held between the position indicated by the position information acquired at a first timing and the position indicated by the position information acquired at a second timing later than the first timing.

Claims (69)

1. A tracking method to be executed in a server being controllable a display, the tracking method comprising:

acquiring first position information related to a target by a first method, the first position information related to a position of the target at a first time;

acquiring second position information related to the target by a second method, the second method being different from the first method and using an image captured by a camera at the second time after the first time, and the second position information related to a position of the target at a second time; and

displaying on the display, first information that indicates the first position information, second information that indicates the second position information, third information that indicates the first method, fourth information that indicates the second method, and a moving path of the target on the display based on the first position information and the second position information, wherein

the first information and the third information are displayed in association with each other,

the second information and the fourth information are displayed in association with each other,

the first information indicates that the first position information is first icon which is displayed on a map, and

the second information indicates that the second position information is second icon which is displayed on the map.

2. The tracking method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the target is person.

3. The tracking method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first method uses a radio waves emitted by an apparatus.

4. The tracking method according to claim 1 , wherein

the moving path connects first icon which is displayed on a map with second icon which is displayed on the map.

5. The tracking method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying a map on the display; wherein

the moving path is displayed on the map.

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

acquiring first time information related to the first position information; and

acquiring second position information related to the second time; wherein

the moving path includes a moving direction, the moving direction determined by the first time information and the second time information.

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

estimating whether the target included in images captured at different timings are the same target.

8. The tracking method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying a name of the target together with the first position information and the second position information.

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

acquiring third position information related to the target by the first method, the third position information related to a position of the target at a third time; wherein

the second time is a time between the first time and the third time,

the moving path is a path between the first position information and the third position information, and

the moving path is supplemented based on the second position information.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute:

acquiring first position information related to a target by a first method, the first position information related to a position of the target at a first time;

acquiring second position information related to the target by a second method, the second method being different from the first method and using an image captured by a camera at the second time after the first time, and the second position information related to a position of the target at a second time; and

displaying, on the display, first information that indicates the first position information, second information that indicates the second position information, third information that indicates the first method, fourth information that indicates the second method, and a moving path of the target on the display based on the first position information and the second position information, wherein

the first information and the third information are displayed in association with each other,

the second information and the fourth information are displayed in association with each other,

the first information indicates that the first position information is first icon which is displayed on a map, and

the second information indicates that the second position information is second icon which is displayed on the map.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10 ,

wherein the target is person.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10 ,

wherein the first method uses a radio waves emitted by an apparatus.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10 , wherein

the moving path connects first icon which is displayed on a map with second icon which is displayed on the map.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10 , further comprising:

displaying a map on the display; wherein

the moving path is displayed on the map.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10 , further comprising:

acquiring first time information related to the first position information; and

acquiring second position information related to the second time; wherein

the moving path includes a moving direction, the moving direction determined by the first time information and the second time information.

16. A tracking system comprising:

at least one memory storing instructions, and

at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to;

acquire first position information related to a target by a first method, the first position information related to a position of the target at a first time;

acquire second position information related to the target by a second method, the second method being different from the first method and using an image captured by a camera at the second time after the first time, and the second position information related to a position of the target at a second time; and

display on the display, first information that indicates the first position information, second information that indicates the second position information, third information that indicates the first method, fourth information that indicates the second method, and a moving path of the target on the display based on the first position information and the second position information, wherein

the first information and the third information are displayed in association with each other,

the second information and the fourth information are displayed in association with each other,

the first information indicates that the first position information is first icon which is displayed on a map, and

the second information indicates that the second position information is second icon which is displayed on the map.

17. The tracking system according to claim 16 ,

wherein the first method uses a radio waves emitted by an apparatus.

18. The tracking system according to claim 16 , wherein the

the moving path connects first icon which is displayed on a map with second icon which is displayed on the map.

19. The tracking system according to claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to display a map on a display, and

the moving path is displayed on the map.

20. The tracking system according to claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to acquire first time information related to the first position information and acquire second position information related to the second time, and

the moving path includes a moving direction, the moving direction determined by the first time information and the second time information.

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