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Granted Patent B2
US 12,470,802 · App. 18/749,847 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Image processing method

Inventor: Yusuke Takahashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
H04N23/611G06T7/70G06T2207/20021G06T2207/30201
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Patent No.
US 12,470,802
App. No.
18/749,847
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a position detecting unit configured to detect the position of a specific object in an image; a distribution generating unit configured to generate the distribution in the image of the specific object; and an imaging information generating unit configured to generate information used at the time capturing a new image based on the distribution.

Claims (29)

1 . A video processing apparatus comprising:

at least one memory storing instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to:

receive a first image captured by a camera; and

control a range for capturing a second image by the camera based on a distribution of a face orientations of two or more persons shown in the first image, the second image being captured in a time after the first image.

2 . The video processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the instruction to control the range includes changing an orientation of the camera.

3 . The video processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the instruction to control the range includes changing a zoom of the camera.

4 . The video processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute instructions to derive the distribution of the face orientation of two or more persons shown in the first image based on each of a position regarding the two or more persons shown in the first image.

5 . The video processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the each of the position regarding the two or more persons indicates a position regarding a part of a person respectively.

6 . The video processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the position regarding the part of the person includes a position regarding a face of the person.

7 . The video processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute instructions to derive the distribution of the face orientation of two or more persons shown in the first image based on each of an orientation regarding the two or more persons shown in the first image.

8 . The video processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the each of the orientation regarding the two or more persons is determined by an orientation regarding a face of a person respectively.

9 . A video processing method comprising:

receiving a first image captured by a camera; and

controlling a range for capturing a second image by the camera based on a distribution of a face orientations of two or more persons shown in the first image, the second image being captured in a time after the first image.

10 . The video processing method according to claim 9 , wherein the controlling the range includes changing an orientation of the camera.

11 . The video processing method according to claim 9 , wherein the controlling the range includes changing a zoom of the camera.

12 . The video processing method according to claim 9 , further comprising

deriving the distribution of the face orientation of two or more persons shown in the first image based on each of a position regarding the two or more persons shown in the first image.

13 . The video processing method according to claim 12 , wherein the each of the position regarding the two or more persons indicates a position regarding a part of a person respectively.

14 . The video processing method according to claim 13 , wherein the position regarding the part of the person includes a position regarding a face of the person.

15 . The video processing method according to claim 9 , further comprising

deriving the distribution of the face orientation of two or more persons shown in the first image based on each of an orientation regarding the two or more persons shown in the first image.

16 . The video processing method according to claim 14 , wherein the each of the orientation regarding the two or more persons is determined by an orientation regarding a face of a person respectively.

17 . A video processing apparatus comprising:

at least one memory storing instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to:

receive a first image captured by a camera; and

control a range for capturing a second image by the camera based on a distribution of image qualities of a face regions of two or more persons shown in the first image, the second image being captured in a time after the first image.

Continuity (2)
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