Granted Patent B2

US 12,530,758 · App. 18/026,520 · Granted Jan 20, 2026

Inventors: Jianquan Liu (Tokyo, JP); Youhei Sasaki (Tokyo, JP); Yuta Namiki (Tokyo, JP)

Assignee: NEC CORPORATION

G06T7/00G06F3/0482

Abstract

Claims (44)

1 . An image analysis system comprising:

at least one memory configured to store one or more instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to:

accept, from a user, input for specifying an image and input for selecting an analysis purpose;

refer to association information associating a plurality of analysis purposes with a plurality of types of image analysis, wherein the plurality of analysis purposes comprises a first analysis purpose associated with at least one first type of image analysis and a second analysis purpose associated with at least one second type of image analysis;

select, among the plurality of types of image analysis, in consideration of the association information, at least one type of image analysis associated with the analysis purpose selected by the user;

execute the selected type of image analysis to analyze an the image specified by the user; and

output an analysis result of the image.

2 . The image analysis system according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to output an analysis report generated based on an-the analysis result of the image.

3 . The image analysis system according to claim 2 , wherein

a format of the analysis report is defined with respect to each of the plurality of analysis purposes, and

the at least one processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to generate and output the analysis report, based on the format defined with respect to the analysis purpose selected by the user.

4 . The image analysis system according to claim 3 , wherein

the at least one processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to add/modify, based on user input, a definition of a format of the analysis report.

5 . The image analysis system according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to notify, when analysis of the image based on the selected at least one type of image analysis is terminated, the user of the termination.

6 . The image analysis system according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to output raw data generated based on analysis of the image.

7 . The image analysis system according to claim 1 , wherein

a type of image analysis unit can be added based on installation of a plug-in.

8 . The image analysis system according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of types of image analysis comprises appearance attribute estimation, color feature detection of an image, and object recognition.

9 . The image analysis system according to claim 8 , wherein

the at least one processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to, in a case where the selected type of image analysis comprises the appearance attribute estimation,

recognize an appearance attribute of an object included in the image; and

calculate similarity related to the recognized appearance attribute.

10 . The image analysis system according to claim 9 , wherein

the at least one processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to display at least one thumbnail image related to the analysis result.

11 . The image analysis system according to claim 10 , wherein

the at least one processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to

store a plurality of images, the plurality of images being candidates for analysis target; and

display a list of the plurality of stored images on a display.

12 . The image analysis system according to claim 11 , wherein

the at least one processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to

identify an image, based on either a user operation specifying one of the plurality of stored images or a user operation inputting a new image, and

execute the selected type of image analysis to analyze the identified image.

13 . An image analysis method comprising,

by a computer:

accept, from a user, input for specifying an image and input for selecting an analysis purpose;

refer to association information associating a plurality of analysis purposes with a plurality of types of image analysis, wherein the plurality of analysis purposes comprises a first analysis purpose associated with at least one first type of image analysis and a second analysis purpose associated with at least one second type of image analysis;

selecting, among the plurality of types of image analysis, in consideration of the association information, at least one type of image analysis-unit associated with the analysis purpose selected by the user;

executing the selected type of image analysis to analyze an the image specified by the user; and

outputting an analysis result of the image.

Assignments (1)

Continuity (1)

References Cited (32)