Synology Inc.

Szu-Lu Hsu

Szu-Hsien Lee

Yu-Hsiang Chiu

A method for performing cooperative counting and an associated apparatus are provided, where the method is applicable to a counter system, and the counter system includes a plurality of cameras. The method includes: setting a plurality of points on an electronic map as a plurality of predetermined points according to user inputs; determining at least one rule related to the predetermined points according to rule information, where the rule information is stored in the counter system; respectively performing video object detection upon a plurality of images captured by the cameras to generate detection results respectively corresponding to the cameras; and merging the detection results respectively corresponding to the cameras, to count events complying with the at least one rule.

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Taipei, Taiwan

Szu-Lu Hsu