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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
May. 04, 2018
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takashi Oya, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/292 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00778 (2013.01); G06T 7/292 (2017.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30232 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aspect of the present disclosure provides a detection unit that detects an object in determination areas of an image, a decision unit that decides whether each of the determination areas is in a congestion state based on the number of objects detected in the determination areas, and a determination unit that determines that a second determination area is in a line state when a first determination area is decided to be in the congestion state and the second determination area adjacent to the first determination area is decided to be in the congestion state.