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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitaka Nagao, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A monitoring system comprising an imaging unit installed in a position from which a plurality of structures can be imaged and which is higher than at least some of the plurality of structures, and configured to generate an image by imaging a monitoring area including the plurality of structures and a ground adjacent to the plurality of structures, a setting unit configured to set a plurality of detection target regions, wherein the detection target region includes at least a region of the ground in the image, and excludes at least a region which is included in a region corresponding to the structure and is not in contact with the region of the ground in the image; and a processing unit configured to count persons in each detection target region in the image.