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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Kiyoaki Tanaka, Shiga, JP;
Jumpei Matsunaga, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Takahashi, Shiga, JP;
Tatsuya Murakami, Shiga, JP;
Assignee:
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/2054 (2013.01); G06K 9/209 (2013.01); G06K 9/4609 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a watching assistance system that assists watching over a subject on a bed, a region setting unit performs processing of receiving a region setting image captured by an imaging device, specifying an approximate position of the bed from the region setting image by object detection, and specifying a bed region by extracting a contour of the bed from a local range including the approximate position.