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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2020
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Ritsuko Otake, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/18 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/18 (2013.01); G06K 9/00362 (2013.01); G06K 9/00771 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an apparatus configured to monitor a person in a predetermined area, location information indicating a location of the person and information indicating a destination of the person in the predetermined area are acquired for each of a plurality of persons present in the predetermined area. A contact between the persons is detected using the location information. Using the information indicating the destination of each of the persons detected as having contacted, it is determined whether the contact is an unauthorized contact, and a determination result is output.