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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2017
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Naohiro Shibuya, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshimi Moriya, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuo Sugimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Minezawa, Tokyo, JP;
Mengxiong Wang, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A congestion degree estimating unit () which estimates, for each image frame, a congestion degree of an area in which each object detected by an object detecting unit () is present is provided. An object selecting unit () refers to an estimation result of the congestion degree by the congestion degree estimating unit () for each image frame, and selects an object present in an area the congestion degree of which is equal to or lower than a first threshold out of one or more objects detected by the object detecting unit ().