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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
May. 24, 2019
Blimp S.r.l., Milan, IT;
Sergio Matteo Savaresi, Cremona, IT;
Alex Buzzetti, Milan, IT;
Niccolò Guido Uberto Valerio, Milan, IT;
Mattia Campana, Comun Nuovo, IT;
Fabio Previdi, Bergamo, IT;
Gabriele Maroni, Torre Boldone, IT;
Michele Ermidoro, Bergamo, IT;
BLIMP S.R.L., Milan, IT;
Abstract
A head-counter device () comprising a digital camera () adapted to provide a first digital image (IM) representative of a counting zone (STR) of persons, the first image defining a first horizontal dimension (N) and a first vertical dimension (M), and a cropping module () configured for: analyzing the first image (IM) and identifying a noise area (PCR) according to at least one of the following features: pixel light intensity, pixel color and/or presence of predefined patterns, cropping the noise area (PCR) from the first image (IM) to obtain a second image (IM) without the noise area, the noise area (PCR) being a peripheral portion of the first image having said first horizontal dimension and having a second vertical dimension (M−DSK+SM) shorter than the first vertical dimension.