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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2022
Applicant:
Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Hirofumi Kanai, Osaka, JP;
Yuka Yamada, Nara, JP;
Toshihide Mori, Osaka, JP;
Hideyuki Maehara, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
PANASONIC HOUSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01); E03D 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); E03D 9/00 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01);
Abstract
An output device includes: an acquisition part that acquires a first image covering excrement captured by a camera to photograph an inside of a bowl of a toilet; a dividing part that divides the acquired first image into a plurality of divisional areas; a calculation part that calculates an area representative value including a representative value of each of the color components of each of the divisional areas; and an output part that outputs the calculated area representative value.