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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2022
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hayato Itsumi, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Nihei, Tokyo, JP;
Florian Beye, Tokyo, JP;
Charvi Vitthal, Tokyo, JP;
Takanori Iwai, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Shinohara, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a technique which makes it possible to suitably estimate an important region and a non-important region in an image, an information processing apparatus includes: an obtaining means for obtaining input data which includes at least one of image data and point cloud data; an estimating means for estimating levels of importance with respect to a respective plurality of regions which are included in a frame indicated by the input data; a replacing means for generating replaced data by replacing at least one of the plurality of regions, which are included in the input data, with alternative data in accordance with the levels of importance; an evaluating means for deriving an evaluation value by referring to the replaced data; and a training means for training the estimating means with reference to the evaluation value.