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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2007
Shusaku Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Yamada, Nara, JP;
Tomonobu Naruoka, Kyoto, JP;
Toru Tanigawa, Kyoto, JP;
Shusaku Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Yamada, Nara, JP;
Tomonobu Naruoka, Kyoto, JP;
Toru Tanigawa, Kyoto, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An article present region estimating means references information on location and time of an article detected in an article detecting device and stored in an article management database and information on location and time of a person detected in a person detecting device and stored in a person management database to estimate a location where the article is most likely to be present. An article position candidate weighting means may be perform weighting based on information such as movement of the person, location where the article is normally placed.