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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2011
Yuichi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Sumio Yokomitsu, Tokyo, JP;
Katsunori Waragai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Matsukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Fujimatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Michio Miwa, Chiba, JP;
Masataka Sugiura, Tokyo, JP;
Mikio Morioka, Fukuoka, JP;
Yuichi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Sumio Yokomitsu, Tokyo, JP;
Katsunori Waragai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Matsukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Fujimatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Michio Miwa, Chiba, JP;
Masataka Sugiura, Tokyo, JP;
Mikio Morioka, Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
A people counting device includes: a person presence region extraction unit which extracts a region in which a person is present by performing person detection in relation to an input image; a person presence state estimation unit which estimates a person presence state from an extraction result; a portion detector selection unit which selects a type of portion detector to be used for people count measurement based on the estimation result, and outputs portion detector information. The people counting device further includes: a portion detection process unit which performs a portion detection process for detecting a portion of a person based on the portion detector information; and a people counting unit which obtains a number of people within the input image from a portion detection process result.