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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2015
Applicants:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Europe Limited, Weybridge, GB;
Inventor:
Paul Hawkins, Shawford, GB;
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Europe Limited, Weybridge, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06Q 99/00 (2006.01); A63F 13/00 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0044 (2013.01); G06K 9/4604 (2013.01); G06K 9/4652 (2013.01); G06Q 99/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides an apparatus for detecting placards in a captured image, comprising: input circuitry operable to receive the captured image; detector circuitry operable to detect placards in the captured image on a basis of a predetermined shape and/or color of the placards, the detector circuitry being operable to detect placards of a plurality of different shapes and/or colors; and counter circuitry operable to count a number of detected placards of each different shape and/or color.