Guidance processing apparatus and guidance method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11138443-B2
Application number	US-201515323307-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 28, 2015
Priority date	Jun 30, 2014
Publication date	Oct 5, 2021
Grant date	Oct 5, 2021

Abstract

A guidance processing apparatus ( 100 ) includes an information acquisition unit ( 101 ) that acquires a plurality of different pieces of guidance information on the basis of states of a plurality of people within one or more images, and a control unit ( 102 ) that performs control of a plurality of target devices present in different spaces or time division control of a target device so as to set a plurality of different states corresponding to the plurality of pieces of guidance information.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A guidance processing apparatus comprising:
a memory configured to store instructions; and
a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
acquire a plurality of different pieces of guidance information on the basis of states of a plurality of people within one or more images;
control a plurality of target devices present in different spaces or time division control of a target device so as to set a plurality of different conditions corresponding to the plurality of pieces of guidance information;
analyze an image obtained by capturing a target area to thereby acquire a degree of crowdedness of people in the target area, and analyze a plurality of images obtained by capturing a plurality of peripheral areas of the target area to thereby acquire a degree of crowdedness and a moving direction of people in each of the peripheral areas;
determine degrees of influence of the plurality of peripheral areas on the degree of crowdedness of the target area on the basis of the degrees of crowdedness and the moving directions in the plurality of peripheral areas, and acquire a plurality of different pieces of guidance information on the basis of the degrees of influence of the plurality of peripheral areas; and
display each of the plurality of different pieces of guidance information on a display device of a corresponding peripheral area.

2. A guidance method performed by at least one computer, the guidance method comprising:
acquiring a plurality of different pieces of guidance information on the basis of states of a plurality of people within one or more images;
performing control of a plurality of target devices present in different spaces or time division control of a target device so as to set a plurality of different conditions corresponding to the plurality of pieces of guidance information;
analyzing an image obtained by capturing a target area to thereby acquire a degree of crowdedness of people in the target area, and analyzing a plurality of images obtained by capturing a plurality of peripheral areas of the target area to thereby acquire a degree of crowdedness and a moving direction of people in each of the peripheral areas;
determining degrees of influence of the plurality of peripheral areas on the degree of crowdedness of the target area on the basis of the degrees of crowdedness and the moving directions in the plurality of peripheral areas, wherein the acquiring of the guidance information includes acquiring a plurality of different pieces of guidance information on the basis of the degrees of influence of the plurality of peripheral areas; and
displaying each of the plurality of different pieces of guidance information on a display device of a corresponding peripheral area.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program causing at least one computer to perform a guidance method comprising:
acquiring a plurality of different pieces of guidance information on the basis of states of a plurality of people within one or more images;
performing control of a plurality of target devices present in different spaces or time division control of a target device so as to set a plurality of different conditions corresponding to the plurality of pieces of guidance information;
analyzing an image obtained by capturing a target area to thereby acquire a degree of crowdedness of people in the target area, and analyzing a plurality of images obtained by capturing a plurality of peripheral areas of the target area to thereby acquire a degree of crowdedness and a moving direction of people in each of the peripheral areas;
determining degrees of influence of the plurality of peripheral areas on the degree of crowdedness of the target area on the basis of the degrees of crowdedness and the moving directions in the plurality of peripheral areas, wherein the acquiring of the guidance information includes acquiring a plurality of different pieces of guidance information on the basis of the degrees of influence of the plurality of peripheral areas; and
displaying each of the plurality of different pieces of guidance information on a display device of a corresponding peripheral area.

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Oami Ryoma
• Miyano Hiroyoshi
• Takahashi Yusuke
• Ikeda Hiroo
• Ebiyama Yukie
• Kawai Ryo
• Ogawa Takuya
• Koyama Kazuya
• Yamada Hiroshi

Classifications

• G06V20/53 Primary

  Recognition of crowd images, e.g. recognition of crowd congestion · CPC title

• H04N7/181

  for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources · CPC title

• H04N7/188 Primary

  Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position (signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253) · CPC title

• G08G1/04

  using optical or ultrasonic detectors · CPC title

• G06F3/147

  using display panels · CPC title