Image recognition assistance apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025104415-A1
Application number	US-202418974707-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 9, 2024
Priority date	Jul 29, 2022
Publication date	Mar 27, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

An image recognition assistance apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a recognition result acquisition unit configured to acquire a recognition result of image recognition carried out by an image recognition engine on a target image output by an image output unit using a predetermined set value; and a setting unit configured to determine a set value with which the recognition result meets a predetermined criterion and set the determined set value in an image output unit. Accordingly, by adjusting a target image to be input to the image recognition engine in consideration of the recognition results obtained by the image recognition engine, improvement of a recognition accuracy is assisted.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An image recognition assistance apparatus comprising:
a recognition result acquisition unit configured to acquire a recognition result of a recognition target object of image recognition carried out by an image recognition apparatus on a target image output by an image output unit using a predetermined set value; and a setting unit configured to determine the set value with which the recognition result meets a predetermined criterion and set the determined set value in the image output unit.

2 . The image recognition assistance apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the image output unit outputs an image obtained by adjusting an image quality of the captured image by using the set value to the image recognition apparatus as the target image, the recognition result acquisition unit acquires a recognition rate of a recognition target object in the target image that has been recognized and a recognition target area including the recognition target object as the recognition result, and the setting unit determines, when the recognition rate is smaller than a predetermined value, an adjustment value to be used to adjust the image quality of the recognition target area of the captured image as the set value so that the recognition rate becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined value.

3 . The image recognition assistance apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the setting unit specifies a candidate for an adjustment value used to adjust a target image whose recognition rate has become equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and determines the adjustment value based on the specified candidate for the adjustment value.

4 . The image recognition assistance apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the setting unit determines, when the number of times that the recognition rate has become smaller than a predetermined value in image recognition after the recognition rate has become equal to or greater than the predetermined value is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, an adjustment value to be used to adjust an image quality type other than an image quality type adjusted most recently as the set value.

5 . The image recognition assistance apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the setting unit sets, when the number of specified candidates for the adjustment value is two or greater, a range of the adjustment value where the recognition rate becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined value in the image output unit using the two or more specified candidates for the adjustment value.

6 . The image recognition assistance apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the setting unit determines a shutter speed in an image-capturing device serving as the image output unit as the set value with which the recognition result satisfies a predetermined criterion and sets the determined set value in the image-capturing device, and the target image is a captured image captured and output by the image-capturing device using the set shutter speed.

7 . The image recognition assistance apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein
the setting unit calculates a motion vector amount based on a first captured image and a second captured image captured by the image-capturing device before the first captured image is captured, and the setting unit determines the shutter speed in accordance with the motion vector amount.

8 . An image recognition assistance method, wherein a computer performs:
an acquisition step of acquiring a recognition result of a recognition target object of image recognition carried out by an image recognition apparatus on a target image output by an image output unit using a predetermined set value; a determination step of determining the set value with which the recognition result meets a predetermined criterion; and a setting step of setting the determined set value in the image output unit.

9 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an image recognition assistance program causing a computer to execute:
acquisition processing for acquiring a recognition result of a recognition target object of image recognition carried out by an image recognition apparatus on a target image output by an image output unit using a predetermined set value; determination processing for determining the set value with which the recognition result meets a predetermined criterion; and setting processing for setting the determined set value in the image output unit.

Assignees

• Jvckenwood Corp

Inventors

• Kawasaki Masaru
• Kamiga Hideaki
• Matsukawa Nobuyuki
• Goto Masaki
• Watanabe Tsuyoshi
• Ibaraki Takeshi
• Kurashige Norio
• Matsumoto Eiji
• Ogawa Hideaki
• Suzuki Tsuyoshi
• Matsuoka Kenji

Classifications

• H04N23/60

  Control of cameras or camera modules · CPC title

• H04N23/61

  based on recognised objects · CPC title

• G06V10/98 Primary

  Detection or correction of errors, e.g. by rescanning the pattern or by human intervention; Evaluation of the quality of the acquired patterns · CPC title

• G06V10/776 Primary

  Validation; Performance evaluation · CPC title

• G06T7/254

  involving subtraction of images · CPC title