Position management device, position management system, position management method, and position management program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9418428-B2
Application number	US-201314411985-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2013
Priority date	Jul 2, 2012
Publication date	Aug 16, 2016
Grant date	Aug 16, 2016

Abstract

The position management device includes: a calculation unit that gives identification on an object being monitored to the object being monitored cyclically imaged, and calculates positional information of the object from an image of the object; a storage unit that associates the identification and an imaging time with the positional information, and stores these items; and a comparison unit that compares, with respect to the object, an absolute value of a difference between the positional information as of a current time and the positional information as of each of the imaging times one and two cycle(s) prior to the current time, as stored in the storage unit, with a predetermined reference value, and outputs the positional information as of the current time if the absolute value for at least one of the imaging times is less than the reference value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A position management device, comprising:
a calculation unit that gives identification information of an object being monitored to the object being monitored cyclically imaged by an imaging device, and calculates positional information of the object being monitored from an image of the imaged object being monitored;
a storage unit that associates the identification information of the object being monitored and an imaging time with the positional information, and stores the identification information, the imaging time and the positional information, which are associated with each other; and
a comparison unit that compares, with respect to the object being monitored, an absolute value of a difference between a value of the positional information as of a current time and a value of the positional information as of each of the imaging times one cycle and two cycles prior to the current time, which are stored in the storage unit, with a predetermined reference value, and outputs the positional information as of the current time even if the absolute value of the difference for the imaging time one cycle prior to the current time is equal to or greater than the reference value, and if the absolute value of the difference for the imaging time two cycles prior to the current time is less than the reference value.

2. The position management device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of the calculation units that individually input the images taken by a plurality of the imaging devices;
a plurality of the comparison units that individually input sets of the positional information calculated by a plurality of the calculation units; and
an identification unit that combines sets of the positional information being output by a plurality of the comparison units and outputs identified positional information identifying the position of the object being monitored,
wherein the storage unit associates the identification information of the object being monitored and the imaging time with the identified positional information, and stores the identification information, the imaging time and the identified positional information, which are associated with each other,
and wherein the comparison unit compares, with respect to the object being monitored, an absolute value of a difference between a value of the positional information as of a current time and a value of the identified positional information as of each of the imaging times one cycle and two cycles prior to the current time, which are stored in the storage unit, with a predetermined reference value, and outputs the positional information as of the current time even if the absolute value of the difference for the imaging time one cycle prior to the current time is equal to or greater than the reference value, and if the absolute value of the difference for the imaging time two cycles prior to the current time is less than the reference value.

3. A position management system comprising the position management device according to claim 1 and the imaging device.

4. A position management method, comprising:
by an information processing apparatus, giving identification information on an object being monitored to the object being monitored cyclically imaged by an imaging device, and calculating positional information on the object being monitored from an image of the imaged object being monitored;
by the information processing apparatus, associating with the identification information of the object being monitored and an imaging time with the positional information, and storing the identification information, the imaging time and the positional information, which are associated with each other, in a storage area; and
by the information processing apparatus, comparing, with respect to the object being monitored, an absolute value of a difference between a value of the positional information as of a current time and a value of the positional information as of each of the imaging times one cycle and two cycles prior to the current time, as stored in the storage area, with a predetermined reference value, and outputting the positional information as of the current time if the absolute value of the difference for at least one of the imaging times is less than the reference value.

5. The position management method according to claim 4 , comprising:
individually inputting the images taken by a plurality of the imaging devices;
individually inputting sets of the positional information calculated from the images taken by a plurality of the imaging devices;
combining a plurality of sets of the positional information and outputting identified positional information identifying the position of the object being monitored;
associating the identification information of the object being monitored and the imaging time with the identified positional information, and storing the identification information, the imaging time and the identified positional information, which are associated with each other, in the storage area; and
comparing, with respect to the object being monitored, an absolute value of a difference between a value of the positional information as of a current time and a value of the identified positional information as of each of the imaging times one cycle and two cycles prior to the current time, as stored in the storage area, with a predetermined reference value, and outputting the positional information as of the current time even if the absolute value of the difference for the imaging time one cycle prior to the current time is equal to or greater than the reference value, and if the absolute value of the difference for the imaging time two cycles prior to the current time is less than the reference value.

6. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a position management program, causing a computer to execute:
a calculation processing of giving identification information on an object being monitored to the object being monitored cyclically imaged by an imaging device, and calculating positional information of the object being monitored from an image of the imaged object being monitored;
a storage processing of associating the identification information of the object being monitored and an imaging time with the positional information, and storing the identification information, the imaging time and the positional information, which are associated with each other, in a storage area; and
a comparison processing of, with respect to the object being monitored, comparing an absolute value of a difference between a value of the positional information as of a current time and a value of the positional information as of each of the imaging times one cycle and two cycles prior to the current time, as stored in the storage area, with a predetermined reference value, and outputting the positional information as of the current time even if the absolute value of the difference for the imaging time one cycle prior to the current time is equal to or greater than the reference value, and if the absolute value of the difference for the imaging time two cycles prior to the current time is less than the reference value.

7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing the position management program according to claim 6 , causing a computer to execute:
a plurality of the calculation processing of individually inputting the images taken by a plurality of the imaging devices;
a plurality of the comparison processing of individually inputting sets of the positional information calculated by a plurality of the calculation processing; and
an identification processing of combining sets of the positional information being output by a plurality of the comparison processing and outputting id

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Saito Shigetsu

Classifications

• G06T2207/10024

  Color image · CPC title

• G06T7/0038 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06T7/2093

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06T2207/30232

  Surveillance · CPC title

• G06T7/004

  Physics · mapped topic