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Smoke detection device, smoke detection method, and program recording medium

US10095958B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 20, 2015
Grant dateOct 9, 2018
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Expiry dateMar 20, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2021/1765
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In order to properly detect an outbreak of smoke using a photographic image, this detection device is equipped with an extraction unit, a calculation unit, and a detection unit. By using an image analysis result of an input image, that is, a photographic image captured of a scene under surveillance, the extraction unit generates an image for which a noise component is removed from the input image. By using brightness information contained in the generated image, the calculation unit calculates an attenuation factor of reflected light from a captured object in the input image. The detection unit determines whether an outbreak of smoke is present in the scene under surveillance based on the attenuation factor.

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