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Person searching method and apparatus and image processing device

US11068707B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 18, 2019
Grant dateJul 20, 2021
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V40/103
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of this disclosure provide a person searching method and apparatus and an image processing device. The method includes: performing person detection on a reference image, determining a query person, and acquiring property information on the query person; performing person detection on at least one video surveillance image, determining all candidate persons, and acquiring property information on all the candidate persons; calculating a match score of each candidate person according to the property information on the query person and property information on each candidate person, and selecting a predetermined number of candidate persons in a descending order of the match scores; and calculating similarities between the query person and the selected candidate persons, and taking a candidate person in the selected candidate persons having a highest similarity with the query person as the query person. In the embodiments of this disclosure, the query person is found from the video surveillance image by person detection and two-step retrieval.

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