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Image data collecting apparatus, method, and program

US12219293B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 8, 2019
Grant dateFeb 4, 2025
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Expiry dateMay 6, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30261
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image data collecting apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires position information of a plurality of mobile bodies on which a photographing device is mounted, and a selecting unit that acquires, for each mobile body, the position information acquired for the plurality of mobile bodies, information indicating photographing ranges of the photographing devices mounted on the plurality of mobile bodies, and position information of a predetermined object, and selects a mobile body on which a photographing device that outputs collection target image data is mounted from the plurality of mobile bodies on the basis of the acquired information; a transmitting unit that transmits a collection instruction for image data which is a photographing result of the photographing device mounted on the mobile body to the selected mobile body; and a receiving unit that receives the image data transmitted from the mobile body having received the collection instruction.

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