Apparatus for identification of an object queue, method and computer program
US8855364B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 2, 2010 |
| Grant date | Oct 7, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V20/53
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In daily life, people are often forced to join a queue in order, for example, to pay at a checkout or to be dealt with at an airport, etc. Because of the various forms of a queue, these are not usually recorded automatically, but are analyzed manually. For example, if a long queue is formed at a supermarket, as a result of which the predicted waiting time for the customers rises above a threshold value, this situation can be identified by the checkout personnel, and a further checkout can be opened. A device 1 is proposed for identification of a queue 2 of objects 10 in a monitoring area, having an interface 6 which can be connected to an image source 7, with the interface 6 being designed to observe at least one monitoring image 3 of the monitoring area of the image source, wherein the monitoring image 3 shows a scene background of the monitoring area with possible objects 10, having an evaluation device 5 which is designed to identify the queue 2 of the objects 10 in the at least one monitoring image, wherein the evaluation device 5 has an object detector module 8 which is designed to detect a plurality of objects 10 on the basis of the monitoring image 3, wherein the plurality o…
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