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Thronging determination device and thronging determination method

US9165195B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 14, 2014
Grant dateOct 20, 2015
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Expiry dateApr 14, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N7/181
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A thronging determination device for determining occurrence of a thronging state in which persons are gathered locally, includes an image receiving unit that receives a moving image, an image dividing unit that divides an input image received by the image receiving unit into local regions, and a degree-of-congestion estimating unit that judges the degree of congestion in plural ones of the local regions. If the degree-of-congestion estimating unit judges that the degree of congestion in the plural ones of the local regions is lower than a prescribed value, a thronging determination is performed using local regions that are smaller in number than the local regions that have been used in estimating the degree of congestion.

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