US 12,293,550 B2
Output device, method, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium
Hirofumi Kanai, Osaka (JP); Toshihide Mori, Osaka (JP); Yuka Yamada, Nara (JP); and Hideyuki Maehara, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed by PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/085,118.
Application 18/085,118 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/019028, filed on May 19, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/044,747, filed on Jun. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0117389 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01)
CPC G06T 7/90 (2017.01) [G06T 7/0016 (2013.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An output device for outputting excretion information, comprising:
an acquisition part that acquires a plurality of images chronologically captured by a camera located to photograph an inside of a bowl of a toilet, each of the images including time information indicating a photographing time;
a first extraction part that extracts, from the acquired images, an excrement image showing excrement;
a second extraction part that extracts, from the acquired images, a blood image showing a blood spot;
a first determination part that determines, based on time information about the excrement image, an excretion start time, when the first extraction part extracts the excrement image;
a second determination part that determines, based on time information about the blood image, a blood appearance start time, and determines, based on the blood image, a blood size indicating a size of the blood spot, when the second extraction part extracts the blood image; and
an output part that generates, as the excretion information, information including the excretion start time, the blood appearance start time, and the blood size, and outputs the generated excretion information.