US 12,294,814 B2
Watching monitoring device and watching monitoring method
Koji Kaniwa, Kyoto (JP); and Masuo Oku, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to MAXELL, Ltd., Kyoto (JP)
Appl. No. 18/008,919
Filed by MAXELL, Ltd., Kyoto (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/022794
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/250805, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0300296 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01)
CPC H04N 7/181 (2013.01) [G06T 11/001 (2013.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A watching monitoring apparatus, comprising:
a monitoring camera configured to image a watching space in which a watched person exists;
a person detector configured to detect a person from a captured image acquired by the monitoring camera, and to classify the detected person into a face part and a body part;
a processing-drawing part configured to perform a processing-drawing process with respect to the body part except for the face part classified by the person detector;
an image synthesizer configured to create a synthesized image of an image subjected to the processing-drawing process and the captured image;
a network part configured to transmit the synthesized image to a display terminal of a watching person; and
storage configured to store face information registration data in which face information of the watched person is registered,
wherein the person detector compares face information of the detected person and registration data that is the face information registration data with each other to determine whether the detected person has been registered,
wherein, in response to the person detector determining that the detected person has been registered, the processing-drawing part is configured to perform the processing-drawing process with respect to the detected person, and in response to determining that the detected person has not been registered, the processing-drawing part is configured not to perform the processing-drawing process with respect to the detected person,
wherein the person detector is further configured to:
simultaneously detects multiple people in the watching space where the multiple people exist; and
compare face information of the detected multiple people with the face information registration data to determine whether the detected multiple people are registered,
wherein, in response to determining that the detected person has been registered among the detected multiple people, the processing-drawing part is configured to perform the processing-drawing process with respect to the detected person, and
wherein, in response to determining that the detected person has not been registered among the detected multiple people, the processing-drawing part is configured not to perform the processing-drawing process with respect to the detected person.