US 12,430,769 B2
Announce apparatus and method for support-needing user
Tomohiro Azuma, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 9, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/630,067.
Application 18/630,067 is a continuation of application No. 17/270,517, granted, now 11,983,878, previously published as PCT/JP2019/033868, filed on Aug. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-161731 (JP), filed on Aug. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0257355 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G08G 1/005 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 7/11 (2017.01) [G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G08G 1/005 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A notification system comprising:
at least one memory storing instructions; and
at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to:
detect a person from a first image capturing inside of a vehicle;
estimate a crowd state in the vehicle based on a number of persons detected from the first image;
determine whether or not boarding is pertinent for a support-needing person based on the number of the persons detected from the first image; and
output information relating to pertinency to boarding.