US 11,854,278 B2
Information processing device and method
Shigeki Tatematsu, Tokyo (JP); and Michiro Hirai, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/767,189
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 2, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/037528
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/075277, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-189081 (JP), filed on Oct. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0375235 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G06V 20/62 (2022.01); G06V 10/77 (2022.01); G06V 30/18 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 20/625 (2022.01) [G06V 10/7715 (2022.01); G06V 30/18162 (2022.01); G06V 2201/07 (2022.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing device, comprising:
a central processing unit (CPU) configured to:
extract feature information of a vehicle from a captured image based on a detection result of a number plate of the vehicle in the captured image;
register the extracted feature information of the vehicle in a specific database;
query existence of feature information corresponding to the extracted feature information in the specific database;
register, as an appearance result of the vehicle, a place where imaging of the vehicle has been performed in association with the corresponding information, wherein the place is registered as the appearance result of the vehicle based on the information corresponding to the feature information exists in the specific database; and
generate an appearance map of the vehicle based on the appearance result of the vehicle.