VIDEO IMAGE PROVIDING APPARATUS, VIDEO IMAGE UTILIZING APPARATUS, VIDEO IMAGE PROVIDING SYSTEM, VIDEO IMAGE PROVIDING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM
First Claim
1. A video image providing apparatus comprising:
- an attribute characteristic information acquisition unit which acquires attribute characteristic information representing a visual characteristic of a human attribute from an attribute characteristic information storage apparatus;
a video image data acquisition unit which acquires video image data captured by an image-capturing apparatus;
a human area extraction unit which extracts a human area from the video image data;
an attribute determination unit which determines whether or not an area matching the attribute characteristic information is included in the human area; and
a human video image information transmission unit which transmits human video image information including an video image of at least a partial region of the human area to a video image utilizing apparatus which performs processing with respect to a video image of a person having the human attribute, when the human area is determined to include the area matching the attribute characteristic information.
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Abstract
The present invention has been made for purpose of providing a video image providing apparatus which can provide a variety of users with a video image captured by a surveillance camera or the like, while paying careful attention to privacy information included in the video image.
The present invention comprises: an attribute characteristic information acquisition unit which acquires attribute characteristic information representing a visual characteristic of a human attribute from an attribute characteristic information storage apparatus; a video image data acquisition unit which acquires video image data captured by an image-capturing apparatus; a human area extraction unit which extracts a human area from the video image data; an attribute determination unit which determines whether or not an area matching the attribute characteristic information is included in the human area; a human video image information transmission unit which transmits human video image information to a video image utilizing apparatus.
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10 Claims
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1. A video image providing apparatus comprising:
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an attribute characteristic information acquisition unit which acquires attribute characteristic information representing a visual characteristic of a human attribute from an attribute characteristic information storage apparatus; a video image data acquisition unit which acquires video image data captured by an image-capturing apparatus; a human area extraction unit which extracts a human area from the video image data; an attribute determination unit which determines whether or not an area matching the attribute characteristic information is included in the human area; and a human video image information transmission unit which transmits human video image information including an video image of at least a partial region of the human area to a video image utilizing apparatus which performs processing with respect to a video image of a person having the human attribute, when the human area is determined to include the area matching the attribute characteristic information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A video image providing method comprising:
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acquiring attribute characteristic information representing a visual characteristic of a human attribute from an attribute characteristic information storage apparatus; acquiring video image data captured by an image-capturing apparatus; extracting a human area from the video image data; determining whether or not an area matching the attribute characteristic information is included in the human area; and transmitting human video image information including an video image of at least a partial region of the human area to a video image utilizing apparatus which performs processing with respect to an video image of a person having the attribute, when the human area is determined to include an area matching the attribute characteristic information.
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10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program to cause a computer to execute:
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an attribute characteristic information acquisition process to acquire attribute characteristic information representing a visual characteristic of a human attribute from an attribute characteristic information storage apparatus; a video image data acquisition process to acquire video image data captured by an image-capturing apparatus; a human area extraction process to extract a human area from the video image data; an attribute determination process to determine whether or not an area matching the attribute characteristic information is included in the human area; and a human video image information transmission process to transmit human video image information including an video image of at least a partial region of the human area to a video image utilizing apparatus which performs processing with respect to an video image of a person having the attribute, when the human area is determined to include an area matching the attribute characteristic information.
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