CAPTURED IMAGE RECOGNITION DEVICE, CAPTURED IMAGE RECOGNITION SYSTEM, AND CAPTURED IMAGE RECOGNITION METHOD
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Abstract
Provided is a captured image recognition device that enables the performance of an image recognition function to be sufficiently evinced. A field-of-view splitting estimation unit (31) estimates the splitting of the field of view of a camera unit (20) using a captured image (S1). On the basis of the estimated splitting of the field of view, a candidate application selection unit (32) selects, from among a plurality of image recognition applications, candidates for an image recognition application that is favorable or able to execute processing with respect to a current captured image. An image recognition processing unit (40) executes the image recognition application selected by a user from among the candidate applications. As a result, the performance of an image recognition function can be sufficiently evinced as a result of it being possible to execute an image recognition application that is suitable to the current captured image.
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20 Claims
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11. A captured-image recognition apparatus comprising:
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a visual-field-ratio estimation section that estimates a visual field ratio of a target in a captured image using at least two kinds of detecting sections that detect different kinds of targets; a candidate application selection section that selects at least one candidate of an image recognition application corresponding to the estimated visual field ratio, from among a plurality of image recognition applications that recognize different kinds of targets; and an image recognition processing section that executes an image recognition application selected from among the candidate applications. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A captured-image recognition system comprising:
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a server apparatus that includes a database storing a plurality of image recognition application programs therein; and a network camera to be connected to the server apparatus in a network;
wherein;the server apparatus selects a candidate of an image recognition application corresponding to the visual field ratio, from among the plurality of stored image recognition application programs that recognize different kinds of targets, based on a visual field ratio estimated by a size of a target detected by at least two kinds of detecting sections, and by the kinds of the detecting sections, the at least two kinds of detecting sections detecting different kinds of the targets in an image captured by the network camera; the server apparatus presents information on the selected candidate of the image recognition application to a user of the network camera; and the server apparatus transmits a program for the image recognition application selected by the user to the network camera.
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19. A captured-image recognition method comprising:
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a visual-field-ratio estimation step of estimating a visual field ratio of a target size in a captured image using at least two kinds of detecting sections that detect different kinds of targets; a candidate application selection step of selecting at least one candidate of an image recognition application corresponding to the estimated visual field ratio, from among a plurality of image recognition applications that recognize different kinds of targets; and an image recognition processing step of executing an image recognition application selected from among the candidate applications.
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20. A program that causes a computer to execute a process comprising:
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estimating a visual field ratio of a target in a captured image using at least two kinds of detecting sections that detect different kinds of targets; selecting a candidate of an image recognition application corresponding to the estimated visual field ratio, from among a plurality of image recognition applications that recognize different kinds of targets; and executing an image recognition application selected from among the candidate applications.
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