ANALYSIS CONTROL SYSTEM

• US 20150317521A1
• Filed: 11/06/2013
• Published: 11/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: KOYAMA, Kazuya
• Granted Patent: US 10,229,327 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/52 Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69

Abstract

An analysis control system 100 of the present invention includes: an engine control unit 103 controlling analysis processing operation of a plurality of analysis engines 110 each executing analysis processing on analysis target data; an analysis processing condition acceptance unit 101 accepting input of an analysis processing condition relating to the analysis target data; and a priority setting unit 102 setting a priority of the analysis engine executing the analysis processing on the analysis target data, on a basis of the analysis processing condition. The engine control unit 103 controls the analysis processing operation of the analysis engines in accordance with the priority set by the priority setting unit.

Claims

1. An analysis control system comprising:

an engine control unit controlling analysis processing operation of a plurality of analysis engines each executing analysis processing on analysis target data;

an analysis processing condition acceptance unit accepting input of an analysis processing condition relating to the analysis target data; and

a priority setting unit setting a priority of the analysis engine executing the analysis processing on the analysis target data, on a basis of the analysis processing condition,

wherein the engine control unit controls the analysis processing operation of the analysis engines in accordance with the priority set by the priority setting unit.

2. The analysis control system according to claim 1, wherein:

the priority setting unit places a higher priority on the analysis engine executing analysis processing enabling acquisition of an analysis result corresponding to the analysis processing condition than on the other analysis engine; and

the engine control unit controls so that the analysis processing by the analysis engine with the priority set to a higher value is executed prior to analysis processing by the other analysis engine.

3. The analysis control system according to claim 2, wherein the engine control unit controls so that the analysis processing by at least the one analysis engine with the priority set to the higher value is executed.

4. The analysis control system according to claim 1, wherein:

the priority setting unit sets a priority of a data acquisition device acquiring the analysis target data, on the basis of the analysis processing condition; and

the engine control unit controls the analysis processing operation of the analysis engines on the analysis target data acquired by the data acquisition device, in accordance with the priority of the analysis engine and the priority of the data acquisition device.

5. The analysis control system according to claim 4, wherein:

the priority setting unit places a higher priority on a data acquisition device acquiring the analysis target data enabling acquisition of an analysis result corresponding to the analysis processing condition than on another data acquisition device; and

the engine control unit controls so that the analysis processing by the analysis engine on the analysis target data acquired by the data acquisition device with the priority of the data acquisition device set to a higher value is executed prior to analysis processing on analysis target data acquired by the other data acquisition device.

6. The analysis control system according to claim 5, wherein in a case where the analysis target data is video data and the data acquisition device is a camera capturing the video data, the priority setting unit places a higher priority on the camera set up so as to capture the video data with an angle of view enabling acquisition of an analysis result corresponding to the analysis processing condition than on another camera.

7. The analysis control system according to claim 5, wherein the priority setting unit places a higher priority on the data acquisition device set up in a position to capture the analysis target data enabling acquisition of an analysis processing result corresponding to the analysis processing condition than on another data acquisition device.

8. The analysis control system according to claim 1, wherein the analysis processing condition acceptance unit accepts information based on a result of analysis by the analysis engine as the analysis processing condition.

9. The analysis control system according to claim 8, wherein:

the analysis processing condition acceptance unit accepts information based on a result of analysis by the analysis engine with the priority of the analysis engine set higher as a new analysis processing condition;

the priority setting unit sets a new priority of the analysis engine executing the analysis processing on the analysis target data, on a basis of the new analysis processing condition; and

the engine control unit controls the analysis processing operation of the analysis engines in accordance with the new priority set by the priority setting unit.

10. An information processing device comprising:

an analysis processing condition acceptance unit accepting input of an analysis processing condition relating to analysis target data of analysis by an analysis engine;

a priority determination unit determining a priority of the analysis engine executing analysis processing on the analysis target data, on a basis of the analysis processing condition; and

a priority setting unit setting the priority in an analysis processing device so that an engine control unit controls analysis processing operation of a plurality of analysis engines in accordance with the priority, the analysis processing device including the engine control unit controlling the analysis processing operation of the analysis engines.

11. The information processing device according to claim 10, wherein:

the priority determination unit determines to place a higher priority on the analysis engine executing analysis processing enabling acquisition of an analysis result corresponding to the analysis processing condition than on the other analysis engine; and

the priority setting unit sets the priority in the analysis processing device so that the engine control unit controls so as to execute the analysis processing by the analysis engine with the priority set to a higher value prior to analysis processing by the other analysis engine.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program comprising instructions for causing an information device to realize:

an analysis processing condition acceptance unit accepting input of an analysis processing condition relating to analysis target data of analysis by an analysis engine;

a priority determination unit determining a priority of the analysis engine executing analysis processing on the analysis target data, on a basis of the analysis processing condition; and

a priority setting unit setting the priority in an analysis processing device so that an engine control unit controls analysis processing operation of a plurality of analysis engines in accordance with the priority, the analysis processing device including the engine control unit controlling the analysis processing operation of the analysis engines.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium storing the program according to claim 12, wherein:

the priority determination unit determines to place a higher priority on the analysis engine executing analysis processing enabling acquisition of an analysis result corresponding to the analysis processing condition than on the other analysis engine; and

the priority setting unit sets the priority in the analysis processing device so that the engine control unit controls so as to execute the analysis processing by the analysis engine with the priority set to a higher value prior to analysis processing by the other analysis engine.

14. An analysis control method comprising:

accepting input of an analysis processing condition relating to analysis target data of analysis by an analysis engine;

setting a priority of the analysis engine executing analysis processing on the analysis target data, on a basis of the analysis processing condition; and

controlling analysis processing operation of a plurality of analysis engines in accordance with the priority.

15. The analysis control method according to claim 14, comprising:

placing a higher priority on the analysis engine executing analysis processing enabling acquisition of an analysis result corresponding to the analysis processing condition than on the other analysis engine; and

controlling so as to execute the analysis processing by the analysis engine with the priority set to a higher value prior to analysis processing by the other analysis engine.