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Methods and apparatus to count people in images

  • US 9,292,736 B2
  • Filed: 12/20/2013
  • Issued: 03/22/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • Analyzing, with a processor, frame pairs of a plurality of frame pairs captured over a period of time to identify a redundant person indication detected in an overlap region, the overlap region corresponding to an intersection of a first field of view and a second field of view;

    eliminating, with the processor, the identified redundant person indication to form a conditioned set of person indications for the period of time;

    grouping, with the processor, similarly located ones of the person indications of the conditioned set to form groups;

    analyzing, with the processor, the groups to identify redundant groups detected in the overlap region; and

    eliminating, with the processor, the redundant groups from a people tally generated based on the groups.

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