ANALYSIS SYSTEM

• US 20150030260A1
• Filed: 02/14/2013
• Published: 01/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Arikuma, Takeshi, Koyama, Kazuya, Yamada, HIROSHI, Nagai, YOICHI
• Application Number:
  US14/379,541
• Publication Number:
  US 20150030260A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/309
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/217 Validation; Performance evaluation; Active pattern learning techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/00 Image analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/96 Management of image or video recognition tasks
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/52 Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

An analysis system of the present invention includes: an analysis process executing means for controlling operation of the analysis system configured by a plurality of analysis engines to execute an analysis process; and an input quality regulating means for determining quality characteristics of processing target data inputted into the respective analysis engines so as to satisfy a preset requirement for accuracy of an analysis result, and regulating the quality characteristic of the processing target data inputted into a given analysis engine configuring the analysis system based on the determined quality characteristics.

Claims

1-15. -15. (canceled)

16. An analysis system comprising:

an analysis process executing unit for controlling operation of the analysis system to execute an analysis process, the analysis system configured by a plurality of analysis engines executing predetermined analysis processes, respectively; and

an input quality regulating unit for determining quality characteristics of processing target data inputted into the respective analysis engines so as to satisfy a preset requirement for accuracy of an analysis result, and regulating the quality characteristic of the processing target data inputted into a given one of the analysis engines configuring the analysis system based on the determined quality characteristics,

wherein the analysis process executing unit is configured to control the operation of the analysis system so as to input the processing target data of quality corresponding to the quality characteristic regulated by the input quality regulating unit into the given analysis engine.

17. The analysis system according to claim 16, comprising an analysis process flow storing unit for storing an analysis process flow showing a sequence of analyses by the plurality of analysis engines,

wherein the input quality regulating unit is configured to regulate the quality characteristic of the processing target data inputted into the given analysis engine, based on the quality characteristics of the processing target data inputted into the respective analysis engines and based on the analysis process flow, the quality characteristics being determined by the input quality regulating unit.

18. The analysis system according to claim 17, wherein the input quality regulating unit is configured to regulate the quality characteristic of the processing target data inputted into the given analysis engine, based on the quality characteristic of the processing target data inputted into another one of the analysis engines that is arranged on a low-order side of the given analysis engine in a processing sequence in the analysis process flow, the quality characteristic of the processing target data inputted into the other analysis engine being determined for the other analysis engine.

19. The analysis system according to claim 18, wherein the input quality regulating unit is configured to:

based on the analysis process flow, specify a serial flow analysis engine part in which a processing sequence is serial according to a preset criterion and which includes one of the analysis engines or a group of the analysis engines; and

, consider the analysis engine arranged in a highest order in the serial flow analysis engine part as the given analysis engine, and regulate the quality characteristic of the processing target data inputted into the given analysis engine, based on the quality characteristics of the processing target data inputted into the respective analysis engines, the quality characteristics being determined for the respective analysis engines included by the serial flow analysis engine part.

20. The analysis system according to claim 19, wherein the input quality regulating unit is configured to set a largest value of the quality characteristics of the processing target data inputted into the respective analysis engines as the quality characteristic of the given analysis engine, the quality characteristics being determined for the respective analysis engines included by the serial flow analysis engine part.

21. The analysis system according to claim 19, wherein:

the input quality regulating unit is configured to;

based on the analysis process flow, specify a point where a processing sequence is split in the serial flow analysis engine part, and specify a sub-flow analysis engine part which is arranged on a low-order side of the split point, in which a processing sequence is serial according to a preset criterion, and which includes one of the analysis engines or a group of the analysis engines; and

regulate the quality characteristic of the processing target data inputted into the analysis engine arranged in a highest order in the sub-flow analysis engine part, based on the quality characteristics of the processing target data inputted into the respective analysis engines, the quality characteristics being determined for the respective analysis engines included by the sub-flow analysis engine part; and

the analysis process executing unit is configured to control the operation of the analysis system so as to input, into the analysis engine arranged in a highest order in the sub-flow analysis engine part, the processing target data of quality corresponding to the quality characteristic of the processing target data inputted into the analysis engine arranged in the highest order in the sub-flow analysis engine part, the quality characteristic being regulated by the input quality regulating unit.

22. The analysis system according to claim 16, comprising an engine characteristics information storing unit for storing, for each of the analysis engines, engine characteristics information in which a quality characteristic of processing target data inputted into the analysis engine and an accuracy characteristic of a result of analysis by the analysis engine are previously associated and set,

wherein the input quality regulating unit is configured to determine the quality characteristic of the processing target data inputted into each of the analysis engines so as to satisfy a preset requirement for accuracy of an analysis result, based on the engine characteristics information.

23. The analysis system according to claim 22, wherein:

the engine characteristics information storing unit is configured to store, for each of the analysis engines, engine resources characteristics information in which a resources characteristic representing an amount of resources used for an analysis process by the analysis engine is previously set; and

the input quality regulating unit is configured to determine the quality characteristic of the processing target data inputted into each of the analysis engines so as to satisfy a preset requirement for accuracy of an analysis result and a preset requirement for a resources amount of an analysis process.

24. The analysis system according to claim 22, comprising an engine characteristics information generating unit for:

causing the analysis process executing unit to, for each of the analysis engines, measure a quality characteristic of the processing target data inputted into the analysis engine whose operation is controlled by the analysis process executing unit and an accuracy characteristic of a result of analysis by the analysis engine, acquiring the quality characteristic and the accuracy characteristic from the analysis process executing unit, generating the engine characteristics information by associating the acquired quality characteristic and the acquired accuracy characteristic, and storing the engine characteristics information into the engine characteristics information storing unit;

or updating the engine characteristics information stored in the engine characteristics information storing unit.

25. The analysis system according to claim 23, comprising an engine resources characteristics information generating unit for:

causing the analysis process executing unit to, for each of the analysis engines, measure a resources characteristic representing an amount of resources used in an analysis process by the analysis engine whose operation is controlled by the analysis process executing unit, acquiring the resources characteristic from the analysis process executing unit, generating the engine resources characteristics information including the acquired resources characteristics, and storing the engine resources characteristics information into the engine characteristics information storing unit;

or updating the engine resources characteristics information stored in the engine characteristics information storing unit.

26. The analysis system according to claim 23, comprising a resources allocation information storing unit for storing preset resources allocation information showing allocation of resources to the analysis engines,

wherein the input quality regulating unit is configured to set the resources amount requirement based on the resources allocation information, and determine the quality characteristic of the processing target data inputted into each of the analysis engines so as to satisfy the resources amount requirement.

27. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program comprising instructions for causing an information processing device, which controls operation of an analysis system configured by combining a plurality of analysis engines executing predetermined analysis processes, respectively, to execute an analysis process, to realize:

an input quality regulating unit for determining quality characteristics of processing target data inputted into the respective analysis engines so as to satisfy a preset requirement for accuracy of an analysis result, and regulating the quality characteristic of the processing target data inputted into a given one of the analysis engines configuring the analysis system based on the determined quality characteristics; and

an analysis process executing unit for inputting the processing target data of quality corresponding to the quality characteristic regulated by the input quality regulating unit into the given analysis engine, and controlling the operation of the analysis system to execute an analysis process.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable medium storing the program according to claim 27, wherein the input quality regulating unit is configured to regulate the quality characteristic of the processing target data inputted into the given analysis engine, based on the quality characteristics of the processing target data inputted into the respective analysis engines and based on a previously stored analysis process flow showing a sequence of analyses by the plurality of analysis engines, the quality characteristics being determined by the input quality regulating unit.

30. The analysis method according to claim 28, wherein an analysis process flow showing a sequence of analyses by the plurality of analysis engines is stored,

the analysis method comprising:

regulating the quality characteristic of the processing target data inputted into the given analysis engine, based on the quality characteristics of the processing target data inputted into the respective analysis engines and based on the analysis process flow, the quality characteristics being determined based on engine characteristics information.

29. An analysis method for controlling operation of an analysis system configured by combining a plurality of analysis engines executing predetermined analysis processes, respectively, to execute an analysis process, the analysis method comprising:

determining quality characteristics of processing target data inputted into the respective analysis engines so as to satisfy a preset requirement for accuracy of an analysis result, and regulating the quality characteristic of the processing target data inputted into a given one of the analysis engines configuring the analysis system based on the determined quality characteristics; and

inputting the processing target data of quality corresponding to the regulated quality characteristic into the given analysis engine, and controlling the operation of the analysis system to execute an analysis process.