JP7318696B2 - Individual identification device, individual identification method and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an individual identification device, an individual identification method, and a program.

As a technology for individual identification of multiple objects of the same type, there is a technology that identifies each object by assigning unique information to the object that is the object of individual identification and reading the assigned unique information. mentioned. For example, a sticker printed with a registration number, which is information specific to a bicycle, is attached, or a sticker printed with a serial number, information specific to a personal computer, is attached. By reading the number printed on the sticker, the bicycle or personal computer can be identified.
Patent Literature 1 describes, as a related technique, a technique of collating a photographed target object based on images of the target object photographed at different wavelengths.
Patent Documents 2 to 5 describe techniques for recognizing a subject based on feature amounts and feature points as related techniques.
Patent Documents 6 and 7 describe, as a related technology, a technology for fingerprint-of-object authentication based on a pattern.

JP 2006-126207 A Japanese Patent No. 6044547 WO2013/073273 Japanese Patent No. 6044548 Japanese Patent No. 6070568 WO2013/191281 WO2013/191282

By the way, when an object is identified by the method described above, there is a possibility that the identified part of the object is known by someone other than the administrator of the object.
Therefore, there has been a demand for a technology capable of identifying objects while ensuring technical safety.

An object of the present invention is to provide an individual identification device, an individual identification method, and a program that can solve the above problems.

In order to achieve the above object, an aspect of the present invention provides storage means for storing, for each type of object to be identified, a position indicating a photographing location for identifying an individual of the object; overall information acquisition means for acquiring overall information that is an image of the entire object; specifying means for specifying a type of object similar to the overall information; and storage based on the specified type. In addition to an output means for outputting the position obtained and a movement instruction for moving the photographing location to the position, the individual identification information of the object is used to prevent the identification of where the individual identification information of the object is identified. and at least one of after the individual identification information is specified, the presenting means for transmitting a movement instruction to the device for moving the device that executes imaging for identifying the individual of the target. and an individual identification device .

Further, another aspect of the present invention provides the individual identification device described above, overall information capable of identifying the type of an object to be identified, and partial information capable of identifying the individual of the object. and an information processing system comprising: an object information acquisition device that acquires object information including an object, and transmits the acquired object information to the individual identification device.

Another aspect of the present invention is to store, for each type of object to be identified as an individual, a position indicating a photographing location for individual identification of the object; Acquiring overall information, which is an image of the entire image, identifying a type of an object similar to the overall information, and outputting the stored position based on the identified type. , in addition to the movement instruction to move the photographing location to the position, before the individual identification information is specified and the individual At least one of after the identification information is specified, the individual identification method includes transmitting a movement instruction to the device for moving the device that performs imaging for identifying the individual of the object.

Another aspect of the present invention is a process of storing, in a computer, a position indicating a photographing location for identifying an individual of the object for each type of the object that is the object of identifying the individual; A process of acquiring overall information that is an image of the entire object, a process of identifying the type of the object similar to the overall information, and outputting the stored position based on the identified type. and a movement instruction to move the shooting location to the position, before the individual identification information is specified in order to prevent the identification of where the individual identification information of the target object is specified, and and transmitting a movement instruction to the device for moving the device for performing photographing for identifying the individual of the object, at least one after the individual identification information is specified.

According to the present invention, an object can be identified while technically ensuring safety.

It is a figure showing composition of an information processing system by one embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an object information acquisition device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of the individual identification device by one Embodiment of this invention. 1 is a first diagram showing a processing flow of an information processing system according to one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. It is a second diagram showing the processing flow of the information processing system according to one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the minimum structure of the individual identification device by embodiment of this invention. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a configuration of a computer according to at least one embodiment; FIG.

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Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
A configuration of an information processing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
An information processing system 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention includes an object information acquisition device 10 and an individual identification device 20, as shown in FIG. Note that FIG. 1 also shows an object O, which is a target for individual identification.

The object information acquisition device 10 acquires object information from the object O including overall information that allows identification of the type of the object O and partial information that allows identification of the individual object O from a portion of the object O. and transmits the acquired target object information to the individual identification device 20 . The object information acquisition device 10 includes a communication unit 101, an object information acquisition unit 102, a control unit 103, and a display unit 104, as shown in FIG.
In one embodiment of the present invention, each of the overall information, the partial information, the partial characteristic information described later, and the overall characteristic information described later is an image. Moreover, in one embodiment of the present invention, the target object information acquisition device 10 is, for example, a smart phone.

The communication unit 101 communicates with the individual identification device 20 .
The object information acquisition unit 102 acquires the overall information from the object O. FIG. The object information acquisition unit 102 transmits the acquired overall information to the individual identification device 20 via the communication unit 101 . Further, the target object information acquisition unit 102 acquires partial information from the target object O. FIG. Here, the partial information acquired by the object information acquiring unit 102 is partial information acquired by bringing the object information acquiring apparatus 10 closer to the position specified by the position specifying unit 205 described later. The object information acquisition unit 102 transmits the acquired partial information to the individual identification device 20 via the communication unit 101 .
In one embodiment of the present invention, the target object information acquisition unit 102 is, for example, a camera included in a smart phone.
The target object information acquisition unit 102 captures an image of the entire target object O. FIG. The image of the entire object O imaged by the object information acquisition unit 102 is the whole information. In addition, the target object information acquisition unit 102 approaches and images a part of the target object O from which an individual can be identified. A partial image of the object O imaged by the object information acquisition unit 102 is the partial information.

The control unit 103 controls display on the display unit 104 . Specifically, for example, the control unit 103 causes the display unit 104 to display an image captured by the object information acquisition unit 102 . Further, for example, the control unit 103 receives from the individual identification device 20 a movement instruction for moving the imaging location to the position related to the partial feature information on the object O imaged by the object information acquisition device 10 . The partial feature information of the target object O is information obtained when the target object information acquisition device 10 is brought close to the position related to the partial feature information, and the target object information acquisition device is positioned so as to overlook the entire target object O. This is information that cannot be obtained with 10. The position related to the partial characteristic information is the position of a part of the object O that allows the individual to be identified. The control unit 103 causes the display unit 104 to display the received movement instruction.

The display unit 104 displays the image captured by the object information acquisition unit 102 under the control of the control unit 103 . Specifically, for example, the display unit 104 displays an image of the entire object O captured by the object information acquisition unit 102 . Also, for example, the display unit 104 displays an image of a part of the object O imaged by the object information acquisition unit 102 .
In addition, under the control of the control unit 103, the display unit 104 displays the position related to the partial feature information (hereinafter referred to as "partial feature information position") on the object O imaged by the object information acquiring apparatus 10. Display movement instructions to move.

The individual identification device 20 is a device that identifies an object O based on object information, overall information, partial information, partial feature information described later, and overall feature information described later. As shown in FIG. 3, the individual identification device 20 includes a communication unit 201, a partial storage unit 202, an overall storage unit 203, an overall information acquisition unit 204, a position specifying unit 205, a partial information acquisition unit 206, An individual identification unit 207 and a presentation unit 208 are provided.
In one embodiment of the invention, the individual identification device 20 is, for example, a server.

The partial storage unit 202 stores the individual identification information of the object O and the partial feature information, which is information related to a part of the object O, in association with each other.
As described above, in one embodiment of the invention, the partial feature information is an image. Specifically, the partial storage unit 202 is an imaging device, preferably a device of the same type as the target object information acquisition device 10 that acquires overall information and partial information, more preferably an object that acquires overall information and partial information. An image obtained by picking up a part of the target object O from which the individual can be identified by the information acquisition device 10 itself and the individual identification information of the target object O are stored in advance in association with each other.

The overall storage unit 203 stores the type of the target object O, the overall feature information indicating the overall feature of the target object O, and the position of the partial feature information in association with each other. Here, the type is a general classification of a plurality of individuals having the same shape. For example, the type is represented by a model number or the like.
As mentioned above, in one embodiment of the invention, the global feature information is an image. Specifically, the entire storage unit 203 is an imaging device, preferably a device of the same type as the target object information acquisition device 10 that acquires the entire information and partial information, more preferably an object that acquires the entire information and partial information. An image of the entire object O captured by the information acquisition device 10 itself, the type of the object O, and the partial feature information position are associated and stored in advance.

The general information acquisition unit 204 acquires general information from the object information acquisition device 10 .
Specifically, the overall information acquisition unit 204 acquires an image of the entire object O imaged by the object information acquisition unit 102 from the object information acquisition device 10 .

The position specifying unit 205 performs similarity determination between the overall information and the overall feature information in the overall storage unit 203, and specifies overall feature information similar to the overall information. The position specifying unit 205 then specifies the partial feature information position associated with the specified overall feature information in the overall storage unit 203 .
The position specifying unit 205 transmits the specified partial feature information position to the target object information acquisition device 10 via the communication unit 201 .

For example, similarity determination between the overall information and the overall feature information performed by the position specifying unit 205 is performed using the techniques described in Patent Literatures 2 to 5 from the image as the overall information and the image as the overall feature information. A feature point is detected, a local feature amount for the feature point is generated, and based on the feature amount, it is determined whether or not the overall information and the overall feature information are similar.

Further, for example, the similarity determination between the overall information and the overall feature information performed by the position specifying unit 205 is based on the overall feature information stored in the overall storage unit 203 and the overall information acquired by the target object information acquisition unit 102, respectively. Predetermined parameters used for determination of degree are extracted. Predetermined parameters are, for example, luminance and chromaticity. The position specifying unit 205 calculates a matching score S1 using the extracted predetermined parameters, and determines that the overall information and the overall feature information are similar if the calculated matching score S1 is higher than a predetermined threshold value. may Further, the position specifying unit 205 may determine that the overall information and the overall feature information are not similar if the calculated matching score S1 is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value.

Further, for example, the position specifying unit 205 may determine whether or not the overall information and the overall feature information are similar using a technique related to an image other than the technique described above.

The partial information acquiring unit 206 acquires the partial information acquired by the object information acquiring unit 102 at the partial feature information position specified by the position specifying unit 205 from the object information acquiring device 10 .

The individual identification unit 207 identifies individual identification information associated with partial feature information similar to the partial information in the partial storage unit 202 .

For example, the individual identification unit 207 uses the techniques described in Patent Documents 6 and 7 to obtain the partial information and the partial information based on the pattern image, which is the partial information, and the pattern image, which is the partial feature information. It is determined whether or not the feature information is similar.

Also, for example, the individual identification unit 207 extracts predetermined parameters used for similarity determination from each of the partial feature information stored in the partial storage unit 202 and the partial information acquired by the target object information acquisition unit 102 . Predetermined parameters are, for example, luminance and chromaticity. The individual identification unit 207 calculates a matching score S2 using the extracted predetermined parameters, and determines that the partial information and the partial characteristic information are similar if the calculated matching score S2 is higher than a predetermined threshold value. . Further, if the calculated matching score S2 is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, the individual identification unit 207 determines that the partial information and the partial characteristic information are not similar. The individual identification unit 207 may identify individual identification information associated with partial feature information determined to be similar in the partial storage unit 202 .

Further, for example, the individual identification unit 207 may determine whether or not the partial information and the partial characteristic information are similar using a technique related to an image other than the technique described above.

The individual identification unit 207 transmits the identified individual identification information to the target object information acquisition device 10 via the communication unit 201 .

The presentation unit 208 transmits to the object information acquisition device 10 a movement instruction for moving the imaged location to the position of the partial feature information on the object O imaged by the object information acquisition device 10 . In addition, the presentation unit 208 sends a pseudo movement instruction to the object information at least one of before the individual identification information is specified by the individual identification unit 207 and after the individual identification information is specified by the individual identification unit 207. Send to the acquisition device 10 . The pseudo movement instruction is given before the individual identification information is specified by the individual identification unit 207 and when the individual identification information is specified by the individual identification unit 207 so as not to specify where the individual identification information is specified. It is a movement instruction to move the object information acquisition device 10 at least one way after it is specified.

Next, processing of the information processing system 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described.
Here, the processing flow of the information processing system 1 shown in FIG. 4 will be described.
Note that the object O is assumed to be a bicycle. Further, it is assumed that the partial feature information and the overall feature information are acquired by the object information acquiring apparatus 10 itself that acquires the overall information and the partial information, respectively.

The administrator determines the position of the part of the object O that allows the individual to be identified, that is, the position of the partial feature information. This position is a position where the characteristic pattern of each object O tends to appear, and is determined after confirming whether the characteristic pattern actually appears and can be identified for several samples. Here, it is assumed that a part of the object O that can be identified as an individual is a seat clamp.
Note that the number of administrators is limited to the minimum necessary number (ideally one from the viewpoint of confidentiality) according to administrative convenience.

After determining the position of the partial feature information, the administrator performs an operation to acquire the partial feature information using the object information acquiring apparatus 10 itself that acquires the overall information and the partial information.
The target object information acquisition unit 102 acquires the partial feature information of the target object O according to the operation by the administrator (step S1). Specifically, for example, the target object information acquiring unit 102 captures an image of the seat clamp of a bicycle, which is the target object O, according to the operation by the administrator. The image of the seat clamp of the bicycle imaged by the object information acquisition unit 102 is the partial characteristic information.

Further, the administrator performs an operation of acquiring the overall characteristic information using the object information acquiring apparatus 10 itself that acquires the overall information and the partial information.
The object information acquisition unit 102 acquires the overall characteristic information of the object O according to the operation by the administrator (step S2). Specifically, for example, the target object information acquisition unit 102 captures an image of the entire bicycle, which is the target object O, according to the operation by the administrator. The image of the entire bicycle captured by the object information acquisition unit 102 is the overall feature information.

The administrator performs an operation of associating the individual identification information of the target object O with the partial feature information, which is information relating to a part of the target object O, and writing the information into the individual identification device 20 .
The partial storage unit 202 associates and stores the individual identification information of the object O and the partial feature information, which is information related to a part of the object O, according to the operation by the administrator (step S3). Specifically, for example, the partial storage unit 202 associates and stores the identification number of the bicycle and the image of the seat clamp of the bicycle according to the operation by the administrator.

The administrator performs an operation of associating the type of object O (the type of object in the case of a bicycle), the overall feature information, and the position of the partial feature information and writing them in the individual identification device 20 .
The overall storage unit 203 associates and stores the type of the object O, the overall feature information, and the position of the partial feature information according to the operation by the administrator (step S4). Specifically, for example, the general storage unit 203 associates and stores the model of the bicycle, the image of the entire bicycle, and the position of the seat clamp on the bicycle according to the operation by the administrator. Note that the position of the partial feature information (in this example, the position of the seat clamp on the bicycle) is based on, for example, a predetermined part of the object O (for example, the upper end of the front fork), and the direction and distance from the reference. is the position indicated by The direction is, for example, the direction from the center of the smallest quadrilateral containing the predetermined part of the object O to the center of the smallest quadrilateral containing the part from which the partial feature information is acquired. Also, the distance is, for example, the distance connecting their centers.
The processing from step S1 to step S4 described above is processing performed on all the objects O in advance before the objects O are identified.

Next, the person in charge executes an exclusive application on the target object information acquisition device 10 and performs an operation to acquire overall information from the target object O using the target object information acquisition device 10 .
The object information acquiring unit 102 acquires the overall information of the object O according to the operation by the person in charge (step S5). Specifically, for example, the target object information acquisition unit 102 captures an image of the entire bicycle, which is the target object O, according to the operation by the person in charge. The overall image of the bicycle captured by the object information acquisition unit 102 is the overall information.
The dedicated application is a program that causes the target object information acquisition device 10 to execute processing described later.
The object information acquisition unit 102 transmits the acquired overall information to the individual identification device 20 via the communication unit 101 (step S6).

The overall information acquisition unit 204 receives the overall information from the object information acquisition device 10 via the communication unit 201 (step S7). For example, the overall information acquisition unit 204 receives an image of the entire object O captured by the object information acquisition unit 102 from the object information acquisition device 10 .
Overall information acquisition section 204 outputs the received overall information to position specifying section 205 .

The position specifying unit 205 receives general information from the general information acquisition unit 204 .
The position specifying unit 205 specifies the partial feature information position associated with the overall feature information similar to the received overall information in the overall storage unit 203 (step S8).
For example, the position specifying unit 205 extracts predetermined parameters used for similarity determination from each of the overall feature information stored in the overall storage unit 203 and the overall information acquired by the object information acquisition unit 102 . Predetermined parameters are, for example, luminance and chromaticity. The position specifying unit 205 calculates a matching score S1 using the extracted predetermined parameters, and determines that the overall information and the overall feature information are similar if the calculated matching score S1 is higher than a predetermined threshold. . Further, the position specifying unit 205 determines that the overall information and the overall feature information are not similar if the calculated matching score S1 is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value. The position specifying unit 205 specifies the partial feature information position associated with the overall feature information determined to be similar in the overall storage unit 203 .
Position identifying section 205 outputs position information including information indicating the identified partial feature information position to presentation section 208 .
The presentation unit 208 transmits to the object information acquisition device 10 via the communication unit 201 (step S9).

The control unit 103 receives position information from the object information acquisition device 10 via the communication unit 101 (step S10).
The control unit 103 causes the display unit 104 to display an instruction to move the target object information acquisition device 10 to the partial feature information position indicated by the received position information (step S11).
Specifically, for example, the position information includes information indicating a predetermined portion of the target object O that serves as a reference (for example, the position of the upper end of the front fork). The control unit 103 causes the display unit 104 to display an instruction (for example, "Please take an image of the upper end of the front fork") for the person in charge to image the part of the object O at the position of the partial characteristic information. The person in charge moves the target object information acquisition device 10 to a position where a predetermined part of the target object O serving as a reference can be imaged according to the instruction displayed on the display unit 104 . The target object information acquisition unit 102 captures an image of a predetermined portion of the target object O that serves as a reference. When the target object information acquiring unit 102 acquires an image of a predetermined part of the target object O that serves as a reference image, the control unit 103 moves the partial feature information position indicated by the direction and distance from the reference to the image capturing position. For example, an arrow for moving the object information acquisition device 10 is displayed on the display unit 104 . For example, the control unit 103 calculates the amount of movement of the object information acquisition device 10 based on the amount detected by a sensor such as an acceleration sensor or a gyro sensor, and specifies the direction and distance to the partial feature information position. Then, the control unit 103 may display an arrow corresponding to the specified direction and distance on the display unit 104 . Also, for example, the partial storage unit 202 stores information in which a predetermined position of the object O and image information at that position are associated one-to-one. The control unit 103 acquires an image of the object O while the object information acquisition device 10 is moving, and identifies image information stored in the partial storage unit 202 . The control unit 103 identifies a predetermined position of the object O associated with the identified image information, and recognizes this position as the current position. The control unit 103 identifies the direction and distance from the current position to the partial feature information position. Then, the control unit 103 may display an arrow corresponding to the specified direction and distance on the display unit 104 .

The person in charge moves the object information acquisition device 10 according to the display on the display unit 104 . During this time, the target object information acquiring unit 102 acquires partial information (in one embodiment of the present invention, an image of a part of the target object O) (step S12). The object information acquiring unit 102 transmits the acquired partial information to the individual identification device 20 (step S13).

The partial information acquisition unit 206 receives the partial information from the object information acquisition unit 102 via the communication unit 201 (step S14). Partial information acquisition section 206 outputs the received partial information to individual identification section 207 .

The individual identification unit 207 acquires partial information from the partial information acquisition unit 206 . The individual identification unit 207 identifies individual identification information associated with partial feature information similar to the acquired partial information in the partial storage unit 202 (step S15).

For example, the individual identification unit 207 uses the techniques described in Patent Documents 6 and 7 to obtain the partial information and the partial information based on the pattern image, which is the partial information, and the pattern image, which is the partial feature information. It is determined whether or not the feature information is similar.
The individual identification unit 207 transmits the identified individual identification information to the target object information acquisition device 10 via the communication unit 201 .

The presentation unit 208 transmits to the target object information acquiring apparatus 10 a movement instruction for moving the imaging location to the partial feature information position. In addition, the presentation unit 208 sends a pseudo movement instruction to the object information at least one of before the individual identification information is specified by the individual identification unit 207 and after the individual identification information is specified by the individual identification unit 207. Send to the acquisition device 10 .

The information processing system 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention has been described above. In the individual identification device 20 according to one embodiment of the present invention, the partial storage unit 202 stores individual identification information of the object O, which is the object for individual identification, and partial feature information, which is information related to a part of the object O. are stored in association with each other. The overall storage unit 203 stores the type of the target object O, the overall feature information indicating the overall feature of the target object O, and the position of the partial feature information on the target object O in association with each other. The overall information acquisition unit 204 acquires overall information that allows the type of the object O to be identified.
The position specifying unit 205 specifies the position associated with the overall feature information similar to the overall information in the overall storage unit 203 . The partial information acquisition unit 206 acquires partial information that allows the individual object O to be identified. The individual identification unit 207 identifies individual identification information associated with partial feature information similar to the partial information in the partial storage unit 202 .
By doing so, the individual identification device 20 can identify the object O in a state in which safety is technically ensured.
In addition, the presentation unit 208 transmits to the target object information acquiring apparatus 10 a movement instruction for moving the imaging location to the partial feature information position. In addition, the presentation unit 208 sends a pseudo movement instruction to the object information at least one of before the individual identification information is specified by the individual identification unit 207 and after the individual identification information is specified by the individual identification unit 207. Send to the acquisition device 10 .
By doing so, the individual identification device 20 can identify the target object O without the person in charge knowing the imaging location where the individual identification information is specified.

Next, the individual identification device 20 with the minimum configuration according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
As shown in FIG. 6, the minimum configuration individual identification device 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a partial storage unit 202, a whole storage unit 203, a whole information acquisition unit 204, a position specifying unit 205, and a partial information acquisition unit. A unit 206 and an individual identification unit 207 are provided.

The partial storage unit 202 associates and stores individual identification information of a target object for which individual identification is performed and partial feature information that is information relating to a part of the target object.

The overall storage unit 203 associates and stores the type of target object, overall feature information indicating the overall feature of the target object, and the position of the partial feature information in the target object.

The general information acquisition unit 204 acquires general information that enables identification of the type of target object.
The position specifying unit 205 specifies the position associated with the overall feature information similar to the overall information in the overall storage unit 203 .

The partial information acquisition unit 206 acquires partial information that can identify an individual object.
The individual identification unit 207 identifies individual identification information associated with partial feature information similar to the partial information in the partial storage unit 202 .
In this way, the object can be identified while ensuring technical safety.

Note that, in another embodiment of the present invention, each functional unit that performs individual identification performed by the individual identification device 20 may be provided in the target object information acquisition device 10 .

In another embodiment of the present invention, the object O may be an antique and an appraisal of the antique. In that case, in the information processing system 1, the individual identification device 20 replaces the bicycle of the object O of the above-described embodiment of the present invention with the antique and the appraisal, and for each of the antique and the appraisal, The overall characteristic information and the type of the object O are written in the overall storage unit, and the partial characteristic information and the individual identification information of the object O are written in the partial storage unit.
By doing so, the information processing system 1 can always determine whether each of the antique and the appraisal is genuine or counterfeit.

Further, the information processing system 1 includes an object-related information storage unit that stores object-related information in which objects of different types are associated with each other, such as antiques and appraisals, and objects stored in the object-related information storage unit. an object pair determination unit that determines, based on the relevant information and the individual identification information specified by the individual identification unit, whether or not the pair of objects corresponding to the individual identification information specified by the individual identification unit is correct; Prepare.
By doing so, the information processing system 1 can more reliably prove that the antique is genuine.

Note that if the object O is an antique, paper such as an appraisal, or the like, the partial feature information of the object may change over time. In the case of such an object O, a plurality of pieces of partial characteristic information are stored in the partial storage unit in association with individual identification information, and if the obtained partial information matches one of the pieces of partial characteristic information, The object O may be determined to be the object indicated by the individual identification information associated with the partial characteristic information.

Note that the information processing system 1 according to another embodiment of the present invention may use radio waves instead of images. For example, the target object O is provided with two types of communication tags, and one communication tag emits radio waves containing information indicating the type of the target object O that can be received at a distance from which the entire target object O can be viewed. Another communication tag may emit radio waves containing information unique to the object O, which can be received only at a short distance from the position where the communication tag is provided on the object O. FIG. After detecting the radio wave containing the information indicating the type of the object O, the individual identification device 20 instructs the object information acquisition device 10 to move to a position where the radio wave containing information specific to the object O can be detected. .
By doing so, the information processing system 1 can identify the object O using radio waves instead of images.
In addition, the presentation unit 208 sends a pseudo movement instruction to the object information at least one of before the individual identification information is specified by the individual identification unit 207 and after the individual identification information is specified by the individual identification unit 207. It may be transmitted to the acquisition device 10 .
By doing so, the information processing system 1 can identify the object O without the person in charge knowing the imaging location where the individual identification information is specified, even when using radio waves.

It should be noted that the order of the processes in the embodiment of the present invention may be changed as long as appropriate processes are performed.

Each of the partial storage unit 202, the entire storage unit 203, and other storage units and storage devices (including registers and latches) in the embodiments of the present invention may be provided anywhere within the range where appropriate information transmission/reception is performed. good. Further, each of the partial storage unit 202, the entire storage unit 203, and other storage units and storage devices may exist in a plurality and store data in a distributed manner within a range where appropriate information transmission/reception is performed.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described, the information processing system 1, the object information acquisition device 10, the individual identification device 20, and other control devices described above may have a computer system inside. The process of the above-described processing is stored in a computer-readable recording medium in the form of a program, and the above-described processing is performed by reading and executing this program by a computer. Specific examples of computers are shown below.
FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of a computer according to at least one embodiment.
The computer 5 includes a CPU 6, a main memory 7, a storage 8, and an interface 9, as shown in FIG.
For example, each of the information processing system 1 , the object information acquisition device 10 , the individual identification device 20 , and other control devices described above is implemented in the computer 5 . The operation of each processing unit described above is stored in the storage 8 in the form of a program. The CPU 6 reads out the program from the storage 8, develops it in the main memory 7, and executes the above process according to the program. In addition, the CPU 6 secures storage areas corresponding to the storage units described above in the main memory 7 according to the program.

Examples of the storage 8 include HDD (Hard Disk Drive), SSD (Solid State Drive), magnetic disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), DVD-ROM (Digital Versatile Disc Read Only Memory). , semiconductor memory, and the like. The storage 8 may be an internal medium directly connected to the bus of the computer 5, or an external medium connected to the computer 5 via the interface 9 or communication line. Further, when this program is distributed to the computer 5 through a communication line, the computer 5 that receives the distribution may develop the program in the main memory 7 and execute the above process. In at least one embodiment, storage 8 is a non-transitory, tangible storage medium.

Further, the program may implement part of the functions described above. Furthermore, the program may be a file capable of realizing the above functions in combination with a program already recorded in the computer system, that is, a so-called difference file (difference program).

While several embodiments of the invention have been described, these embodiments are examples and do not limit the scope of the invention. Various additions, omissions, replacements, and modifications may be made to these embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention.

1... Information processing system 5... Computer 6... CPU
7 main memory 8 storage 9 interface 10 object information acquisition device 20 individual identification devices 101 and 201 communication unit 102 object information acquisition unit 103 ... control section 104 ... display section 202 ... partial storage section 203 ... overall storage section 204 ... overall information acquisition section 205 ... position specifying section 206 ... partial information acquisition section 207 Individual identification unit 208 Presentation unit

Claims (3)

storage means for storing, for each type of object to be identified, a position indicating a photographing location for identifying an individual of the object;
overall information acquisition means for acquiring overall information as an image of the entire object;
identifying means for identifying a type of object similar to the overall information;
output means for outputting the stored position based on the identified type;
In addition to the movement instruction to move the shooting location to the position, before the individual identification information is specified and the individual identification and presenting means for transmitting, at least one after information is identified, a movement instruction for moving a device that performs imaging for identifying an individual of the object to the device . Storing a position indicating a photographed location for identifying an individual of the object for each type of object that is a target for individual identification;
Acquiring overall information, which is an image obtained by capturing the entirety of the object;
identifying a type of object similar to the overall information;
outputting the stored location based on the identified type;
In addition to the movement instruction to move the shooting location to the position, before the individual identification information is specified and the individual identification At least one of after information is identified, transmitting a movement instruction to the device for moving the device that performs imaging for individual identification of the object. to the computer,
A process of storing a position indicating a photographing location for identifying an individual of the target for each type of the target that is the target of individual identification;
a process of acquiring overall information, which is an image of the entire object;
a process of identifying a type of object similar to the overall information;
a process of outputting the stored position based on the identified type;
In addition to the movement instruction to move the shooting location to the position, before the individual identification information is specified and the individual identification At least one of after the information is specified, a process of transmitting a movement instruction to the device for moving the device that performs imaging for identifying the individual object.

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