Image processing method providing information for identifying a function of an object, the function being identified based on a pose of a person with respect to the object

An image processing method providing information for identifying a function of an object, the function being identified based on a pose of a person with respect to the object, the person and the object being a photography subject,

• the image processing method comprising:
• continuously shooting the photography subject to obtain a plurality of images, and detecting the object and extracting a position of the object from a three-dimensional position of the photography subject in the images;
• detecting the person and extracting a position of the person from the three-dimensional position, and extracting, from the position of the person, a plurality of part information pieces including respective positions of characteristic parts of the person;
• generating a pose class for each set of part information pieces, the part information pieces being similar to one another in correlation between parts of the person calculated from each of the plurality of part information pieces;
• identifying a pose class to which the correlation between parts of the person belongs, among a plurality of generated pose classes, in a case where a distance between the person and the object included in the images is within a predetermined range;
• storing the identified pose class in association with the object, and
• identifying a correlation between the object and each characteristic part of the person, in a case where the distance between the person and the object included in the images is within the predetermined range, wherein
• the storing step stores information representing the correlation identified by the relative position identification unit, in association with the object.

A non-transitory recording medium encoded with an image processing program providing information for identifying a function of an object, the function being identified based on a pose of a person with respect to the object, the person and the object being a photography subject,

• the image processing program causing a computer to perform:
• continuously shooting the photography subject to obtain a plurality of images, and detecting the object and extracting a position of the object from a three-dimensional position of the photography subject in the images;
• detecting the person and extracting a position of the person from the three-dimensional position, and extracting, from the position of the person, a plurality of part information pieces including respective positions of characteristic parts of the person;
• generating a pose class for each set of part information pieces, the part information pieces being similar to one another in correlation between parts of the person calculated from each of the plurality of part information pieces;
• identifying a pose class to which the correlation between parts of the person belongs, among a plurality of generated pose classes, in a case where a distance between the person and the object included in the images is within a predetermined range;
• storing the identified pose class in association with the object, and
• identifying a correlation between the object and each characteristic part of the person, in a case where the distance between the person and the object included in the images is within the predetermined range, wherein
• the storing step stores information representing the correlation identified by the relative position identification unit, in association with the object.