Method and system for generating an output with respect to a group of individuals

A computer-implemented method for generating an output with respect to a group of individuals, the method comprising:

• identifying the group of individuals amongst a plurality of individuals in an area being monitored by one or more sensors using a schematic model,
• wherein the schematic model is composed of at least one of a skeleton model and a face model which determines a separation, and an orientation of each individual of said plurality of individuals, and whether to assign an adjacent pair of individuals as belonging to the group of individuals based on the separation determined with respect to the adjacent pair of individuals and the orientation determined with respect to each individual of the adjacent pair of individuals,
• wherein said determining whether to assign an adjacent pair of individuals comprises determining to assign the adjacent pair of individuals as belonging to the group on individuals,
• if the separation between the adjacent pair of individuals determined satisfies a predetermined separation condition and the orientations of the adjacent pair of individuals determined satisfy a predetermined orientation condition,
• wherein the predetermined separation condition is that the separation determined is less than a predetermined separation, and the predetermined orientation condition is that the orientations determined are toward each other;
• determining a group characteristic information associated with the group of individuals based on one or more individual-based features determined for each individual in the group;
• and
• generating the output based on the group characteristic information determined for the group of individuals.

A system for generating an output with respect to a group of individuals, the system comprising:

• a memory;
• at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to:
• identify the group of individuals amongst a plurality of individuals in an area being monitored by one or more sensors using a schematic model wherein the schematic model is composed of at least one of a skeleton model and a face model which determines a separation, an orientation of each individual of said plurality of individuals and whether to assign an adjacent pair of individuals as belonging to the group of individuals based on the separation determined with respect to the adjacent pair of individuals and the orientation determined with respect to each individual of the adjacent pair of individuals,
• wherein said separation is determined based on one or more predetermined first portions of the respective skeleton model or the face model and said orientation is determined based on a direction vector generated based on one or more predetermined second portions of the respective skeleton model or the face model;
• determine a group characteristic information associated with the group of individuals based on one or more individual-based features determined for each individual in the group;
• and
• generate the output based on the group characteristic information determined for the group of individuals.

A system for generating an output with respect to a group of individuals, the system comprising:

• a memory;
• at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to:
• identify the group of individuals amongst a plurality of individuals in an area being monitored by one or more sensors using a schematic model;
• wherein the schematic model is composed of at least one of a skeleton model and a face model which determines a separation, an orientation of each individual of said plurality of individuals and whether to assign an adjacent pair of individuals as belonging to the group of individuals based on the separation determined with respect to the adjacent pair of individuals and the orientation determined with respect to each individual of the adjacent pair of individuals;
• wherein said determining whether to assign an adjacent pair of individuals comprises determining to assign the adjacent pair of individuals as belonging to the group on individuals
• if the separation between the adjacent pair of individuals determined satisfies a predetermined separation condition and the orientations of the adjacent pair of individuals determined satisfy a predetermined orientation condition;
• wherein the predetermined separation condition is that the separation determined is less than a predetermined separation and the predetermined orientation condition is that the orientations determined are toward each other;
• determine a group characteristic information associated with the group of individuals based on one or more individual-based features determined for each individual in the group;
• and
• generate the output based on the group characteristic information determined for the group of individuals.