Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

An information processing method executable by a computer, the method comprising:

• acquiring high-risk time and space information indicating a spatial region with an increased possibility of an accident occurring or of a crime being committed and at least a corresponding time slot;
• identifying and acquiring a video to be analyzed based on the high-risk time and space information;
• analyzing the video to acquire information on a possible surveillance target that is a person who has caused a crime or an accident before or a vehicle possessed by the person, the information on the possible surveillance target including a number of possible surveillance targets counted within the spatial region and in the corresponding time slot;
• determining a degree of priority of the spatial region and the corresponding time slot based on the information on the possible surveillance target;
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• identifying, from among the spatial region and the corresponding time slot indicated by the high-risk time and space information, a spatial region where surveillance is to be conducted, which is at least a portion of the spatial region, and a time slot when surveillance is to be conducted, on a basis of the information on the possible surveillance target and the degree of priority, wherein the time slot when surveillance is to be conducted includes a first time of starting the surveillance and a second time of ending the surveillance.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method, the method comprising:

• acquiring high-risk time and space information indicating a spatial region with an increased possibility of an accident occurring or of a crime being committed and at least a corresponding time slot;
• identifying and acquiring a video to be analyzed based on the high-risk time and space information;
• analyzing the video to acquire information on a possible surveillance target that is a person who has caused a crime or an accident before or a vehicle possessed by the person, the information on the possible surveillance target including a number of possible surveillance targets counted within the spatial region and in the corresponding time slot;
• determining a degree of priority of the spatial region and the corresponding time slot based on the information on the possible surveillance target;
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• identifying, from among the spatial region and the corresponding time slot indicated by the high-risk time and space information, a spatial region where surveillance is to be conducted, which is at least a portion of the spatial region, and a time slot when surveillance is to be conducted, on a basis of the information on the possible surveillance target and the degree of priority, wherein the time slot when surveillance is to be conducted includes a first time of starting the surveillance and a second time of ending the surveillance.