# US 12,217,508 B2 · Processing apparatus, processing method, and non-transitory storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,217,508 B2 - Document ID: US12217508B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/641,016 - Filed: 2019-10-25 - Published: 2022-10-20 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2019-10-25 - Assignees: NEC Corporation - Applicants: NEC Corporation - Inventors: Masayuki Ariyoshi; Kazumine Ogura; Tatsuya Sumiya; Toshiyuki Nomura; Shingo Yamanouchi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12217508B2 ## CPC - G06V 20/52: Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects (recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69) - H04N 7/188: {Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position (signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253)} - G01S 13/867: {Combination of radar systems with cameras} - G01S 13/887: {for detection of concealed objects, e.g. contraband or weapons} - G06T 7/20: Analysis of motion (motion estimation for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals H04N19/43, H04N19/51) - G06V 10/255: {Detecting or recognising potential candidate objects based on visual cues, e.g. shapes} - G08B 13/19602: {Image analysis to detect motion of the intruder, e.g. by frame subtraction} - G06T 2207/10044: Radar image - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS ## Abstract The present invention provides a processing system (20) including an image capturing unit (21) that captures an image of a person passing through a first area and generates a person image indicating an appearance of the person, an electromagnetic wave transmission/reception unit (22) that emits an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength of 30 micrometers or more and 1 meter or less toward the person passing through the first area, and receives a reflected wave, a determination unit (23) that determines whether the person possesses a pre-designated object, based on a signal of the received reflected wave, and a registration unit (24) that registers, in a first list, the person image of the person determined to possess the pre-designated object. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A processing system comprising: at least one memory configured to store one or more instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to: capture an image of a person passing through a first area and generate a person image indicating an appearance of the person; emit an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength of 30 micrometers or more and 1 meter or less toward the person passing through the first area, and receive a reflected wave; determine whether the person possesses a pre-designated object based on a feature value appearing in a signal of the received reflected wave without generating a transmission image based on the signal of the received reflected wave; and register, in a first list, the person image of the person determined to possess the pre-designated object. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The processing system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to generate a transmission image, based on the signal of the received reflected wave, and determine whether the person possesses the pre-designated object, based on a shape appearing in the transmission image. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The processing system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to extract a transmission feature value, based on the signal of the received reflected wave, and determine whether the person possesses the pre-designated object, based on the transmission feature value. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The processing system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to register the person image and a result of the determining in a log in association with each other. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The processing system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to detect a person registered in the first list within an image generated by a surveillance camera, and track the person within the image. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The processing system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to: capture an image of a person in front of a gate; and control opening and closing of the gate according to whether a person captured in the image has been registered in the first list. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The processing system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to: capture an image of a person in front of a branch point; and provide guidance after the branch point according to whether a person captured in the image has been registered in the first list. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The processing system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to transmit the first list to a surveillant terminal. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The processing system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to detect, when a person registered in the first list has been registered in a white list generated in advance, the person image of the person from the first list. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The processing system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to detect a timing when a person has entered the first area and a timing when the person has exited the first area, based on a signal of the received reflected wave, and divide a signal of the received reflected wave for each person, based on the detected timing. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The processing system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to output a screen that indicates at least a part of the person image, a result of the determining, a transmission image generated based on a signal of the reflected wave, and a log indicating result of the determining for each of a plurality of persons who have passed the first area. ### Claim 12 A processing method comprising, by a processing system: capturing an image of a person passing through a first area and generating a person image indicating an appearance of the person; emitting an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength of 30 micrometers or more and 1 meter or less toward the person passing through the first area, and receiving a reflected wave; determining whether the person possesses a pre-designated object, based on a feature value appearing in a signal of the received reflected wave without generating a transmission image based on the signal of the received reflected wave; and registering, in a first list, the person image of the person determined to possess the pre-designated object. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory storage medium storing a program that causes a computer of a processing system to: capture an image of a person passing through a first area and generate a person image indicating an appearance of the person; determine whether the person possesses a pre-designated object, based on a feature value appearing in a signal of a reflected wave of an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength of 30 micrometers or more and 1 meter or less and being emitted toward the person passing through the first area without generating a transmission image based on the signal of the received reflected wave; and register, in a first list, the person image indicating an appearance of the person determined to possess the pre-designated object and being generated by capturing an image of the person passing through the first area.