Crowd type classification system, crowd type classification method and storage medium for storing crowd type classification program

A crowd type classification system comprising:

• a memory that stores a set of instructions;
• and
• at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to:
• detect a plurality of partial regions each indicating crowds in staying in an image;
• and
• analyze a first partial region and a second partial region, and classify types of the crowds in the first partial region and the second partial region.

A crowd type classification method comprising:

• detecting a local region indicating a crowd in staying in local regions determined in an image acquired by an image acquisition device;
• estimating a direction of the crowd for an image of a part corresponding to the local region detected and appending the direction of the crowd to the local region detected;
• and
• classifying a type of the crowd including a plurality of staying persons for the local region with the direction of the crowd by using a relative vector indicating a relative positional relationship between two local regions and directions of crowds in the two local regions, and outputting the type and positions of the crowd.