KR102571490B1 - Apparatus for counting the number of people - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a person counting device, and more particularly, to a device for determining the number of people in each space in real time and providing information on the number of people to a remote device.

Description

Apparatus for counting the number of people}

The present invention relates to a person counting device, and more particularly, to a device for determining the number of people in each space in real time and providing information on the number of people to a remote device.

Awareness and expectations for safety in buildings, ships, airplanes, etc. are increasing all over the world. In particular, identifying the location of people who cannot escape from an enclosed space in a dangerous situation and identifying the number of people present in an enclosed space are used as important information in the rescue process.

JP 2010-211762

The present invention relates to a person counting device that periodically counts the number of people in each of a plurality of divided spaces to be monitored and periodically informs the remote host device of the number of people in each of the divided spaces. will be.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the person counting device includes an entrance and exit identification unit for identifying at least one entrance and at least one exit within a specific area; a space identification unit identifying an area formed of the at least one entrance and the at least one exit as at least one space, and assigning an identification number to each space; a person detection unit for detecting in real time the number of people present in each space to which the identification number is assigned; and a communication unit configured to transmit the count information to a remote storage unit in real time when there is a change in count information indicating the number of people present in each space detected by the person detection unit, wherein the person detection unit includes the specific area. Based on motion information detected from an image captured by an imaging device that captures images or sensor information received from a sensor installed in each space, the position of the person in the specific area and the space to which the person belongs are identified to identify each space It is characterized by detecting the number of people present in.

Preferably, the communication unit broadcasts the coefficient information to a public institution or an object capable of providing assistance in a location close to the specific area when a predetermined dangerous situation is detected, and in this case, the The communication unit may detect the predetermined dangerous situation based on sensor information received from sensors installed in each space.

Preferably, the object capable of providing public assistance in a location close to the specific area is an object capable of short-distance communication with the communication unit.

When an accident occurs in a monitoring object such as a building, a ship, or an airplane, the monitoring agent has an advantage of being able to check the number of people in each of a plurality of divided spaces of the monitoring object in real time from a remote device.

In addition, it has the advantage of being able to determine the remaining number of people in each space in the event of an emergency or dangerous situation and guide the person in each space to the fastest movement route based on the connection between each space.

In addition, when a dangerous situation occurs in a building, ship, or airplane, the manager who manages the remote device notifies an object that can help in a location close to the place where the dangerous situation occurs, or the building, ship, or airplane where the dangerous situation occurs Danger can be broadcast to objects that can help within the communication range in the person counter used in the etc.

1 shows an internal configuration diagram of a person counting device 100 as a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 shows an internal configuration diagram of a person counting device 100 as a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In the present invention, the location of people in a specific space, such as a building, ship, airplane, etc., and the number of people in a specific space are grasped in real time and provided to a remote device in real time to perform a correct rescue in an emergency or dangerous situation.

To this end, the person counting device 100 periodically counts the number of people in each of a plurality of divided spaces within the area to be monitored, and reports the number of people in each of the plurality of divided spaces to the remote host device in real time. provided by

The person counting device 100 includes an entrance/exit identification unit 110 , a space identification unit 120 , a person detection unit 130 and a communication unit 140 .

The entrance/exit identification unit 110 identifies at least one entrance and at least one exit within a specific area. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the entrance and exit identification unit 110 identifies an entrance and an exit, respectively, using an image received from a CCTV, camera, or video device that captures the specific area.

The space identification unit 120 identifies the area consisting of at least one entrance and at least one exit identified by the entrance and exit identification unit 110 as at least one space, and assigns an identification number to each space.

The person detection unit 130 detects in real time the number of people present in each space assigned an identification number in the space identification unit 120 . As an example, when the first space is composed of a first entrance and a first exit, when a person enters through the first entrance, the number of persons in the first space is increased by “1”. Also, when a person exits through the first exit, the coefficient of the person in the first space is reduced by "1".

The person detecting unit 130 may count the number of people in a specific space using the number of moving objects of people passing through the entrance or exit constituting each space to which the identifier is assigned.

As another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the person detection unit 130 uses sensor information to detect a person existing in each space, or detects a Histogram of Oriented Gradient (HOG) method, which is a shape feature descriptor. A method of detecting a person among the detected moving objects may be detected using information on the location of the detected moving object and the size of the detected moving object.

The person detection unit 130 detects the position of a person in a specific area and the space to which the person belongs based on motion information detected from an image captured by an imaging device that captures a specific area or sensor information received from a sensor installed in each space. to detect the number of people present in each space.

The communication unit 140 transmits the count information to the remote storage unit in real time when a change occurs in the count information representing the number of people present in each space detected by the person detection unit 130 .

The communication unit 140 also provides information that an accident has occurred to a remote device in real time when an accident is recognized based on sensor information and the like, and attempts to communicate with an object capable of short-distance communication that can help. Objects that can help include all objects located adjacent to ships, cruise ships, airplanes, ships, buildings, etc. on which the people counter 100 is installed.

The communication unit 140 may recognize the occurrence of an accident through sensor information that detects temperature, humidity, vibration, etc. disposed in a specific area such as a ship, cruise ship, airplane, ship, building, etc. in real time.

2 is a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the person counting device 100 through the communication unit 140, external remote devices 200, police and public institutions 210, and ships, vehicles, moving objects located in a short distance (220) and the like shows an embodiment in which communication is possible.

When a predetermined dangerous situation is detected based on sensor information received from sensors installed in each space, the communication unit 140 detects a public institution 210 close to the current location or an object 220 capable of providing assistance. The count information indicating the number of people present in each space detected by the person detection unit (130 in FIG. 1) is transmitted.

The remote device 200 receives counting information indicating the number of people present in each space detected by the person detection unit (130 in FIG. 1 ) from the communication unit 140 in real time, When a dangerous situation is detected, it is implemented to transmit the count information received to a public institution 210 or an object 220 capable of providing assistance in a location close to the current location.

In addition, if the count information received from the communication unit 140 is not received for a predetermined time or more, the remote device 200 may provide the last stored count information to the public institution 210 or help located close to the current location. It is implemented to transmit to the object 220 in the presence.

3 shows an example of distinguishing spaces in a person counting device and counting the number of people in each space in real time as a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The person counting device distinguishes each space (310, 320, 330, 340) based on the entrance and exit. At a specific time t1, the first space 310 consists of entrances and exits 311 and 312 and one person exists, and the second space 320 consists of entrances and exits 321 and 322, and four people A person is detected as being present. The third space 330 is composed of an inlet and an outlet 331 and 332 and it is detected that no person exists. The fourth space 340 is composed of an inlet and an outlet 341 and 342, and it is detected that three people exist.

The person counting device distinguishes each space composed of an entrance and an exit within a specific space of a ship, vehicle, airplane, etc., and also counts the number of people in the entire area. 3, at a specific time t1, there is one person in the first space 310, four people in the second space 320, zero people in the third space 330, and three people in the fourth space 340. It detects that there are 14 people on the entire ship. Therefore, when utilizing the counting information transmitted at time t1 from the person counting device, 1 person in the first space 310, 4 people in the second space 320, 0 people in the third space 330, and 4 people in the fourth space ( 340), it can be inferred that there are 6 people in the aisle in addition to the 3 people.

FIG. 4 shows an example in which the person counting device detects in real time when the number of people in each space is changed and transmits information as a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The first space is classified by identification number ID1, and it is determined that there are 3 people at time t1, 3 people at time t2, 6 people at time t3, and 2 people at time tn, and this information is transmitted in real time through the communication unit. Save to remote storage. Similarly, information on the second space, the third space, ..., the Nth space is stored in the remote storage device in real time through the communication unit.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a real-time counting of the number of people in a person counting device as a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The entrance/exit identification unit of the person counting device identifies at least one entrance and at least one exit within a specific area (FIG. 3, 311, 312, 321, 322, 331, 332, 341, 342) (S510).

In the space identification unit, the area consisting of at least one entrance and exit identified by the entrance and exit identification unit is identified as a space (FIG. 3, 310, 320, 330, 340), and identification numbers ID1, ID2, ID3, and ID4 are assigned to each space. is given (S520).

The person detection unit detects in real time the number of people present in each space to which the identification number is assigned. Referring to FIG. 3 , the person detection unit detects 1 person at time t1 in the first space 310 to which an identification number of ID1 is assigned, 4 people at time t1 to a second space 320 to which an identification number of ID2 is assigned, ID3 0 is detected at time t1 in the third space 330 assigned with the identification number of ID4, and 3 people are detected at time t1 in the 4th space 340 assigned with the identification number of ID4 (S530).

The communication unit transmits the count information to the remote storage unit in real time when a change occurs in the number of people present in each space detected by the person detection unit (S540).

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, and common practice in the technical field to which the present invention pertains without departing from the gist of the present invention claimed in the claims. Of course, various modifications and implementations are possible by those with knowledge of, and these modifications should not be individually understood from the technical spirit or perspective of the present invention.

Claims (3)

an entrance/exit identification unit for identifying at least one entrance and at least one exit within a specific area in the image received from the imaging device;
a space identification unit identifying an area including the at least one entrance and the at least one exit identified through the received image as at least one space, and assigning an identification number to each space;
a person detection unit for detecting in real time the number of people present in each space by using the number of people passing through the entrance or exit constituting each space to which the identification number is assigned; and
A communication unit for transmitting the count information to a remote storage unit in real time when a change occurs in the count information indicating the number of people present in each space detected by the person detection unit;
The person detection unit detects the position of a person in the specific area and the person to which the person belongs based on motion information detected from an image captured by the image capture device capturing the specific area or sensor information received from a sensor installed in each space. Identify the space in which there is a space and detect the number of people present in each space,
The communication unit transmits count information representing the number of people present in each space detected by the person detection unit to a public institution or an object capable of providing assistance in a location close to the current location when a preset dangerous situation is detected. A person counting device characterized in that for transmission. ◈Claim 2 was abandoned when the registration fee was paid.◈ According to claim 1,
The communication unit detects the predetermined dangerous situation based on sensor information received from sensors installed in each space. ◈Claim 3 was abandoned when the registration fee was paid.◈ 3. The people counting device according to claim 2, wherein the object capable of providing help in a location close to the specific area is an object capable of short-distance communication with the communication unit.

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