Detecting and classifying persons in a prescribed area

摘要

The invention relates to a method and device for locating persons (12, 14) in a prescribed area (10) monitored by at least one image acquisition device (3), wherein the image acquisition device (3) continuously generates images of the prescribed monitored area (10), said images being analyzed and evaluated by means of at least one image-processing method and/or image analysis method, and to a computer program product and data processing program. According to the invention, the generated images of the prescribed area (10) are analyzed and evaluated for detecting and locating persons (12, 14), wherein detected and located persons (12, 14) are classified and associated with at least one prescribed group, wherein the association with a group is performed depending on prescribed clothing features.

主权项

1. A method for locating persons in a prescribed area which is monitored by at least one image acquisition device, wherein the at least one image acquisition device continuously generates images of the prescribed area monitored, which are analyzed and evaluated by using at least one image processing method or image evaluation method, wherein the generated images of the prescribed area are analyzed and evaluated for the detection and locating of persons, wherein persons detected and located are classified and allocated to at least one prescribed group, the allocation to a group being made in dependence on prescribed clothing features, wherein the detected persons who belong to service personnel are allocated to a first group and all other detected persons being allocated to a group of customers, wherein the ratio of the number of persons of the group of service personnel to the number of persons of the group of customers is determined, and a determination is made as to whether the ratio exceeds a threshold.