Action Analysis Unit for Facility Incident Prevention

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing technologies lack a comprehensive solution for notifying an appropriate destination based on the detection of specific actions performed by individuals in various settings, such as ATMs or facilities, which limits their effectiveness in preventing incidents or improving service quality.

Innovation Solution

A processing apparatus that includes an action analysis unit to detect specific actions, a determination unit to determine the appropriate notification destination based on the action type, location, duration, time, and detection certainty, and a notification unit to alert the determined destination.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If existing image analysis techniques are used to detect specific actions, then detection capability is achieved, but the ability to notify appropriate destinations is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenotification accuracyVSAvoidapplication scope
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The notification destination determination unit is designed to handle multiple types of detection target actions (fraudulent behavior, disabled person assistance needs, material interest) and route them to appropriate destinations (monitoring center, facility staff, information provision). This multi-functional design allows the same system to serve diverse notification needs across different scenarios, resolving the contradiction between notification accuracy and application scope.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If notification is provided for all detected actions, then comprehensive monitoring is achieved, but resource waste occurs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedetection coverageVSAvoidnotification resource consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies different notification strategies based on the specific type of detected action. For fraudulent behavior, notifications are sent to monitoring centers; for disabled person assistance needs, notifications go to facility staff; for material interest, information is provided to the user. This localized, context-specific notification approach ensures comprehensive detection coverage while avoiding unnecessary resource consumption by tailoring notifications to actual needs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Reliability

If multiple notification destinations are monitored, then notification accuracy is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenotification destination accuracyVSAvoiddetermination system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The determination unit is segmented into distinct functional components that handle different types of detection target actions separately. Each segment processes specific action types and routes them to appropriate notification destinations. This segmentation reduces overall system complexity by breaking down the complex determination process into manageable, specialized modules while maintaining high notification accuracy through dedicated handling of each action type.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20250200971A1Processing apparatus, processing method, and non-transitory storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.06.19 NEC CORP
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AI summary

A processing apparatus (10) of the present invention includes: an action analysis unit (11) that detects that a target person captured in an image capturing a person in a facility performs any of a plurality of detection target actions; a determination unit (12) that determines a notification destination, based on at least one of a type of the detected detection target action, a position where the detected detection target action is performed, a time length for which the detected detection target action is performed, a time at which the detected detection target action is performed, and a certainty factor of a detection result; and a notification unit (13) that notifies the determined notification destination of detection of the detection target action.