Onlooker Detection Using Distance, Face, and Key Point Cues

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing onlooker detection systems using depth maps often generate false alarms when a person passes by without peeping behavior, leading to inaccurate security classifications.

Innovation Solution

An onlooker detection system and method that utilizes a person detection module to obtain distance information and an onlooker determination module to classify individuals based on their proximity and orientation relative to a device, incorporating face and key point information to determine security classifications such as onlooker, passerby, or sharing user categories.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If depth map detection is used to identify onlookers, then security monitoring capability is improved, but false alarm rate increases due to inability to distinguish passing persons from actual onlookers

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesecurity monitoring capabilityVSAvoiddetection accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The detection system segments the analysis into multiple independent components: depth information detection, face detection, and key point detection. Each component processes specific features separately, allowing comprehensive evaluation of person behavior through combined results, thereby reducing false alarms while maintaining security monitoring capability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system transitions from single-dimensional depth map detection to multi-dimensional detection by incorporating face detection and key point detection dimensions. This dimensional expansion enables more accurate distinction between passing persons and actual onlookers through comprehensive feature analysis

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Device complexity

If only depth information is used for onlooker detection, then system complexity is reduced, but detection accuracy deteriorates due to false alarms

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedetection system complexityVSAvoidonlooker detection accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The detection process is segmented into distinct modules: depth information processing, face detection, and key point detection. Each module handles specific tasks independently, making the complex multi-feature detection system manageable while achieving high detection accuracy through integrated results

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The detection system achieves multi-functionality by using a unified detection framework that processes depth information, face features, and key point features simultaneously. This universal approach enables accurate distinction between different person types without requiring separate specialized systems

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

Data Source

PatentUS20250356692A1Onlooker detection system and onlooker detection method
Publication Date: 2025.11.20 REALTEK SEMICON CORP
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AI summary

An onlooker detection system and an onlooker detection method are provided. The onlooker detection system includes: a person detection module, configured to receive an image, and obtain, in response to presence of persons in the image, person information of each person, where the person information includes distance information relative to a device; and an onlooker determination module, configured to: determine whether the persons include at least one non-user present in a range based on the distance information of the person information of each person; and determine, in response to presence of the at least one non-user in the range, a security classification to which each non-user belongs based on the person information of each non-user, where the security classification includes an onlooker category.