Image-Based Position and Action Mapping for Field Deterioration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods fail to accurately detect the deterioration of conditions or presence of allergens at specific positions within a predetermined area, such as sports fields or environments with allergens, due to uniform estimation based on the trajectory of movement, making it difficult to target maintenance or allergen detection effectively.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that generates a degree-of-attention map by analyzing captured images to identify object positions, actions, and evaluate the degree of attention or allergen presence using index values, allowing for precise maintenance planning and allergen detection.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If uniform estimation based on trajectory of movement is used, then the estimation process is simple, but the measurement precision of condition deterioration at specific positions is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveestimation process complexityVSAvoidcondition deterioration detection precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the predetermined area into multiple regions and further segments each region into multiple positions. Instead of uniform estimation, the system evaluates condition deterioration at each position independently by analyzing object presence and actions, enabling precise location-specific assessment while maintaining manageable complexity through systematic segmentation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by assigning different evaluation values to different positions within the area based on local conditions. Each position receives a customized evaluation based on object presence, actions performed, and environmental factors, rather than applying a uniform estimation across the entire area, thereby achieving high measurement precision for condition deterioration at each specific position.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Ease of operation

If uniform estimation across the region is used, then the processing method is simple, but the ability to detect positions where allergens are likely to be present is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing method simplicityVSAvoidallergen position detection precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the area into multiple positions and evaluates allergen presence at each position independently by analyzing object actions and environmental conditions. This segmentation enables precise detection of allergen locations while maintaining operational simplicity through automated position-by-position assessment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes evaluation parameters based on local conditions at each position, including object presence, actions performed, and environmental factors. By dynamically adjusting evaluation parameters for each position rather than using fixed uniform thresholds, the system achieves high precision in detecting allergen presence while maintaining ease of operation through automated parameter adaptation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS12548373B2Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium that detect a position of an object in an area in which the object performs an activity, based on an obtained image
Publication Date: 2026.02.10 CANON KK
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AI summary

An information processing obtains a captured image of an area where an object performs an activity, detects a position of the object in the area based on the obtained image, specifies an action of the object based on the obtained image, the action performed by the object at the detected position and deteriorates a state at the detected position, wherein, even after the object becomes no longer present at the position due to the action, the deteriorated state at the detected position is maintained, and outputs information in which a position in the area and an evaluation value are associated with each other and is generated based on the detected position and the specified action, the evaluation value calculated based on an index value corresponding to the specified action. A first index value corresponds to a first action and a second index value to a second, different from the first.