Image processing apparatus and image processing method

Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes a detection unit to detect that an object moving in an image displayed within a rectangular display area has passed through a detection line segment. A setting unit sets, based on a user operation, the detection line segment within the rectangular display area. A display control unit displays a setting area being set along at least one side of the rectangular display area and a remaining area of the rectangular display area other than the setting area, so that they can be distinguished. The setting area is an area in which false determination of the detection by the detection unit may occur due to at least one of a size of the object and a speed of the object.

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         9 . An image processing apparatus comprising:
 a detection unit configured to detect that an object moving in an image displayed within a rectangular display area has passed through a detection line segment;   a setting unit configured to set, based on a user operation, the detection line segment within the rectangular display area; and   a display control unit configured to display a setting area being set along at least one side of the rectangular display area and a remaining area of the rectangular display area other than the setting area, so that they can be distinguished,   wherein the setting area is an area in which false determination of the detection by the detection unit may occur due to at least one of a size of the object and a speed of the object.   
     
     
         10 . The apparatus according to  claim 9 , further comprising a control unit configured to control operation so that at least a portion of the detection line segment is not included within the setting area. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus according to  claim 10 , wherein the control unit is configured to move the detection line segment so that at least a portion of the detection line segment is not included within the setting area. 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus according to  claim 10 , wherein the control unit is configured to re-set the setting area so that at least a portion of the detection line segment is not included within the setting area. 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus according to  claim 10 , wherein the control unit is configured to limit the user operation so that at least a portion of the detection line segment is not included within the setting area. 
     
     
         14 . The apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein the setting area is an area where the detection is inhibited, and is an outside of an area enclosed by a border spaced apart from a top border of the rectangular display area by a set distance in an inward direction of the rectangular display area, a border spaced apart from a bottom border of the rectangular display area by a set distance in an inward direction of the rectangular display area, a border spaced apart from a left border of the rectangular display area by a set distance in an inward direction of the rectangular display area, and a border spaced apart from a right border of the rectangular display area by a set distance in an inward direction of the rectangular display area. 
     
     
         15 . An image processing method comprising:
 detecting that an object moving in an image displayed within a rectangular display area has passed through a detection line segment;   setting, based on a user operation, the detection line segment within the rectangular display area; and   displaying a setting area being set along at least one side of the rectangular display area and a remaining area of the rectangular display area other than the setting area, so that they can be distinguished,   wherein the setting area is an area in which false determination of the detection in the detecting unit may occur due to at least one of a size of the object and a speed of the object.   
     
     
         16 . The method according to  claim 15 , further comprising controlling operation so that at least a portion of the detection line segment is not included within the setting area. 
     
     
         17 . The method according to  claim 16 , wherein, in the controlling, the detection line segment is moved so that at least a portion of the detection line segment is not included within the setting area. 
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 16 , wherein, in the controlling, the setting area is re-set so that at least a portion of the detection line segment is not included within the setting area. 
     
     
         19 . The method according to  claim 16 , wherein, in the controlling, the user operation is limited so that at least a portion of the detection line segment is not included within the setting area. 
     
     
         20 . The method according to  claim 15 , wherein the setting area is an area where the detection is inhibited, and is an outside of an area enclosed by a border spaced apart from a top border of the rectangular display area by a set distance in an inward direction of the rectangular display area, a border spaced apart from a bottom border of the rectangular display area by a set distance in an inward direction of the rectangular display area, a border spaced apart from a left border of the rectangular display area by a set distance in an inward direction of the rectangular display area, and a border spaced apart from a right border of the rectangular display area by a set distance in an inward direction of the rectangular display area. 
     
     
         21 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-program for causing a computer to function as:
 a detection unit configured to detect that an object moving in an image displayed within a rectangular display area has passed through a detection line segment;   a setting unit configured to set, based on a user operation, the detection line segment within the rectangular display area; and   a display control unit configured to display a setting area being set along at least one side of the rectangular display area and a remaining area of the rectangular display area other than the setting area so that they can be distinguished,   wherein the setting area is an area in which false determination of the detection by the detection unit may occur due to at least one of a size of the object and a speed of the object.   
     
     
         22 . The medium according to  claim 21 , further comprising a control unit configured to control operation so that at least a portion of the detection line segment is not included within the setting area. 
     
     
         23 . The medium according to  claim 22 , wherein the control unit is configured to move the detection line segment so that at least a portion of the detection line segment is not included within the setting area. 
     
     
         24 . The medium according to  claim 22 , wherein the control unit is configured to re-set the setting area so that at least a portion of the detection line segment is not included within the setting area. 
     
     
         25 . The medium according to  claim 22 , wherein the control unit is configured to limit the user operation so that at least a portion of the detection line segment is not included within the setting area. 
     
     
         26 . The medium according to  claim 21 , wherein the setting area is an area where the detection is inhibited, and is an outside of an area enclosed by a border spaced apart from a top border of the rectangular display area by a set distance in an inward direction of the rectangular display area, a border spaced apart from a bottom border of the rectangular display area by a set distance in an inward direction of the rectangular display area, a border spaced apart from a left border of the rectangular display area by a set distance in an inward direction of the rectangular display area, and a border spaced apart from a right border of the rectangular display area by a set distance in an inward direction of the rectangular display area.