Method for identifying potential associates of at least one target person, and an identification device

Abstract

There is provided a method for identifying potential associates of at least one target person, the method comprising: providing a plurality of videos; identifying appearances of the at least one target person in the plurality of videos; establishing a plurality of video scenes from the plurality of videos, wherein each one of the plurality of video scenes begins at a first predetermined duration before a first appearance of the at least one target person in the respective video scene and ends at a second predetermined duration after a last appearance of said at least one target person in the respective video scene; determining individuals who appear in more than a predetermined threshold number of the plurality of video scenes; and identifying the individuals as potential associates of the at least one target person.

1 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a video processing program for causing one or more computer to:
 acquire a first video;   acquire information on a target person based on an image including a person's face;   acquire a second video including the target person based on the first video and the information on the target person;   receive a threshold for identifying another person related to the target person; and   output information regarding the other person based on the threshold.   
     
     
         2 . The video processing program according to  claim 1 , wherein the second video is a video whose duration time is shorter than that of the first video. 
     
     
         3 . The video processing program according to  claim 1 , wherein the second video is a video including a period from a first time when the target person has appeared first to a second time when the target person has appeared last. 
     
     
         4 . A video processing method comprising:
 acquiring a first video;   acquiring information on a target person based on an image including a person's face;   acquiring a second video including the target person based on the first video and the information on the target person;   receive a threshold for identifying another person related to the target person; and   outputting information regarding the other person based on the threshold.   
     
     
         5 . The video processing method according to  claim 4 , wherein the second video is a video whose duration time is shorter than that of the first video. 
     
     
         6 . The video processing method according to  claim 4 , wherein the second video is a video including a period from a first time when the target person has appeared first to a second time when the target person has appeared last. 
     
     
         7 . A video processing device comprising:
 at least one memory storing instructions, and   at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to;   acquire a first video;   acquire information on a target person based on an image including a person's face;   acquire a second video including the target person based on the first video and the information on the target person;   receive a threshold for identifying another person related to the target person; and   output information regarding the other person based on the threshold.   
     
     
         8 . The video processing device according to  claim 7 , wherein the second video is a video whose duration time is shorter than that of the first video. 
     
     
         9 . The video processing device according to  claim 7 , wherein the second video is a video including a period from a first time when the target person has appeared first to a second time when the target person has appeared last.