US Patent 7176441 Counting system and counting method

Patent 7176441 was granted and assigned to Konica Minolta Holdings on February, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Konica Minolta Holdings

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

71764410

Patent Inventor Names

Koji Fujiwara0

Hironori Sumitomo0

Date of Patent

February 13, 2007

Patent Application Number

106987070

Date Filed

October 31, 2003

Patent Primary Examiner

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Stephone B. Allen

Patent abstract

A counting system is for counting the number of persons passing a monitor line set in the width direction of a path, and has a laser for irradiating the monitor line with a slit ray, and an image capturing apparatus for photographing an area including the monitor line. In the image capturing apparatus, one-dimensional data indicative of a position in which the slit ray is interrupted on the monitor line is generated from an image obtained by the photographing. On the basis of the one-dimensional data, the number of passing persons is counted. By counting the number of passing persons with the one-dimensional data, a very light computation load for the counting can be achieved.