OMRON have launched the HVC-P2 (B5T-007001 series), a built-in human condition recognition unit dubbed a “Human Vision Components” (HVC) system, with a maximum recognition speed 10 times greater than that of previous models.
The HVC-P2 is an image-sensing unit incorporating proprietary “OKAO®Vision” technology for recognizing human face expression, gender, age, gaze and blink into a camera module. The HVC-P2 boasts a maximum recognition speed 10 times that of a previous model, making it possible to detect a human body four times per second based on a camera head placed within a 7.4-meter distance from a human body, and keeping track of a person within the detection area.
There is a choice of two camera heads, a long-distance detection type (B5T-007001-010) and a wide-angle detection type (B5T-007001-020), depending on the specific application purpose. The HVC-P2 is able to detect and determine attributes and conditions of a person within its detection vicinity, without the user knowing the presence of a camera, this makes it possible to provide services deemed most suitable to the individual the user’s attributes.
- 10 types of image-sensing functions are available for recognizing human conditions in various perspectives:
- Face detection
- Human body detection
- Hand detection
- Face direction estimation
- Gaze estimation
- Blink estimation
- Age estimation
- Gender estimation
- Expression estimation (neutral, happiness, surprise, anger & sadness)
- Face recognition
- Camera and main board are connected via a flexible flat cable making installation in equipment convenient
- Long distance and wide angle detection types available
- 3 Output image choice
- No image output
- 160×120 pixels
- 320×240 pixels
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Example applications include digital advertising media which can be tailored to the individual users demographic. The long-distance type of the HVC-P2 can detect and presume attributes of people, including gender and age, as well as their sight line and facial expression from a maximum distance of 3 meters, measuring, for example, the degree of attention people walking through a railway station pay to a digital signage system installed there.
Another example application is vending machine marketing and analysis of typical user type allowing the contents of the vending machine to be optimized for the particular location to increase sales. The wide-angle HVC-P2 is capable of covering an area 100 cm by 75 cm from a distance of 50 cm, keeping track of people buying naturally from a vending machine, collecting data to be used later for optimum product refill, new product development and marketing activities.
Furthermore, the HVC-P2 can be embedded in a variety of equipment and machines to do various jobs involving humans and machines, including safeguarding people in manufacturing workplaces, keeping track of congestion in elevators, and watching out for people under care at nursing homes.
