Patent Document ID: 20090034794
Application ID: 12216728
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A conduct inference apparatus comprising: a capture image acquiring means for acquiring a capture image, in which a person is imaged, each time the capture image is taken; a feature point detecting means for detecting, as a detection feature point, a feature point, which is designated on a body of the person, in the capture image each time the capture image is acquired; a model storing means for storing at least one conduct inference model which designates a return point, a transit region, and a conduct direction with respect to a specific conduct, the return point being a point at which the feature point of the person is located when the person is performing the specific conduct, the transit region being a region which the feature point passes through towards the return point when the person intends to perform the specific conduct, the conduct direction being a direction in which the feature point moves while passing through the transit region when the person intends to perform the specific conduct; a model extracting means for extracting from the at least one conduct inference model one conduct inference model, in which the detection feature point detected by the feature detecting means is within the transit region and a movement direction of the detection feature point is along the conduct direction; and a conduct inferring means for inferring that the person imaged in the capture image intends to perform a specific conduct corresponding to the extracted one conduct inference model.