Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Shunsuke Nakano

Takashi Suzuki

Atsuo Nomoto

Yuji Kaneda

Takahisa Yamamoto

Kotaro Yano

Yoshinori Ito

Hideo Noro

Satoshi Yashiro

Kiyotaka Takahashi

Koji Makita

Daisuke Nishino

Katsuhiko Mori

Masayoshi Yamasaki

Daisuke Nakashima

An information processing apparatus includes detecting a predetermined object from a captured image, identifying an attribute of the detected object, determining a presentation method of presented information representing the attribute based on a detection state of the detected object, displaying the presented information and the captured image based on the determined presentation method.

Information processing apparatus, image display method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for display control

A likelihood of each of a plurality of registered images belonging to a same group for an input image is calculated, and a prescribed number of registered images is selected from a top ranking in descending order of likelihood among the plurality of registered images as the authentication result for the input image. Based on a likelihood of a registered image included in an authentication result for an input image of a first frame and a likelihood of a registered image included in an authentication result for an input image of a second frame being previous to the first frame, one of the authentication result for the input image of the first frame and the authentication result for the input image of the second frame is displayed.

Image processing apparatus and image processing method

Information processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a captured image capturing a target object in a real environment, an obtaining unit configured to obtain an illumination condition in the real environment; a generation unit configured to generate a variation image as an image of a registration object reflecting the illumination condition based on three-dimensional data of the registration object and the obtained illumination condition, and a collation unit configured to collate the registration object with the target object based on a feature amount of the variation image and a feature amount of the captured image.

Apparatus for authenticating an object and method thereof

An identification apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire input data and an identification unit configured to identify a class to which the acquired input data belongs based on a classifier configured to identify a class to which the data belongs from among a plurality of classes that includes two or more classes having been set beforehand.

Image identification apparatus and image identification method

An image processing apparatus includes an imaging unit, a determination unit, and a discrimination unit. The imaging unit images a target object using signals in a predetermined wavelength band in which a spectral transmittance of a specific substance of a plurality of substances on a surface of the target object is different from a spectral transmittance of the other substances of the plurality of substances. The determination unit determines a distribution state of the specific substance on the surface of the target object based on an image captured by the imaging unit. The discrimination unit discriminates a class to which the target object belongs based on the distribution state of the specific substance.

Image processing apparatus which determines category to which object in image belongs, method therefor, and object discrimination apparatus

An image processing apparatus stores, as instance images, a plurality of face images obtained by photographing respective faces of a plurality of persons on a plurality of photographing conditions, while associating the persons with the photographing conditions for each part; obtains the photographing condition of the input face image; approximates the respective parts of the input face images, by a combination of the instance images of the plurality of persons stored in association with the parts and the obtained photographing conditions; decides, for each part of the input face image, a combination corresponding to the combination in the approximation from the instance images of the plurality of persons stored in association with the part and a predetermined photographing condition; and generates an image obtained by photographing the input face image on the predetermined photographing condition, by synthesizing the obtained combination on the whole input face image.

Image processing apparatus and method of generating face image

An image processing apparatus comprises a detecting unit which detects an object from an input image, an extracting unit which extracts a feature amount of the object detected by the detecting unit, a similarity calculating unit which, in a case where a plurality of objects have been detected from the same input image by the detecting unit, calculates a degree of similarity of feature amounts of the plurality of objects, and an adjusting unit which adjusts a collating method of collating the plurality of objects based on respective feature amounts, on the basis of the degree of similarity calculated by the similarity calculating unit.

Image processing apparatus and method for collating a plurality of images

There is provided with a signal processing method. A filtering result is generated by performing spatial filtering on multi-dimensional data. Encoding result data is output by encoding the filtering result using a value at a pixel of interest of the filtering result and a value at a reference pixel located at a relative position with respect to the pixel of interest. The relative position of the reference pixel is decided in advance according to a characteristic of a spatial filter used in the spatial filtering step.

Signal processing method, signal processing apparatus, and storage medium

An image processing apparatus includes: a holding unit that holds a plurality of images; a condition checking unit that checks imaging conditions of the plurality of images; a collation determining unit that determines whether to collate images among the plurality of images based on the imaging conditions of the images; a collation unit that collates the images determined to be collated by the collation determining unit to obtain a degree of similarity; and a classifying unit that classifies the collated images into a same category when the degree of similarity is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold.

Apparatus and method of collating categories of images

An object discriminating apparatus is provided with an obtaining unit configured to obtain an input image including an object; an extracting unit configured to extract a feature from the input image; a calculating unit configured to calculate, by collating the feature extracted from the input image and a feature of a previously registered registration image with each other, similarity between the object included in the input image and an object included in the registration image; a deriving unit configured to derive a difference between a variation in the input image and a variation in an output image; a converting unit configured to convert the calculated similarity on the basis of the derived difference between the variations; and a deciding unit configured to decide, on the basis of the converted similarity, whether or not the object included in the input image is identical with the object included in the registration image.

Object discriminating apparatus and method

The degree of similarity between corresponding local feature amounts out of a plurality of local feature amounts of the object in the input image and a plurality of local feature amounts of an object in an image registered in advance is obtained. At least one degree of similarity is selected out of the obtained degrees of similarity based on a capturing condition for the object in the input image and a capturing condition for the object in the registered image, and one degree of similarity is derived from the at least one selected degree of similarity. It is determined based on the one derived degree of similarity whether the object in the input image belongs to the same category as the object in the registered image.

Image processing apparatus and image processing method of identifying object in image

An image recognizing apparatus comprises: an extracting unit extracting a partial feature quantity from an object in each of a registration image and an input image; a compressing unit reducing a dimension of the extracted partial feature quantity; a storing unit storing the partial feature quantity of the object in the registration image of which the dimension has been reduced; and a calculating unit calculating similarity between the object in the input image and the object in the registration image, using the partial feature quantity of the object in the input image of which the dimension has been reduced and the partial feature quantity of the object in the stored registration image. The compressing unit switches the reduction of the dimension of the partial feature quantity using a preset dimension compression parameter and the reduction of the dimension of the partial feature quantity by dynamically generating a dimension compression parameter.

Image recognizing apparatus and method

An image recognition apparatus includes an extraction unit configured to extract a feature quantity for each local area from an input image, a conversion unit configured to convert the feature quantity extracted by the extraction unit into a feature quantity indicating a degree with respect to an attribute for each local area, a verification unit configured to verify the feature quantity converted by the conversion unit against a feature quantity of a registered image, and an identification unit configured to identify whether the input image is identical to the registered image by integrating the verification result for each local area acquired by the verification unit.

Image recognition apparatus, image recognition method, and program

An information processing apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain image data; a detection unit configured to detect an object from the image data; an attribute determination unit configured to determine an attribute indicating a characteristic of the object detected by the detection unit; a registration unit configured to register the image data in at least one of a plurality of dictionaries based on the attribute determined by the attribute determination unit; and an adding unit configured to add, when the image data is registered in not less than two dictionaries, link information concerning the image data registered in the other dictionary to the image data registered in one dictionary.

Information processing apparatus, method of controlling information processing apparatus, and storage medium

An apparatus extracts a first dictionary information associated with a first category from among multiple categories included in a dictionary and second dictionary information associated with a second category from among multiple categories included in the dictionary or another dictionary, calculates a first feature amount and a second feature amount from the first dictionary information and the second dictionary information, respectively, receives an instruction as to whether or not to integrate a name of the first category and a name of the second category in the case where it is determined that a similarity between the calculated first feature amount and second feature amount is greater than a predetermined threshold and that the name of the first category and the name of the second category do not match, and integrates the name of the first category and the name of the second category with the received post-integration name.

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