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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Mitsuhiro Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); A61B 3/00 (2006.01); G03B 29/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/0061 (2013.01); G06K 9/00255 (2013.01); G06K 9/629 (2013.01); H04N 5/23219 (2013.01); H04N 5/332 (2013.01); G06K 9/00281 (2013.01); G06K 9/00604 (2013.01); G06K 9/4652 (2013.01); G06K 9/4661 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus that can capture a visible light image and an infrared light image of the same object, the image capturing apparatus comprises a detection unit configured to detect a predetermined object in the visible light image, an extraction unit configured to extract feature information of a specific portion in the object detected in the infrared light image by the detection unit, and an estimation unit configured to estimate unique information of the predetermined object using the feature information extracted by the extraction unit.