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Patent No.:

US 10055640 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2016

Classification of feature information into groups based upon similarity, and apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable storage medium thereof

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takashi Nakamura, Yokohama, JP;

Hiroyasu Kunieda, Yokohama, JP;

Tetsuya Suwa, Yokohama, JP;

Takashi Fujita, Kawasaki, JP;

Kiyoshi Umeda, Kawasaki, JP;

Yusuke Hashii, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroyuki Sakai, Chigasaki, JP;

Naoki Sumi, Kawasaki, JP;

Assignee:

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto

Primary Examiner:

Nirav G Patel

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06K 9/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00295 (2013.01); G06F 17/3025 (2013.01); G06F 17/30244 (2013.01); G06K 9/00281 (2013.01); G06K 9/6255 (2013.01); G06K 9/6807 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus extracts feature information from an object of image data. The apparatus registers the extracted feature information in a dictionary. The apparatus refers to the dictionary and determines a similarity between feature information registered in the dictionary and the extracted feature information. The apparatus does not use, of feature information to be registered in the dictionary, feature information not satisfying a predetermined evaluation criterion in similarity determination.

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Nakamura, Takashi. (2018). Classification of feature information into groups based upon similarity, and apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable storage medium thereof (U.S. Patent No. 10055640). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10055640

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