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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2017
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuta Sasaki, Shizuoka, JP;
Hitoshi Iizaka, Shizuoka, JP;
Hidehiko Miyakoshi, Shizuoka, JP;
Hidehiro Naitou, Shizuoka, JP;
Yuichiro Hatanaka, Shizuoka, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object recognition apparatus includes an image capturing unit, a storage unit that stores feature data of a plurality of reference objects, a display unit, and a processor. The processor calculates degrees of similarity between an object in the captured image and a plurality of reference objects, based on the feature data of the reference objects, selects some of the reference objects as candidates objects based on the calculated degrees of similarity, and controls the display unit to display the candidate objects and a message to select one of the candidate objects. If no candidate object is selected within a predetermined time after the candidate objects and the message have been displayed, and thereafter a new image is captured by the image capturing unit, the processor removes the message and calculates degrees of similarity between an object in the newly captured image and the plurality of reference objects.