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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Atsuo Nomoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuji Kaneda, Kawasaki, JP;
Shunsuke Nakano, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshinori Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Nishino, Kawasaki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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.