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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2017
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Hatanaka, Mishima Shizuoka, JP;
Hitoshi Iizaka, Fuji Shizuoka, JP;
Hidehiko Miyakoshi, Mishima Shizuoka, JP;
Hidehiro Naito, Mishima Shizuoka, JP;
Yuta Sasaki, Izunokuni Shizuoka, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object recognition system includes a storage device, a reading unit, an output device, and a processor. The storage device stores a dictionary containing attributes of a plurality of registered objects. The attributes includes at least a category and feature values. The reading unit includes an image capturing device. The processor registers a new object by (i) extracting a feature value of the new object from an image of the new object captured by the image capturing device, (ii) comparing the extracted feature value with feature values of registered objects that are registered in the dictionary to calculate a similarity degree therebetween, (iii) registering the extracted feature value in the dictionary as a determination criteria for an object recognition, and (iv) outputting a notification through the output device prior to the registering, upon a result of the comparing meets a predetermined condition.