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Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 23, 2019
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yuji Kaneda, Kawasaki, JP;

Takahisa Yamamoto, Kawasaki, JP;

Hiroshi Sato, Kawasaki, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00281 (2013.01); G06K 9/4642 (2013.01); G06K 9/6271 (2013.01); G06K 2009/00322 (2013.01);
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes an extraction unit that extracts a feature from an image including a face, a first estimation unit that estimates a likelihood of the face with respect to each generation based on the feature, a storage unit that stores a plurality of samples, the plurality of samples each including a generation-specific combination of likelihoods and a correct age as a pair, a selection unit that selects a sample from the storage unit based on a combination of likelihoods estimated by the first estimation unit, and a second estimation unit that estimates an estimated age of the face and an error range thereof based on the sample selected by the selection unit.


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