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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryosuke Tsuji, Kawasaki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus comprises a detection circuit that, by referencing dictionary data acquired by machine learning corresponding to a target photographic subject to be detected in an obtained image, detects the target photographic subject; a selection unit that selects one of a plurality of dictionary data items corresponding to the target photographic subject; and a control circuit that, in a case where a detection evaluation value in a case where the photographic subject is detected by using the dictionary data selected by the selection unit is lower than a predetermined value, controls the detection circuit to detect the target photographic subject by using the selected dictionary data and dictionary data different to the selected dictionary data.