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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
May. 26, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Fukashi Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image, and a classification unit configured to perform inference on the image by using a neural network and to output a classification result, wherein the neural network includes a common network that is common to a plurality of classes and is configured to extract a first feature from an input image, and a plurality of single-class networks each of which corresponds to a corresponding one of the plurality of classes and is configured to extract each of a plurality of second features based on the first feature. Each of the plurality of single-class networks has a single-class output layer that classifies the corresponding class.