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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2020
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yaeko Yonezawa, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image management apparatus () acquires a target image () acquired by capturing an image of a target object (). The image management apparatus () determines, from among master information (), a master image () whose degree of similarity to the target image () is high. The image management apparatus () compares suitability as a master image between the target image () and the determined master image () (a similar master image), and updates the master information (), based on a comparison result. Specifically, the image management apparatus () adds the target image () to the master information () as a master image when the target image () has higher suitability. Further, in this case, the image management apparatus () deletes the similar master image from the master information (), or assigns, to the target image (), a higher degree of priority than a degree of priority assigned to the similar master image.