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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2020
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Kawai, Tokyo, JP;
Noboru Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Yadong Pan, Tokyo, JP;
Shoji Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Jianquan Liu, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an image processing apparatus () including an image acquisition unit () that acquires a query image, based on an input keyword, a skeleton structure detection unit () that detects a two-dimensional skeleton structure of a person included in the query image, a feature value computation unit () that computes a feature value of the detected two-dimensional skeleton structure, and a search unit () that searches, based on a degree of similarity of the computed feature value, for an analysis target image including a person in a state similar to a state of a person included in the query image from the analysis target image.