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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
May. 23, 2023
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Kawai, Tokyo, JP;
Noboru Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Jianquan Liu, Tokyo, JP;
Yuta Namiki, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Shindou, Tokyo, JP;
Youhei Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To achieve faster search processing in the search processing of a similar image, based on a feature value of each of a plurality of keypoints of a human body included in an image, the present invention provides an image processing systemincluding: a target image acquisition unitthat acquires a target image; a skeleton structure detection unitthat performs processing of detecting a keypoint of a human body included in the target image; a first verification unitthat extracts a first reference image whose relationship with the target image satisfies a first extraction condition, from among a plurality of reference images, based on the detected keypoint; and a second verification unitthat extracts a second reference image whose relationship with the target image satisfies a second extraction condition, from among the first reference images, based on the detected keypoint.