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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2003
Kenichi Maeda, Kamakura, JP;
Osamu Yamaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhiro Fukui, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object recognizing apparatus can execute accurate object recognition based on dictionaries each created from a predetermined number of patterns, by computing a similarity between a subspace in each dictionary and a subspace created from input images. In this apparatus, images of a to-be-identified object obtained by an image input unit is expressed in the form of an input subspace by an inter-subspace-angle computing unit. The angles between the input subspace and the subspace of each dictionary stored in a dictionary storing unit is computed. An identifying unit identifies a to-be-identified object based on the angles (the degrees of similarity) computed by the inter-subspace-angle computing unit.