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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2004
Yumi Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Yumi Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus and an image processing method are provided. The image processing apparatus can shorten the verification time when using a plurality of verification use image data stored in a memory for verification, identifically a verification apparatus which generates histogram data by a histogram data generation unit based on image captured data of a person being checked, specifies a peak value of the number of the pixel data in the histogram data by a verification unit, and reads out verification use image data stored in the memory linked with the peak value closest to the specified peak value for the verification, and a method of the same. Verification use image data stored in the memory is stored based on the peak values.