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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2005
Applicant:
Hawley K. Rising, Iii, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Hawley K. Rising, III, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for comparing data is described. In one embodiment, an exemplary method includes receiving a first set of data pertaining a first object and a second set of data pertaining to a second object, and comparing the first object with the second object using an earth mover's distance method that is based on computation of a series of Hausdorff distances.