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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2006
Masahiro Kiyohara, Hitachi, JP;
Masato Kazui, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Kazunori Takahashi, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus, for example, a multi-camera monitoring system is provided for processing images with the intention of protecting the individuals' privacies in accordance with the type of customers in a store which is equipped with the multi-camera monitoring system, and for deleting or modifying individuals' privacy information to protect the individuals' privacies while permitting the identity of a person to be determined among a plurality of cameras. The image processing apparatus processes an image captured by an imager device to output the resulting image. A processor detects a person from an image, and an image database stores feature information on the person. The processor extracts features from the detected person and the database, processes the extracted feature amount in the stored feature information, and generates an output image based on the processed features.