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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2006
Applicants:
Shoji Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Otsuru, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shoji Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Otsuru, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04H 60/32 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In order to reduce the computational burden required for scanning and to enhance the recognition accuracy, an image recognition device is configured so that a scanning pattern recording unit that records a plurality of scanning patterns for directing how to scan recognition areas of predetermined size in the image data is included, and different scanning patterns for successive frames are read out from the scanning pattern recording unit and applied to scan the recognition areas.