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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2009
Applicants:
Tsukasa Ike, Tokyo, JP;
Yasukazu Okamoto, Akashi, JP;
Inventors:
Tsukasa Ike, Tokyo, JP;
Yasukazu Okamoto, Akashi, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus estimates an estimated object region including an object on an input image on the basis of a stored object data, obtains a similarity distribution of the estimated object region and peripheral regions thereof by at least one classifier, and obtains an object region coordinate and a template image on the basis of the similarity distribution.