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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
May. 09, 2008
Kyoko Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Yoneda, Kanagawa, JP;
Kyoko Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Yoneda, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an image clipping unit, a feature extracting unit, a candidate identifying unit, and a detecting unit. The image clipping unit clips a window image from a predetermined position of an original image. The feature extracting unit extracts a feature value of the window image on the basis of a predetermined criterion. The candidate identifying unit determines, on the basis of the feature value, whether the window image satisfies a predetermined condition for a candidate including a detection target. The detecting unit determines whether the window image includes the detection target if the window image satisfies the predetermined condition.