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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2006
Applicants:
Shoji Ichimasa, Chigasaki, JP;
Masahiro Kawarada, Ohta-ku, JP;
Inventors:
Shoji Ichimasa, Chigasaki, JP;
Masahiro Kawarada, Ohta-ku, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Object recognition is executed by using, of feature data classified into a plurality of groups, only feature data belonging to a selected group. Hence, it is unnecessary to compare and refer to all feature data so that object recognition processing can be speeded up.