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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2009
Applicant:
Yoshihiro Ohmori, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshihiro Ohmori, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/64 (2006.01); G06K 9/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A template matching apparatus includes a template input unit configured to input the template image; a signal input unit configured to input an image to be matched; a template scaling unit configured to scale the template image; a matching unit configured to match a scaled template image and an input image; a scaling factor determining unit configured to determine a scaling factor of the template image on the basis of a similarity obtained by matching; and a result output unit configured to output a result of matching when matching within a range of a predetermined scaling factor is completed.