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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2008
Kan Torii, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Katsuhiko Mori, Kawasaki, JP;
Yusuke Mitarai, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuji Kaneda, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Kan Torii, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Katsuhiko Mori, Kawasaki, JP;
Yusuke Mitarai, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuji Kaneda, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a pattern identification method in which input data is classified into predetermined classes by sequentially executing a combination of a plurality of classification processes, at least one of the classification processes includes a mapping step of mapping the input data in an N (N≧2) dimensional feature space as corresponding points, a determination step of determining whether or not to execute the next classification process based on the corresponding points, and selecting step of selecting a classification process to be executed next based on the corresponding points when it is determined in the determination step that the next classification process should be executed.