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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2010
Kaname Ogawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaname Ogawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An object detecting apparatus includes an evaluation information storage unit that stores evaluation information used for computing an evaluation value for each of a plurality of objects, where the evaluation value is used for evaluating which one of the objects is contained in an image, a determination information storage unit that stores determination information used for determining whether the object is contained in an image in association with each of the objects, a computing unit that computes the evaluation value for each of the objects by extracting features from a plurality of areas of the image using the evaluation information and comparing two of the extracted features, and a determination unit that determines whether the object is contained in the image using the determination information associated with the object relating to the evaluation value that satisfies a predetermined condition among the evaluation values computed for the objects.