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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2009
Applicants:
Noriyasu Hashiguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kinya Osa, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Noriyasu Hashiguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kinya Osa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing method includes sending test image data to a plurality of image recognition units configured to detect a recognition object from an image, setting an evaluation condition for evaluating a recognition result, evaluating a recognition result of the test image data by each of the plurality of image recognition units under the evaluation condition, and selecting from the plurality of image recognition units an image recognition unit to be used based on an evaluation result by the evaluation.