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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2011
Ryoko Natori, Yokohama, JP;
Ryoko Natori, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus performs verification processing between an input image and a parameter while referring to the parameter having data to identify an object in the input image. The information processing apparatus includes a calculation unit adapted to perform verification processing to identify the object from the input image by referring to a fixed parameter or variable parameter in one of the series-connected processing step group and one processing step group out of the plurality of processing step groups, a determination unit adapted to determine, based on the calculation result of the calculation unit, whether the calculation unit executes the verification processing next in the series-connected processing step group or one processing step group out of the plurality of processing step groups connected via the branches, and a selection unit adapted to select the fixed parameter or variable parameter.