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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
May. 06, 2008
Hidetomo Sohma, Yokohama, JP;
Tomomi Takata, Yokohama, JP;
Koichi Magai, Tokyo, JP;
Hirotaka Shiiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetomo Sohma, Yokohama, JP;
Tomomi Takata, Yokohama, JP;
Koichi Magai, Tokyo, JP;
Hirotaka Shiiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A image processing apparatus extracts a plurality of feature points, comprising a local feature amount, from an inputted image, and a region information that relates to the feature point, identifies at least one of the plurality of feature points, associates the feature point thus identified with a feature point with a high relational degree between the feature point thus identified and a region that is denoted by the region information of the feature point thus identified, and registers the feature point thus identified and associated as an index of the inputted image.