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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2012
Takashi Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Kiyotaka Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kotaro Yano, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image recognition apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain one or more images; a detection unit configured to detect a target object image from each of one or more images; a cutting unit configured to cut out one or more local regions from the target object image; a feature amount calculation unit configured to calculate a feature amount from each of one or more local regions to recognize the target object; a similarity calculation unit configured to calculate, for each of one or more local regions, a similarity between the feature amounts; and a registration unit configured to, if there is a pair of feature amounts whose similarity is not less than a threshold, register, for each of one or more regions, one of the feature amounts as dictionary data for the target object.