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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2011
Applicants:
Ryouichi Kawanishi, Kyoto, JP;
Tomohiro Konuma, Osaka, JP;
Tsutomu Uenoyama, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30247 (2013.01);
Abstract
The image classification apparatus extracts first features of each received image (S) and second features of a relevant image relevant to each received image (S). Subsequently, the image classification apparatus obtains a third feature by calculation using locality of the extracted first and second features, the third feature being distinctive of a target object of each received image (S), and creates model data based on the obtained third feature (S).