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Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 20, 2013
Applicant:

Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kouichi Nakagome, Saitama, JP;

Shigeru Kafuku, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuhisa Matsunaga, Tokyo, JP;

Michihiro Nihei, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30247 (2013.01); G06F 17/3025 (2013.01); G06F 17/30259 (2013.01);
Abstract

The image acquisition unitacquires an image including an object. By comparing information related to the shape of a relevant natural object that is included as the object in the target image acquired by the image acquisition unit, and information related to respective shapes of a plurality of types prepared in advance, at least one flower type for the natural object in question is selected. The secondary selection unitthen selects data of a representative image from among data of a plurality of images of different color, of the same flower type as prepared in advance, for each of at least one flower type selected by the primary selection unit, based on information related to color of the relevant natural object included as the object in the image acquired by the image acquisition unit


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