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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2012
Applicants:
Hidetaka Ohira, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Nishiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunobu Yamauchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/52 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/22 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00523 (2013.01); G06K 9/228 (2013.01); G06K 9/4647 (2013.01); H04M 1/72533 (2013.01); H04M 2250/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
An appliance control apparatus recognizes image features of an target appliance from an obtained image, calculates a degree of similarity between the image features of the target appliance and image features of a registered appliance, specifies the registered appliance corresponding to the image features in the case where the degree of similarity indicates a high similarity as the target appliance; calls up control information of the specified target appliance, and controls the target appliance.