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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2010
Applicant:
Kan Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kan Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/62 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2013.01); G06K 9/00979 (2013.01); G06K 9/66 (2013.01); H04N 5/23206 (2013.01); H04N 5/23219 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image matching system in which an imaging apparatus configured to capture an image and a storage unit configured to store matching information are connected to each other via a network and the imaging apparatus performs matching between the matching information and the captured image includes a selection unit configured to select, from among the matching information stored in the storage unit, matching information corresponding to predetermined time, and an updating unit configured to update the matching information to be used by the imaging apparatus to perform matching with the captured image with the matching information selected by the selection unit.