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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyasu Kunieda, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Suwa, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Nakamura, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Fujita, Kawasaki, JP;
Kiyoshi Umeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Yusuke Hashii, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Sakai, Chigasaki, JP;
Naoki Sumi, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus comprises, a management unit configured to classify a face feature information of a face region of an object extracted from image data into a predetermined category in accordance with a similarity determination, and manage the face feature information in a dictionary, a condition setting unit configured to set category determination conditions for classifying the face feature information into the category in accordance with individual information representing at least one of an age and sex of the object and a determination unit configured to determine, based on the category determination conditions set by the condition setting unit, a category to which the face feature information belongs in the dictionary.