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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Fujita, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyasu Kunieda, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Suwa, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Nakamura, Yokohama, JP;
Kiyoshi Umeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Yusuke Hashii, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Sakai, Chigasaki, JP;
Naoki Sumi, Kawasaki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method includes a state determination step of determining the quality of an object in image data, an extraction step of extracting feature information from the object, and a registration step of registering, in a dictionary, the feature information extracted in the extraction step. In the registration step, when the quality of the object determined in the determination step is lower than a predetermined reference, registration of the feature information of the object in the dictionary by the registration step is not performed.