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Image processing apparatus, method thereof, and computer-readable storage medium

US9189681B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 19, 2013
Grant dateNov 17, 2015
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Expiry dateJan 22, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V40/179
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

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.

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