Dictionary creation using image similarity

US8929595B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8929595-B2
Application numberUS-201213459021-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateApr 27, 2012
Priority dateMay 10, 2011
Publication dateJan 6, 2015
Grant dateJan 6, 2015

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An image recognition apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain one or more images; a detection unit configured to detect a target object image from each of one or more images; a cutting unit configured to cut out one or more local regions from the target object image; a feature amount calculation unit configured to calculate a feature amount from each of one or more local regions to recognize the target object; a similarity calculation unit configured to calculate, for each of one or more local regions, a similarity between the feature amounts; and a registration unit configured to, if there is a pair of feature amounts whose similarity is not less than a threshold, register, for each of one or more regions, one of the feature amounts as dictionary data for the target object.

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What is claimed is: 1. An image recognition apparatus for recognizing a target object in an image by collation with dictionary data, comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain one or a plurality of images; a detection unit configured to detect a target object image from each of one or the plurality of images; a cutting unit configured to cut out one or a plurality of local regions from the target object image; a feature amount calculation unit configured to calculate…

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What does patent US8929595B2 cover?
An image recognition apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain one or more images; a detection unit configured to detect a target object image from each of one or more images; a cutting unit configured to cut out one or more local regions from the target object image; a feature amount calculation unit configured to calculate a feature amount from each of one or more local reg…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Suzuki Takashi, Takahashi Kiyotaka, Yano Kotaro, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06K9/00281. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 06 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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