An image recognition apparatus, method and program capable of discriminatively recognizing an object at an enhanced recognition rate despite an increase in the total number of reference images registered in image databases. When any individual person or public corporation for example is to be specified from the object image obtained by shooting the person or the like, one image database of the attribute corresponding to various situations, or familiarity to the object image is selected automatically, and then the person or corporation is specified from the shot image while referring to the reference images stored in the image database of the selected attribute. Therefore, even if the sum of the reference images is increased, since they are subdivided and classified corresponding to the attributes, the number of the reference images for each attribute can be reduced, and further the image database of the optimal attribute can be selected automatically in conformity to the situation of recognition such as date, time and so on. Thus, the number of the reference images can be minimized without the user\'s intentional manipulation, and the reference images are narrowed down due to the additional information of the situation.

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›1.independentAn image processing apparatus, comprising:na plurality of attribute-classified image database means classified in accordance with a plurality of attri…+7

›2.↳ 1The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:ndate-and-time count means for counting a present date and time, wherein said …d2

›3.↳ 1The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:nposition measuring means for measuring a present position of an object, where…d2

›4.↳ 1The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:ndate-and-time count means for counting a present date and time; andposition m…d2

›5.↳ 1The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:nestimation means for estimating familiarity to the object image on a basis of…d2+3

›6.↳ 5The image processing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:ndate-and-time count means for counting a present date and time, wherein said …d3

›7.↳ 5The image processing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:nposition measuring means for measuring a present position of an object, where…d3

›8.↳ 5The image processing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:ndate-and-time count means for counting a present date and time; andposition m…d3

›9.independentAn image recognition processing method of an image recognition device, comprising:na selection step of selecting, with a selector of the image recogni…

›10.independentA computer readable medium encoded with a computer program configured to cause an information processing apparatus to execute a method, the method com…

›11.independentAn image processing apparatus, comprising:nan image capture device configured to capture an object image to be discriminatively recognized and identif…

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IPC · International Patent Classification

Section G — Physics

G06K9/00
G06K9/34

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382/118340/5.53713/186382/180

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related publication	US 20080085037 A1	10 Apr 2008

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