To-be-detected object detecting device, to-be-detected object detecting method and to-be-detected object processing device

A detecting method comprising:

• a first step of acquiring physical characteristic information obtained from a to-be-detected object;
• a second step of storing the physical characteristic information acquired by said first step together with specified data which specifies the to-be-detected object;
• a third step of determining that the to-be-detected object corresponding to the physical characteristic information acquired by said first step is a specified object based on the physical characteristic information;
• a fourth step of acquiring corresponding physical characteristic information from said second step based on the specified data of the to-be-detected object when it is determined in said third step that the to-be-detected object is a specified object;
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• a fifth step of making a more precise determination than the determination in said third step with respect to the to-be-detected object based on the physical characteristic information acquired by said fourth step.

A to-be-detected object processing device comprising:

• first acquiring means for acquiring physical characteristic information obtained from a to-be-detected object;
• storage means for storing the physical characteristic information acquired by said first acquiring means together with specified data which specifies the to-be-detected object;
• first determining means for determining the to-be-detected object corresponding to the physical characteristic information acquired by said first acquiring means based on the physical characteristic information;
• storing means for distributing and storing the to-be-detected object corresponding to the determination result by said first determining means into a first storing section based on the determination result and distributing and storing the to-be-detected object for which determination result by said first determining means has not been obtained into a second storing section;
• second acquiring means for acquiring corresponding physical characteristic information from said storage means based on information indicating the to-be-detected object for which determination result by said first determining means has not been obtained;
• second determining means for making a more precise determination than the determination by said first determining means with respect to the to-be-detected object based on the physical characteristic information acquired by said second acquiring means;
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• processing means having the second storing section set therein, for sequentially taking out the to-be-detected objects stored in the second storing section and storing the to-be-detected objects into third storing sections of different categories based on the determination result by said second determining means.

A to-be-detected object processing device comprising:

• first acquiring means for acquiring physical characteristic information obtained from a to-be-detected object;
• storage means for storing the physical characteristic information acquired by said first acquiring means together with specified data which specifies the to-be-detected object;
• first determining means for determining the to-be-detected object corresponding to the physical characteristic information acquired by said first acquiring means based on the physical characteristic information;
• distributing means for distributing the to-be-detected object corresponding to the determination result by said first determining means into a first storing section, and the to-be-detected object for which a determination result has not been obtained into a delaying feeding path based on the determination result;
• second acquiring means for acquiring corresponding physical characteristic information from said storage means based on information indicating the to-be-detected object for which determination result by said first determining means has not been obtained;
• second determining means for making a more precise determination than the determination by said first determining means with respect to the to-be-detected object based on the physical characteristic information acquired by said second acquiring means;
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• processing means for storing the to-be-detected object fed by the delaying feeding path into one of a plurality of second storing sections of different categories based on the determination result by said second determining means.