Image processing apparatus and image retrieval method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHidetomo Sohma, Tomomi Takata, Koichi Magai, Hirotaka Shiiyama
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHidetomo Sohma, Tomomi Takata, Koichi Magai, Hirotaka Shiiyama
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A image processing apparatus extracts a plurality of feature points, comprising a local feature amount, from an inputted image, and a region information that relates to the feature point, identifies at least one of the plurality of feature points, associates the feature point thus identified with a feature point with a high relational degree between the feature point thus identified and a region that is denoted by the region information of the feature point thus identified, and registers the feature point thus identified and associated as an index of the inputted image.
An image processing apparatus, comprising:
An image processing method, comprising:
A machine-readable storage medium storing a computer program which when loaded into a computer and executed performs an image processing method, the method comprising:
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