Image recognition apparatus, image recognition processing method, and image recognition program

An image recognition processing method of an image recognition device, comprising:

• a selection step of selecting, with a selector of the image recognition device, one attribute-classified image database corresponding to a present situation from a plurality of attribute-classified image databases, said plurality of attribute-classified image databases classified in accordance with a plurality of attributes corresponding to situations of a shooting performed by a shooting means with respect to an object image to be discriminatively recognized and identified, and storing in an electronic memory at least one reference image classified by the at least one attribute, and a plurality of recognition ID's attached to the at least one reference image;
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• an object specifying step of specifying, with an object specifying device of the image recognition device, the recognition ID which corresponds to the object image shot by said shooting means, with reference to the at least one reference image stored in the attribute-classified image database selected at said selection step.

A computer readable medium encoded with a computer program configured to cause an information processing apparatus to execute a method, the method comprising:

• a selection step of selecting one attribute-classified image database corresponding to a present situation from a plurality of attribute-classified image databases specified in accordance with a plurality of attributes corresponding to situations of a shooting performed by a shooting means in respect of an object image to be discriminatively recognized and identified, and storing therein at least one reference image classified by the attributes and a plurality of recognition ID's attached to the at least one reference image;
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• an object specifying step of specifying the recognition ID, which corresponds to the object image shot by said shooting means, with reference to the at least one reference image stored in the attribute-classified image database selected at said selection step.