Image processing apparatus and image processing method for person identification

• Main Authors: Uehara, Yusuke, Zheng, Mingxie, Miyazaki, Nobuhiro, Minagawa, Akihiro, Matsuda, Yuji, Tsuji, Kentaro
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.09.2019
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS

An apparatus for identifying a candidate area in a first image corresponding to an object in a second image, includes a memory and a processor to divide the plurality of candidate areas into a plurality of small candidate areas, divide an image area of the object into a plurality of small areas, perform first comparison processing for a first part, when there is a first candidate area lacking image information of the small candidate area corresponding to the first part, perform second comparison processing for a second part, predict missing result on the small candidate area corresponding to the first part in the first candidate area based on a result of the first comparison processing on a candidate area other than the first candidate area, and a result of the second comparison processing on the plurality of candidate areas, and identify the candidate area based on a prediction.