Patent ID: 9626551
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06K,G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. A collation apparatus for collating an input image with a plurality of registered images comprising: a processor; and a memory having stored thereon instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: extract a plurality of feature quantities from a region of an object in the input image; calculate, per each of the feature quantities, a plurality of similarity degrees between the plurality of feature quantities extracted from the input image and a corresponding plurality of feature quantities of a registered image among the plurality of registered images; integrate, using a parameter, the plurality of similarity degrees corresponding to the plurality of feature quantities into an integrated similarity degree; estimate as to whether the object in the input image is identical with an object in each of the plurality of registered images; and learn the parameter to be used to integrate the plurality of similarity degrees, based on a result of the estimation by the estimation unit and the integrated similarity degree.