Patent ID: 7031496
Filing Date: 2006-04-18
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. An object recognition apparatus, comprising: a plurality of cameras that each take an image of an object and obtain image data of said object; a plurality of databases that each have registered therein a plurality of model data concerning object models, each of the plurality of databases being associated with one of the plurality of cameras and one of a condition of an environment and a combination of conditions of the environment; a search range focusing section that narrows down an area in each image data where a corresponding object is likely to exist and makes said area a search range; and an object recognition section that selects one of the plurality of databases based on a camera corresponding to the image data and one of a detected condition of the environment and a combination of detected conditions of the environment, compares the image data in the search range in each image data with the plurality of model data in the selected database, detects model data presenting a highest similarity to the image data, and detects the object in the image data using said model data, wherein the object recognition section is provided for common use by the plurality of cameras.