Patent ID: 6373968
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A system for identifying individuals, comprising:an image memory means for storing an input image of an individual to be identified; a dictionary for having data on the features of collation objects stored in advance; a dictionary image memory means for storing dictionary images as EL basis on which to extract data on the features of said collation objects; an individuals identifying means for analyzing the input image held in said image memory means and comparing said data on the features stored in said dictionary to thereby identify the individual; an identification result analyzing means for analyzing the identification result by said individuals identifying means and detecting that area of the region used for identification in said input image which does not agree with the dictionary data; a result output control means for, according to identification result by said individuals identifying means, issuing an analyze command to said identification result analyzing mean and, according to analysis result by said identification result analyzing means, issuing a command to display said area of disagreement to said identification result analyzing means, and deciding whether or not to display said input image and said dictionary image; an image output control means for, according to a result of decision by said result output control means, controlling display of said area of disagreement, said input image and said dictionary image; and a display for displaying an image output by said image output control means.