Patent ID: 6404903
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A system for identifying individuals, comprising:a recognition dictionary for having stored in advance data on features of an object to be identified and additional information peculiar to said object obtained from said object to be identified; an individuals identifying means for identifying an individual by comparing said data on features of said object to be identified with data on features of said dictionary data; an identification result deciding means for, when having made a decision not to input said additional information in a decision regarding whether to input said additional information according to identification result by said individuals identifying means, outputting identification result by said individuals identifying means as a final result, or, when having made a decision to input said additional information, issuing a command to obtain said additional information and also a command to conduct a re-identify process, and making a decision to terminate said re-identify process according to a result of the re-identify process, and outputting a final identification result; an additional information inputting means for obtaining arriving additional information upon receiving said additional information from said identification result deciding means; and a re-identifying means for, on receiving a command to conduct a re-identify process from said identification result deciding means, selecting said identification dictionaries containing all of said additional information acquired by said additional information inputting means, and outputting as the result of re-identification a dictionary having a closest possible value to data on the features of said object under identification among selected dictionaries.