Patent ID: 6539342
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A detecting device comprising:first acquiring means for acquiring physical characteristic information obtained from a to-be-detected object; storage means for storing the physical characteristic information acquired by said first acquiring means together with specified data which specifies the to-be-detected object; first determining means for determining that the to-be-detected object corresponding to the physical characteristic information acquired by said first acquiring means is a specified object based on the physical characteristic information; second acquiring means for acquiring corresponding physical characteristic information from said storage means based on the specified data of the to-be-detected object when said first determining means has determined that the to-be-detected object is a specified object; and second determining means for making a more precise determination than the determination by said first determining means with respect to the to-be-detected object based on the physical characteristic information acquired by said second acquiring means.