Patent ID: 7999846
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: G06K,G06T

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus connected to a monitoring camera and a display for processing an image input from the monitoring camera, comprising: an image storage unit for storing an image including an input image input from the monitoring camera; a characteristic parameter storage unit for storing a characteristic parameter characterizing a specific image extracted from the input image; a specific image extraction unit, wherein the specific image extraction unit cuts out images having a plurality of predetermined sizes from all parts of the input image stored in the image storage unit, executes character evaluation processing for checking whether or not cut out images have an identical character to the specific image characterized by the characteristic parameter for each cut out image, and extracts the cut out images which are determined to have an identical character to the specific image by the character evaluation processing as an extraction specific image; and a display image generation unit for generating a display image for displaying a whole image of the input image and the extraction specific image on the display, wherein the characteristic parameter storage unit stores a plurality of sets of the characteristic parameter, wherein the specific image extraction unit executes the character evaluation processing for each of the plurality of sets of the characteristic parameter stored in the characteristic parameter storage unit, and when the cut out image is determined to have identical character to the specific image in every executed character evaluation processing, extracts the cut out image as the extraction specific image, wherein the image processing apparatus further comprises