Patent Document ID: 9070008
Application ID: 13719526
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An object recognition apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory including instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the object recognition apparatus to: store dictionary data in which a plurality of pieces of feature information obtained from a plurality of images of one object are put into groups based on similarities thereof and registered in association with the object; detect an object from an image and, from an image of the object, extract feature information to be newly registered; when the detected object is registered in the dictionary data, select a group corresponding to the detected object based on a similarity between the extracted feature information and feature information belonging to each group of the detected object; when the detected object is not registered in the dictionary data, add a new dictionary data and register the extracted feature information; when the detected object is registered in the dictionary data and the corresponding group has been selected, register the extracted feature information in the corresponding group of the dictionary data; and when the detected object is registered in the dictionary data and the corresponding group has not been selected, add a new group to the detected object in the dictionary data and register the extracted feature information.