Patent Document ID: 8547438
Application ID: 12655790
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An object detecting apparatus comprising: an evaluation information storage unit configured to store evaluation information used for computing an evaluation value for each of a plurality of objects, the evaluation value being used for evaluating which one of the objects is contained in an image; a determination information storage unit configured to store determination information used for determining whether a respective object is contained in the image in association with each of the objects; a computing unit configured to compute the evaluation value for each of the objects by extracting features from a plurality of areas of the image using the evaluation information and comparing two extracted features; and a determination unit configured to determine whether the object is contained in the image using the determination information associated with the object relating to the evaluation value that satisfies a predetermined condition among evaluation values computed for the objects, wherein the plurality of objects are faces of a person turned in different directions such that the faces are of the same person.