Patent Document ID: 8213690
Application ID: 12234997
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: object-feature-information storage means for storing feature information of a predetermined object; image inputting means for inputting an image; object detecting means for detecting an object contained in the input image; attribute determining means for determining an attribute of the detected object; feature-point determining means for determining, according to the determined attribute, positions of feature points to be set in the input image; and similarity calculating means for calculating, by comparing feature information stored in the object-feature-information storage means to feature information at feature points set in the input image, similarity between an object corresponding to the feature information stored in the object-feature-information storage means and the detected object, the similarity calculating means adding a weight corresponding to the object to the similarity when a comparison between the feature information stored in the object-feature-information storage means to the feature information at feature points set in the input image exceeds a threshold.