Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image capturing apparatus and image processing method
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Application No.: US15223215Application Date: 2016-07-29
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Publication No.: US10013609B2Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Mitsuhiro Ono
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
- Priority: JP2015-157506 20150807
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; H04N7/18 ; A61B3/00 ; G03B29/00 ; H04N5/33 ; H04N5/232 ; G06K9/62 ; G06K9/46

Abstract:
An image capturing apparatus that can capture a visible light image and an infrared light image of the same object, the image capturing apparatus comprises a detection unit configured to detect a predetermined object in the visible light image, an extraction unit configured to extract feature information of a specific portion in the object detected in the infrared light image by the detection unit, and an estimation unit configured to estimate unique information of the predetermined object using the feature information extracted by the extraction unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170039411A1 IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Public/Granted day:2017-02-09
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