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Image processing apparatus and image processing method
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 2009-07-13
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Granted: 2013-03-19
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Expires: 2029-07-13
Abstract
Abstract An image processing apparatus includes a detection circuit configured to detect an image, a luminance correction circuit configured to determine luminance of the detected image and to execute correction for reducing a luminance variation in the detected image, and an extraction circuit configured to extract feature amount data from the detected image corrected by the correction circuit for use in authentication processing.
Inventors
- 👤 Eiichiro Ikeda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 09:46
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06T; G06T5/00; G06T5/90; G06T5/92; G06V; G06V40/00; G06V40/10; G06V40/16; G06V40/161; G06T7/00; G06T7/10; G06T7/11; G06V10/00; G06V10/40; G06V10/50; G06V10/507; G06V40/168; G06V40/172; H; H04; H04N; H04N23/00; H04N23/60; H04N23/61; H04N23/611; H04N25/00; H04N25/60; H04N25/62; H04N25/625
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
95 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a detection circuit configured to detect a face image; a luminance correction circuit configured to divide an area of the face image into a plurality of blocks, to determine a block correction gain for correcting a luminance average value of each block to be a predetermined luminance value, and to correct a luminance value of each pixel in each block based on the block correction gain; and an extraction circuit configured to extract feature amount data from the detected image corrected by the correction circuit for use in authentication processing.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
95 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a detection circuit configured to detect a face image; a luminance correction circuit configured to divide an area of the face image into a plurality of blocks, to determine a block correction gain for correcting a luminance average value of each block to be a predetermined luminance value, and to correct a luminance value of each pixel in each block based on the block correction gain; and an extraction circuit configured to extract feature amount data from the detected image corrected by the correction circuit for use in authentication processing.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the luminance correction circuit generates a pixel correction gain for each pixel from the block correction gain of each block, and corrects the luminance value of each pixel in each block by applying the pixel correction gain to each pixel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the luminance correction circuit determines an average value of the block correction gain, and wherein the extraction circuit does not extract the feature amount data when the average value exceeds a predetermined value.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
The image processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the predetermined value is set at a higher value as sensitivity set for photographing the image becomes lower.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising: a memory configured to register the feature amount data extracted by the extraction circuit as dictionary data to be used in the authentication processing.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
42 words
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising: a comparison circuit configured to execute the authentication processing by calculating similarity between the feature amount data extracted by the extraction circuit and dictionary data stored in a memory in advance.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the luminance correction circuit executes the correction to a raw signal of the image.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
138 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a detection circuit configured to detect an image; a smear correction circuit configured to determine a smear generation area and a smear generation amount in the detected image and to correct a pixel value which is contained in the smear generation area based on the smear generation amount; an extraction circuit configured to extract feature amount data to be used in authentication processing from the detected image corrected by the smear correction circuit; and a memory configured to register the feature amount data extracted by the extraction circuit as dictionary data to be used in the authentication processing, wherein the smear correction circuit detects a saturated pixel area in the smear generation area, and wherein the memory does not register the feature amount data in the saturated pixel area as the dictionary data.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
138 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a detection circuit configured to detect an image; a smear correction circuit configured to determine a smear generation area and a smear generation amount in the detected image and to correct a pixel value which is contained in the smear generation area based on the smear generation amount; an extraction circuit configured to extract feature amount data to be used in authentication processing from the detected image corrected by the smear correction circuit; and a memory configured to register the feature amount data extracted by the extraction circuit as dictionary data to be used in the authentication processing, wherein the smear correction circuit detects a saturated pixel area in the smear generation area, and wherein the memory does not register the feature amount data in the saturated pixel area as the dictionary data.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
The image processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the smear correction circuit executes the correction to a raw signal of the image.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
85 words
A method for image processing comprising: detecting a face image; dividing an area of the face image into a plurality of blocks, to determine a block correction gain for correcting a luminance average value of each block to be a predetermined luminance value, and to correct a luminance value of each pixel in each block based on the block correction gain; and extracting feature amount data from the detected image to which correction for reducing the luminance variation is executed for use in authentication processing.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
85 words
A method for image processing comprising: detecting a face image; dividing an area of the face image into a plurality of blocks, to determine a block correction gain for correcting a luminance average value of each block to be a predetermined luminance value, and to correct a luminance value of each pixel in each block based on the block correction gain; and extracting feature amount data from the detected image to which correction for reducing the luminance variation is executed for use in authentication processing.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method according to claim 10 , further comprising: registering the extracted feature amount data in a memory as dictionary data to be used in the authentication processing.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method according to claim 10 , further comprising: executing the authentication processing by calculating similarity between the extracted feature amount data and dictionary data stored in a memory in advance.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
145 words
A method for image processing comprising: detecting an image; determining a smear generation area and a smear generation amount in the detected image and correcting a pixel value which is contained in the smear generation area based on the smear generation amount; extracting feature amount data from the detected image in which the pixel value contained in the smear generation area is corrected based on the smear generation amount for use in authentication processing; and detecting a saturated pixel area in the smear generation area, wherein feature amount data which does not reach the saturated pixel area among the feature amount data is registered in a memory as dictionary data to be used in the authentication processing, and wherein feature amount data which reaches the saturated pixel area is not registered in the memory as the dictionary data to be used in the authentication processing.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
145 words
A method for image processing comprising: detecting an image; determining a smear generation area and a smear generation amount in the detected image and correcting a pixel value which is contained in the smear generation area based on the smear generation amount; extracting feature amount data from the detected image in which the pixel value contained in the smear generation area is corrected based on the smear generation amount for use in authentication processing; and detecting a saturated pixel area in the smear generation area, wherein feature amount data which does not reach the saturated pixel area among the feature amount data is registered in a memory as dictionary data to be used in the authentication processing, and wherein feature amount data which reaches the saturated pixel area is not registered in the memory as the dictionary data to be used in the authentication processing.
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