Abstract: An object management system includes an identifier generation device and an object collation device. The identifier generation device includes a generation unit that forms an ink layer on a target object, an imaging unit that images an uneven pattern on a surface of the ink layer, and a registration unit that registers the imaged result in a storage unit. The object collation device includes an imaging unit that images the uneven pattern on the surface of the ink layer formed on the target object, and a recognizing unit that recognizes the target object based on an image of the uneven pattern obtained by imaging.

Abstract: An imaging unit, an extraction unit, a feature amount pair generation unit, and an imaging parameter adjustment unit are included. The imaging unit acquires images obtained by imaging each of N (N?3) types of objects a plurality of times by setting a value of a specific imaging parameter, among a plurality of types of imaging parameters, as a certain candidate value and changing a value of the remaining imaging parameter. The extraction unit extracts a feature amount from each of the images. The feature amount pair generation unit generates, as a first feature amount pair for each of the N types of objects, a feature amount pair in which two feature amounts constituting the feature amount pair are extracted from images of objects of the same type, and generates, as a second feature amount pair for every combination of the N types of objects, a feature amount pair in which two feature amounts constituting the feature amount pair are extracted from a images of objects of the different types.

Abstract: A weight estimation unit estimates, from a person's image in which a person is included, a weight of a human body part of the person in accordance with an existence probability of the human body part of the person. A feature creation unit creates a feature for verification based on a weight of the person's image and a weight estimated by the weight estimation unit. A verification feature storage unit stores a feature of the person who is the object of verification as a verification feature. A person verification unit compares the feature for verification created by the feature creation unit and the verification feature stored in the verification feature storage unit.

Abstract: An image matching device that performs matching between a first image and a second image includes: a frequency characteristic acquisition unit configured to acquire a frequency characteristic of the first image and a frequency characteristic of the second image; a frequency characteristic synthesizing unit configured to synthesize the frequency characteristic of the first image and the frequency characteristic of the second image to generate a synthesized frequency characteristic; a determination unit configured to perform frequency transformation on the synthesized frequency characteristic to calculate a correlation coefficient map whose resolution coincides with a target resolution, and perform matching between the first image and the second image based on a matching score calculated from the correlation coefficient map; and a regulation unit configured to regulate the target resolution based on the matching score.

Abstract: An object management system includes an acquisition means for acquiring an image in which a surface of a registration target object, having a circle and a handwritten character drawn thereon, is captured, a generation means for detecting an ellipse corresponding to the circle from the image and generating a registration image in which the image is applied with projective transformation such that the ellipse becomes a circle, and a registration means for writing the registration image into a storage means as data for determining the sameness of the registration target object.

Abstract: A weight estimation unit estimates, from a person's image in which a person is included, a weight of a human body part of the person in accordance with an existence probability of the human body part of the person. A feature creation unit creates a feature for verification based on a weight of the person's image and a weight estimated by the weight estimation unit. A verification feature storage unit stores a feature of the person who is the object of verification as a verification feature. A person verification unit compares the feature for verification created by the feature creation unit and the verification feature stored in the verification feature storage unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an information processing device used in an image capture device that illuminates an object with an illuminating unit and images light reflected from the object as a reflection image with an imaging unit. The information processing device includes an irradiation angle determining unit configured to determine an irradiation angle when the illuminating unit illuminates the object based on a tilt statistic that is a value corresponding to tilt distribution of irregularities formed on the surface of the object.

Abstract: A weight estimation unit estimates, from a person's image in which a person is included, a weight of a human body part of the person in accordance with an existence probability of the human body part of the person. A feature creation unit creates a feature for verification based on a weight of the person's image and a weight estimated by the weight estimation unit. A verification feature storage unit stores a feature of the person who is the object of verification as a verification feature. A person verification unit compares the feature for verification created by the feature creation unit and the verification feature stored in the verification feature storage unit.

Abstract: An image matching apparatus matching a first image against a second image includes an acquiring unit, a generating unit, and a determining unit. The acquiring unit acquires a frequency feature of the first image and a frequency feature of the second image. The generating unit synthesizes the frequency feature of the first image and the frequency feature of the second image, and generates a quantized synthesized frequency feature in which a value of an element is represented by a binary value or a ternary value. The determining unit calculates a score indicating a degree to which the quantized synthesized frequency feature is a square wave having a single period, and matches the first image against the second image based on the score.

Abstract: A weight estimation unit estimates, from a person's image in which a person is included, a weight of a human body part of the person in accordance with an existence probability of the human body part of the person. A feature creation unit creates a feature for verification based on a weight of the person's image and a weight estimated by the weight estimation unit. A verification feature storage unit stores a feature of the person who is the object of verification as a verification feature. A person verification unit compares the feature for verification created by the feature creation unit and the verification feature stored in the verification feature storage unit.

Abstract: An image capturing device, configured to illuminate an object by an illumination means and capture reflected light from the object as a reflection image by a capturing means, includes an irradiation angle range determination means. The irradiation angle range determination means determines, assuming that a group of pieces of unevenness existing at the same position on the surfaces of a plurality of individuals of an object is an unevenness group, an irradiation angle range for irradiating the object by the illumination means, on the basis of a statistic value of the inclination angles of the unevenness group in which variations in the inclination angles of the unevenness between individuals is larger than other unevenness groups, among the plurality of unevenness groups.

Abstract: An information processing device, to be used in an image capturing device that illuminates an object by an illumination means and captures reflected light from the object as a reflection image by a capturing means, includes a determination means for determining an irradiation angle range for irradiating the object by the illumination means, on the basis of two types of inclination statistic values that are values corresponding to the inclination distribution of the unevenness existing on a surface of the object.

Abstract: An electrical product management system identifying and managing an individual electrical product includes a camera and a management device. The camera is configured to acquire an image of a surface of at least one blade of a plurality of blades included by a power plug of the electrical product. The management device is configured to authenticate the individual electrical product based on the image acquired by the camera.

Abstract: A person authentication apparatus (20) generates one or more second image sequences (50) by applying a predetermined time-series operation to a first image sequence (40) acquired from a camera (10). The person authentication apparatus (20) extracts, from each of two or more image sequences among the first image sequence (40) and the second image sequence (50), a gait feature of a person included in the image sequence. The person authentication apparatus (20) performs authentication of a person by comparing the plurality of extracted gait features with a verification feature stored in a verification database (30).

Abstract: To present a region which is not fully monitored, provided is a monitoring device comprising a detection means, an estimation means, a determination means, and a presentation means. The detection means detects a person from an image. The estimation means estimates a region which is being viewed by the person who is detected by the detection means. On the basis of the region estimated by the estimation means, the determination means determines a region which requires special attention within a monitoring area. The presentation means presents information indicating the region which requires special attention determined by the determination means.

Abstract: An individual identification system includes: a storing unit for storing an image capture parameter in association with data characterizing a surface of a reference object; an acquiring unit that, when data characterizing a surface of an object to be matched is input, calculates an approximation degree between the input data and each data stored in the storing unit, and acquires the image capture parameter applied to the object to be matched from the storing unit based on the calculated approximation degree; a condition setting unit that sets an image capture condition determined by the acquired image capture parameter; an image capturing unit that acquires an image of the surface of the object to be matched under the set image capture condition; an extracting unit that extracts a feature value from the acquired image; and a matching unit that matches the extracted feature value against a registered feature value.

Abstract: An individual identification apparatus that identifies an individual product having a pattern of irregularities randomly formed on a surface thereof includes an imaging unit and an extracting unit. The imaging unit is configured to acquire an image obtained by capturing a date mark formed on the product. The extracting unit is configured to extract a feature value related to the pattern of the irregularities from the image as data identifying the individual product.

Abstract: An image matching apparatus according to the present invention includes: a common region specification unit configured to specify a common region between a first image and a second image; a date replacement unit configured to generate a first replaced image in which a brightness value of the common region of the first image is replaced based on a pixel in the first image, and a second replaced image in which a brightness value of the common region of the second image is replaced based on a pixel in the second image; and a matching unit configured to perform matching between the first image and the second image based on frequency characteristics of the first replaced image and the second replaced image.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an information processing device used in an image capture device that illuminates an object with an illuminating unit and images light reflected from the object as a reflection image with an imaging unit. The information processing device includes an irradiation angle determining unit configured to determine an irradiation angle when the illuminating unit illuminates the object based on a tilt statistic that is a value corresponding to tilt distribution of irregularities formed on the surface of the object.

Abstract: A weight estimation unit estimates, from a person's image in which a person is included, a weight of a human body part of the person in accordance with an existence probability of the human body part of the person. A feature creation unit creates a feature for verification based on a weight of the person's image and a weight estimated by the weight estimation unit. A verification feature storage unit stores a feature of the person who is the object of verification as a verification feature. A person verification unit compares the feature for verification created by the feature creation unit and the verification feature stored in the verification feature storage unit.