Abstract: There is provided with an information processing apparatus. An extracting unit extracts a feature vector of a subject in an image. A generating unit configured to generate, based on the feature vector, a post-conversion vector including a converted vector resulting from conversion of the feature vector using a random number, the post-conversion vector being a vector whose number of elements is determined according to the random number and is larger than a number of elements of the feature vector.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first extraction unit configured to subject an input image to first extraction processing to extract a first feature quantity, a second extraction unit configured to subject the input image to second extraction processing having a lower throughput than the first extraction processing to extract a second feature quantity, a comparison unit configured to compare the first feature quantity with the second feature quantity and then output a comparison result, and an update unit configured to update parameters to be used for the second extraction processing by the second extraction unit, based on the comparison result.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes detecting a predetermined object from a captured image, identifying an attribute of the detected object, determining a presentation method of presented information representing the attribute based on a detection state of the detected object, displaying the presented information and the captured image based on the determined presentation method.

Abstract: An image authentication apparatus includes a registration unit, a parameter computing unit, a similarity degree calculation unit, a status acquisition unit, and a generation unit. The registration unit is configured to register an image of an object to be authenticated in a registration dictionary as a registered image. The parameter computing unit is configured to compute a parameter based on the registered image. The parameter is computed for a degree of similarity between an image of the object and the registered image. The similarity degree calculation unit is configured to calculate a degree of similarity between an image of the object and the registered image, using the parameter. The status acquisition unit is configured to acquire a registration status of the registered image. The generation unit is configured to generate a display screen including the registration status, and to output the generated display screen.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a conversion unit configured to convert an element array, in each region set so as to partially overlap at least one set of adjacent regions in input data, into a lower dimension element array of which dimension is lower than that of the element array; a generation unit configured to generate a connected element by connecting some or all of the lower dimension element arrays converted by the conversion unit so that an overlapping portion in each of the lower dimension element arrays will be shared; and a calculation unit configured to obtain a feature amount of the input data based on convolution of the connected elements and a weight coefficient.

Abstract: Information processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a captured image capturing a target object in a real environment, an obtaining unit configured to obtain an illumination condition in the real environment; a generation unit configured to generate a variation image as an image of a registration object reflecting the illumination condition based on three-dimensional data of the registration object and the obtained illumination condition, and a collation unit configured to collate the registration object with the target object based on a feature amount of the variation image and a feature amount of the captured image.

Abstract: An identification apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire input data and an identification unit configured to identify a class to which the acquired input data belongs based on a classifier configured to identify a class to which the data belongs from among a plurality of classes that includes two or more classes having been set beforehand.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an imaging unit, a determination unit, and a discrimination unit. The imaging unit images a target object using signals in a predetermined wavelength band in which a spectral transmittance of a specific substance of a plurality of substances on a surface of the target object is different from a spectral transmittance of the other substances of the plurality of substances. The determination unit determines a distribution state of the specific substance on the surface of the target object based on an image captured by the imaging unit. The discrimination unit discriminates a class to which the target object belongs based on the distribution state of the specific substance.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus stores, as instance images, a plurality of face images obtained by photographing respective faces of a plurality of persons on a plurality of photographing conditions, while associating the persons with the photographing conditions for each part; obtains the photographing condition of the input face image; approximates the respective parts of the input face images, by a combination of the instance images of the plurality of persons stored in association with the parts and the obtained photographing conditions; decides, for each part of the input face image, a combination corresponding to the combination in the approximation from the instance images of the plurality of persons stored in association with the part and a predetermined photographing condition; and generates an image obtained by photographing the input face image on the predetermined photographing condition, by synthesizing the obtained combination on the whole input face image.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises a detecting unit which detects an object from an input image, an extracting unit which extracts a feature amount of the object detected by the detecting unit, a similarity calculating unit which, in a case where a plurality of objects have been detected from the same input image by the detecting unit, calculates a degree of similarity of feature amounts of the plurality of objects, and an adjusting unit which adjusts a collating method of collating the plurality of objects based on respective feature amounts, on the basis of the degree of similarity calculated by the similarity calculating unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a conversion unit configured to convert an element array, in each region set so as to partially overlap at least one set of adjacent regions in input data, into a lower dimension element array of which dimension is lower than that of the element array; a generation unit configured to generate a connected element by connecting some or all of the lower dimension element arrays converted by the conversion unit so that an overlapping portion in each of the lower dimension element arrays will be shared; and a calculation unit configured to obtain a feature amount of the input data based on convolution of the connected elements and a weight coefficient.

Abstract: An image authentication apparatus includes a registration unit, a parameter computing unit, a similarity degree calculation unit, a status acquisition unit, and a generation unit. The registration unit is configured to register an image of an object to be authenticated in a registration dictionary as a registered image. The parameter computing unit is configured to compute a parameter based on the registered image. The parameter is computed for a degree of similarity between an image of the object and the registered image. The similarity degree calculation unit is configured to calculate a degree of similarity between an image of the object and the registered image, using the parameter. The status acquisition unit is configured to acquire a registration status of the registered image. The generation unit is configured to generate a display screen including the registration status, and to output the generated display screen.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes detecting a predetermined object from a captured image, identifying an attribute of the detected object, determining a presentation method of presented information representing the attribute based on a detection state of the detected object, displaying the presented information and the captured image based on the determined presentation method.

Abstract: An image retrieving apparatus is equipped with: an image obtaining unit for obtaining a plurality of images; a category obtaining unit for obtaining a category to which each of the obtained images belongs; a basic searching unit for searching a specific image including a specific object, from the obtained images; a counting unit for counting the number of the specific images for each category obtained; a determining unit for determining whether or not an additional search for the specific image is necessary for each category, based on the counted number of the specific images of each category; and an additional searching unit for searching the specific image from among the images which belong to the category for which it has been determined that the additional search is necessary and from which the searched specific image has been excluded.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus stores, as instance images, a plurality of face images obtained by photographing respective faces of a plurality of persons on a plurality of photographing conditions, while associating the persons with the photographing conditions for each part; obtains the photographing condition of the input face image; approximates the respective parts of the input face images, by a combination of the instance images of the plurality of persons stored in association with the parts and the obtained photographing conditions; decides, for each part of the input face image, a combination corresponding to the combination in the approximation from the instance images of the plurality of persons stored in association with the part and a predetermined photographing condition; and generates an image obtained by photographing the input face image on the predetermined photographing condition, by synthesizing the obtained combination on the whole input face image.

Abstract: A projector that displays a video image based on display data obtains procedure information corresponding to a procedure of a plurality of user operations performed to identify display data and displays a video image indicating the obtained procedure information.

Abstract: Information processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a captured image capturing a target object in a real environment, an obtaining unit configured to obtain an illumination condition in the real environment; a generation unit configured to generate a variation image as an image of a registration object reflecting the illumination condition based on three-dimensional data of the registration object and the obtained illumination condition, and a collation unit configured to collate the registration object with the target object based on a feature amount of the variation image and a feature amount of the captured image.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an imaging unit, a determination unit, and a discrimination unit. The imaging unit images a target object using signals in a predetermined wavelength band in which a spectral transmittance of a specific substance of a plurality of substances on a surface of the target object is different from a spectral transmittance of the other substances of the plurality of substances. The determination unit determines a distribution state of the specific substance on the surface of the target object based on an image captured by the imaging unit. The discrimination unit discriminates a class to which the target object belongs based on the distribution state of the specific substance.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a holding unit that holds a plurality of images; a condition checking unit that checks imaging conditions of the plurality of images; a collation determining unit that determines whether to collate images among the plurality of images based on the imaging conditions of the images; a collation unit that collates the images determined to be collated by the collation determining unit to obtain a degree of similarity; and a classifying unit that classifies the collated images into a same category when the degree of similarity is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: An object discriminating apparatus is provided with an obtaining unit configured to obtain an input image including an object; an extracting unit configured to extract a feature from the input image; a calculating unit configured to calculate, by collating the feature extracted from the input image and a feature of a previously registered registration image with each other, similarity between the object included in the input image and an object included in the registration image; a deriving unit configured to derive a difference between a variation in the input image and a variation in an output image; a converting unit configured to convert the calculated similarity on the basis of the derived difference between the variations; and a deciding unit configured to decide, on the basis of the converted similarity, whether or not the object included in the input image is identical with the object included in the registration image.