IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20130163814A1
• Filed: 11/30/2012
• Published: 06/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Takiguchi, Hideo
• Application Number:
  US13/690,154
• Publication Number:
  US 20130163814A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/103
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/172 Classification, e.g. identification

Abstract

Face recognition data to be used in recognizing a person corresponding to a face image is managed upon associating the feature amount of the face image, a first person'"'"'s name, and a second person'"'"'s name different from the first person'"'"'s name with each other for each registered person. A person corresponding to a face image included in a captured image is identified using the feature amount managed in the face recognition data, and the second person'"'"'s name for the identified person is stored in a storage in association with the captured image. When the image stored in the storage is read out and displayed on a display device, the first person'"'"'s name which corresponds to the second person'"'"'s name associated with the readout image is displayed on the display device together with the readout image.

Claims

1. An image sensing apparatus comprising:

a management unit configured to manage face recognition data, which is to be used in recognizing a person corresponding to a face image, and in which a feature amount of the face image, a first person'"'"'s name, and a second person'"'"'s name different from the first person'"'"'s name are managed in association with each other for each registered person;

a face recognition unit configured to identify a person, corresponding to a face image included in a captured image, using the feature amount managed in the face recognition data;

a storage unit configured to store the second person'"'"'s name for the person, identified by said face recognition unit, in a storage in association with the captured image; and

a display control unit configured to read out the image stored in the storage, and display the readout image on a display unit together with the first person'"'"'s name managed in the face recognition data in association with the second person'"'"'s name associated with the readout image.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first person'"'"'s name includes a nickname, and the second person'"'"'s name includes a full name.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first person'"'"'s name and the second person'"'"'s name have maximum data lengths determined in advance, and the maximum data length of the second person'"'"'s name is larger than the maximum data length of the first person'"'"'s name.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a character encoding scheme of the first person'"'"'s name is different from a character encoding scheme of the second person'"'"'s name.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first person'"'"'s name is stored upon one-byte character encoding, and the second person'"'"'s name is stored upon two-byte character encoding.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a character encoding scheme of the second person'"'"'s name uses a character code capable of being input and displayed in an external apparatus.

2. An image sensing apparatus comprising:

a management unit configured to manage face recognition data, which is to be used in recognizing a person corresponding to a face image, and in which a feature amount of the face image, a first person'"'"'s name, and a second person'"'"'s name different from the first person'"'"'s name are managed for each registered person;

a face recognition unit configured to identify a person, corresponding to a face image included in a through image output from an image sensing unit, using the feature amount managed in the face recognition data;

a display control unit configured to display, on the display unit together with the through image, the first person'"'"'s name for the person identified by said face recognition unit; and

a storage unit configured to store, in a storage, a sensed image output from the image sensing unit when an image capture instruction is issued, and the second person'"'"'s name for the person identified by said face recognition unit for the sensed image, upon associating the sensed image with the second person'"'"'s name.

8. An information processing apparatus that manages face recognition data which is stored in an image sensing apparatus, which is to be used in recognizing a person corresponding to a face image, and in which a feature amount of the face image and a first person'"'"'s name are associated with each other for each registered person, the information processing apparatus comprising:

an obtaining unit configured to obtain the face recognition data from the image sensing apparatus;

an input unit configured to associate the person registered in the face recognition data obtained by said obtaining unit with a second person'"'"'s name different from the first person'"'"'s name; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit the face recognition data associated with the second person'"'"'s name by said input unit to the image sensing apparatus.

9. A control method for an image sensing apparatus, the method comprising:

a management step of managing face recognition data which is to be used in recognizing a person corresponding to a face image, and in which a feature amount of the face image, a first person'"'"'s name, and a second person'"'"'s name different from the first person'"'"'s name are managed in association with each other for each registered person;

a face recognition step of identifying a person, corresponding to a face image included in a captured image, using the feature amount managed in the face recognition data;

a storage step of storing the second person'"'"'s name for the person, identified in the face recognition step, in a storage in association with the captured image; and

a display control step of reading out the image stored in the storage, and displaying the readout image on a display unit together with the first person'"'"'s name managed in the face recognition data in association with the second person'"'"'s name associated with the readout image.

12. A computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute each step in a control method for an image sensing apparatus, defined in claim 9.

10. A control method for an image sensing apparatus, the method comprising:

a management step of managing face recognition data, which is to be used in recognizing a person corresponding to a face image, and in which a feature amount of the face image, a first person'"'"'s name, and a second person'"'"'s name different from the first person'"'"'s name are managed for each registered person;

a face recognition step of identifying a person, corresponding to a face image included in a through image output from an image sensing unit, using the feature amount managed in the face recognition data;

a display control step of displaying, on the display unit together with the through image, the first person'"'"'s name for the person identified in the face recognition step; and

a storage step of storing, in a storage, a sensed image output from the image sensing unit when an image capture instruction is issued, and the second person'"'"'s name for the person identified in the face recognition step for the sensed image, upon associating the sensed image with the second person'"'"'s name.

13. A computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute each step in a control method for an image sensing apparatus, defined in claim 10.

11. A control method for an information processing apparatus that manages face recognition data which is stored in an image sensing apparatus, which is to be used in recognizing a person corresponding to a face image, and in which a feature amount of the face image and a first person'"'"'s name are associated with each other for each registered person, comprising the steps of:

an obtaining step of obtaining the face recognition data from the image sensing apparatus;

an input step of associating the person registered in the face recognition data obtained in the obtaining step with a second person'"'"'s name different from the first person'"'"'s name; and

a transmission step of transmitting the face recognition data associated with the second person'"'"'s name in the input step to the image sensing apparatus.

14. A computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute each step in a control method for an information processing apparatus, defined in claim 11.