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Image identifying apparatus

  • US 6,047,085 A
  • Filed: 01/17/1997
  • Issued: 04/04/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for identifying an image represented by digital image data, comprising:

  • means for extracting feature data from the digital image data representing predetermined color features of the whole image to be identified;

    first means for storing a plurality of categories corresponding to color features;

    second means for storing a plurality of target image data grouped based on the color features of the categories respectively;

    means for selecting one of the categories corresponding to a color feature of the digital image data from the first storing means;

    means for comparing the digital image data with the plurality of target image data grouped by the category selected by the selecting means;

    means for determining a most similar target image data in the plurality of image data in the second storing means grouped by the selected categories based on a comparison result by the comparing means; and

    means for determining a similarity between the digital image data and the target image data in the second storing means grouped by the selected category by the selecting means.

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