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Monitoring apparatus, method, and program

  • US 9,092,663 B2
  • Filed: 11/25/2011
  • Issued: 07/28/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A monitoring apparatus comprising:

  • a plurality of image capturers configured to capture a face image of a matching target person in at least first to third areas;

    storage configured to store the face image of the matching target person captured in each of the first to third areas in a database together with information identifying each of the first to third areas;

    a first search unit configured to match the face images captured in the first area among the face images registered in the database against the face images captured in the second area, and searching a first mismatched face image that is not matched with the face images captured in the first area for all the face images captured in the second area;

    a second search unit configured to match the face images captured in the first area among the face images registered in the database against the face images captured in the third area, and searching a second mismatched face image that is not matched with the face images captured in the first area from all the face images captured in the third area;

    a third search unit configured to search a matched face image, which is matched with the second mismatched face image, among the first mismatched face images; and

    a registration unit configured to register the matched face image searched by the third search unit in the database as the face image captured in the first area.

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