Apparatus and method of collating categories of images

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PATENT NO 9864902
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14806957

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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.

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CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATOKYO TOKYO METROPOLIS

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Kaneda, Yuji Kawasaki, JP 71 1530
Nakano, Shunsuke Kawasaki, JP 22 153
Nomoto, Atsuo Tokyo, JP 17 91
Sato, Hiroshi Kawasaki, JP 974 10580
Suzuki, Takashi Tokyo, JP 1597 21445

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