US Patent 7336824 Image processing apparatus and image processing method

Patent 7336824 was granted and assigned to Sony on February, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Sony

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7336824

Patent Inventor Names

Yumi Kato0

Date of Patent

February 26, 2008

Patent Application Number

10984671

Date Filed

November 8, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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Phuoc Tran

Patent abstract

An image processing apparatus and an image processing method are provided. The image processing apparatus can shorten the verification time when using a plurality of verification use image data stored in a memory for verification, identifically a verification apparatus which generates histogram data by a histogram data generation unit based on image captured data of a person being checked, specifies a peak value of the number of the pixel data in the histogram data by a verification unit, and reads out verification use image data stored in the memory linked with the peak value closest to the specified peak value for the verification, and a method of the same. Verification use image data stored in the memory is stored based on the peak values.