Image processing apparatus, method thereof, and computer-readable storage medium

摘要

An image processing apparatus comprises, a management unit configured to classify a face feature information of a face region of an object extracted from image data into a predetermined category in accordance with a similarity determination, and manage the face feature information in a dictionary, a condition setting unit configured to set category determination conditions for classifying the face feature information into the category in accordance with individual information representing at least one of an age and sex of the object and a determination unit configured to determine, based on the category determination conditions set by the condition setting unit, a category to which the face feature information belongs in the dictionary.

主权项

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
an extraction unit configured to extract, from an image, face feature information of a face of an object included in the image; a management unit configured to manage, in a dictionary, face feature information for each category; a specifying unit configured to specify individual information which represents at least one of an age and sex of the object; a condition setting unit configured to set category determination conditions which include a range of a category similarity, in accordance with the individual information specified by said specifying unit; a determination unit configured to determine, based on the category determination conditions set by said condition setting unit, a similarity between the face feature information extracted by said extraction unit and the face feature information of each category which is managed by said management unit in the dictionary; and a registration unit configured to register the face feature information extracted by said extraction unit into the category, in the dictionary, to which the managed face feature information being determined to be similar to the face feature information extracted by said extraction unit belongs, wherein the category determination conditions depend on the individual information.