Face Dictionary Feature Filtering for Recognition Accuracy

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing face recognition systems suffer from incorrect and erroneous determinations, leading to impaired accuracy due to exceptional feature registration and inclusion of irrelevant objects in the face dictionary, resulting in multiple identities for the same person and registration of non-target objects.

Innovation Solution

An image processing technique that extracts feature information, registers it in a dictionary, and uses a similarity determination unit to evaluate and filter feature information based on a predetermined evaluation criterion, ensuring only relevant information is used for object similarity determination.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If all extracted feature information is registered in the dictionary, then the quantity of registered data increases, but the determination accuracy deteriorates due to incorrect and erroneous registrations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvequantity of registered feature informationVSAvoiddetermination accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and removes incorrect and erroneous feature information from the registered data set. The extraction unit identifies feature information that does not satisfy predetermined evaluation criteria, and the removal unit deletes these problematic entries from the dictionary, thereby maintaining high determination accuracy while preserving the quantity of valid registered data

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameter of data quality by introducing evaluation criteria that assess the correctness and relevance of extracted feature information. By filtering registered data based on these criteria, the system transforms the registered data set from containing both correct and incorrect entries to containing only validated, high-quality feature information

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Quantity of substance

If feature information from exceptional capturing is registered, then the quantity of registered data increases, but multiple identities are generated for the same person

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of registered feature amountsVSAvoidpersonal recognition accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the similarity determination unit continuously evaluates registered feature information against evaluation criteria. When exceptional feature information that could create multiple identities is detected, the system provides feedback to the removal unit, which then deletes the problematic entries, preventing identity fragmentation while maintaining comprehensive data registration

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Quantity of substance

If objects other than target objects are registered in the dictionary, then the quantity of registered data increases, but erroneous determination occurs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of registered entriesVSAvoidobject identification accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary action by evaluating feature information before it is registered in the dictionary. The extraction unit assesses whether extracted feature information satisfies predetermined evaluation criteria related to target object characteristics. Only feature information that passes this preliminary evaluation is registered, preventing erroneous determination while maintaining comprehensive registration of valid objects

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10055640B2Classification of feature information into groups based upon similarity, and apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable storage medium thereof
Publication Date: 2018.08.21 CANON KK
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AI summary

An apparatus extracts feature information from an object of image data. The apparatus registers the extracted feature information in a dictionary. The apparatus refers to the dictionary and determines a similarity between feature information registered in the dictionary and the extracted feature information. The apparatus does not use, of feature information to be registered in the dictionary, feature information not satisfying a predetermined evaluation criterion in similarity determination.