{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9740965","patent":{"patent_number":"US-9740965","title":"Information processing apparatus and control method thereof","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2015-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2017-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["G06V","G06F","G06F","G06F","G06F","G06V","G06V","G06V"],"num_claims":16,"abstract":"An information processing apparatus comprises: a registration unit adapted to register information required to determine at least one specific pattern in an image; an input unit adapted to input image data; a first generation unit adapted to extract a predetermined feature distribution from the input image data, and to generate a first feature distribution map indicating the feature distribution; a second generation unit adapted to generate a second feature distribution map by applying a conversion required to relax localities of the first feature distribution map to the first feature distribution map; and a determination unit adapted to determine, using sampling data on the second feature distribution map and the registered information, which of the specific patterns the image data matches."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Information processing apparatus and control method thereof","description":"An information processing apparatus comprises: a registration unit adapted to register information required to determine at least one specific pattern in an image; an input unit adapted to input image","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9740965","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9740965","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Information processing apparatus and control method thereof\" (US-9740965). https://patentable.app/patents/US-9740965","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9740965","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-9740965","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-06-06T13:34:50.784Z"}