APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING FACE IDENTIFICATION FEATURES, METHOD FOR REGISTERING THE SAME, PROGRAM FOR REGISTERING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for registering face identification features, capable of efficiently registering and managing face features from facial image information, by obtaining information of a personal facial image from data including personal names associated with facial images via a network. PSOLUTION: The apparatus for registering face identification features includes a facial image retrieving part 11, which retrieves an image of a person via a network using the person's name as a keyword; a face feature extracting part 12, which extracts a feature quite useful for the identification of the person from the facial image retrieved by the retrieving part 11; and a talent name-facial image-feature database 13, which registers the facial image retrieved by the retrieving part 11 and the face feature extracted by the extraction part 12, in association with the personal name. By doing so, the need to manually retrieve and prepare facial images can be eliminated. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT