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Method and device for generating a person's portrait, method and device for communications, and computer product

  • US 20020070945A1
  • Filed: 05/02/2001
  • Published: 06/13/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A person'"'"'s portrait generation device comprising:

  • an image input section which picks up a two-dimensional image containing a person'"'"'s face by using an image sensor;

    a head area extracting section which extracts a head area from a differential image of a plurality of the two-dimensional images picked up by the image input section;

    a feature detection section which detects position of characteristic features of the face within the extracted head area;

    a face outline determining section which determines a border between a face outline and a background within the head area;

    an image processing section which generates a person'"'"'s portrait in which the characteristics in the person'"'"'s face is emphasized based upon the two-dimensional image by using data acquired in the head area extracting section, the feature detection section and the face outline determining section.

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