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Image recognition apparatus and method

  • US 20030048930A1
  • Filed: 10/29/2002
  • Published: 03/13/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/30/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image recognition apparatus comprising:

  • an image capturing device which captures a distance image of an object;

    a mouth portion extracting mechanism configured to extract a mouth portion from the distance image captured by the image capturing device; and

    an image recognizing mechanism configured to recognize a lip shape based on a mouth portion distance image extracted by the mouth portion extracting mechanism.

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