Facial features based human face recognition method
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1. A method of facial features based human face recognition used to recognize an input human face image corresponding to a person, said method being characterized in that positions of a human face and each of facial features of the human face is detected by a human face detection unit and each of the facial features are categorized into one of a plurality of categories with respect to the facial feature by a human facial features description unit so that the input human face image is recognized by image processing technology in terms of each of the facial features thereof and the determined category for each of the facial features is compared to categories for each facial feature of all persons stored in a database to see who the person is in the database.
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Abstract
A method of facial features based human face recognition is disclosed. A human face and facial features thereof with respect to an input image corresponding to a person are first detected person by person by image processing technology. Then, each of such facial features for a plurality of persons are categorized into several categories and expressed to form a human facial features database for the plurality of persons. A to-be-searched or recognized human face image of a person is inputted. Then, the image is acquired with positions of the person'"'"'s face and facial features by image processing technology and each of the facial features is categorized into several categories each with a specific expression. Then, according to the categories which the facial features of the person belongs to, the person may be recognized. As such, the purposes of human face search and recognition are achieved.
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1. A method of facial features based human face recognition used to recognize an input human face image corresponding to a person, said method being characterized in that positions of a human face and each of facial features of the human face is detected by a human face detection unit and each of the facial features are categorized into one of a plurality of categories with respect to the facial feature by a human facial
features description unit so that the input human face image is recognized by image processing technology in terms of each of the facial features thereof and the determined category for each of the facial features is compared to categories for each facial feature of all persons stored in a database to see who the person is in the database.
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