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FACIAL DIRECTION DETECTING APPARATUS

  • US 20130076881A1
  • Filed: 09/11/2012
  • Published: 03/28/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A facial direction detecting apparatus comprising:

  • a facial end detecting unit for detecting facial ends of a person from an image of the person (hereinafter referred to as a “

    personal image”

    );

    a head rotational axis calculating unit for calculating an axis of rotation of the head of the person based on the ends detected by the facial end detecting unit;

    a characteristic portion extracting unit for extracting multiple characteristic portions having a predetermined size from the personal image;

    a nostril extracting unit for extracting the nostril of the person from among the multiple characteristic portions extracted by the characteristic portion extracting unit; and

    a facial direction detecting unit for detecting a facial direction toward the left or right of the person corresponding to the nostril extracted by the nostril extracting unit and the axis of rotation of the head calculated by the head rotational axis calculating unit,wherein the nostril extracting unit extracts the nostril as a characteristic portion having a greatest amount of movement from among the multiple characteristic portions.

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