INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20140112534A1
• Filed: 10/16/2013
• Published: 04/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: SAKO, Yoichiro, TANGE, Akira, NAKAMURA, Takatoshi, WATANABE, Kazuhiro, ASADA, Kohei, SAKODA, Kazuyuki, KON, Takayasu, KOGA, Yuki, ONUMA, Tomoya, HANAYA, Hiroyuki, TAKEHARA, Mitsuru, HAYASHI, Kazunori, KAMADA, Yasunori
• Granted Patent: US 9,298,969 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/103
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/16 Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions

Abstract

There is provided an information processing device including a detection unit that detects a face image region in an image, a determination unit that determines a human attribute of at least one face image in the face image region detected by the detection unit, and a face image replacement unit that replaces the at least one face image with a natural face image of another person according to the human attribute determined by the determination unit.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a detection unit that detects a face image region in an image;

a determination unit that determines a human attribute of at least one face image in the face image region detected by the detection unit; and

a face image replacement unit that replaces the at least one face image with a natural face image of another person according to the human attribute determined by the determination unit.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the human attribute is at least one of sex, age, race, skin color, hair color, eye color, and body type of a person.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the human attribute is a person'"'"'s wearing or non-wearing of an accessory including eyewear, a hat, earmuffs, headphones, and earphones.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the face image replacement unit performs replacement with a natural face image of another person according to at least one of size and orientation of the face, and a facial expression of a person of the at least one face image.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the face image replacement unit performs replacement with a natural face image of another person according to a state of illumination during photographing of the image.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the face image replacement unit performs replacement with a natural face image of another person according to a location in which the image is photographed.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the face image replacement unit performs replacement with a natural face image of another person having a same human attribute by comparing the at least one face image and natural face images stored in advance.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the natural face image is a photographed image or a composite image.

9. The information processing device according to claim 8, wherein the composite image is an average face image generated based on face images of a plurality of humans.

10. The information processing device according to claim 8, wherein the photographed image is an actual face image of a person who permits his or her face to be revealed to the public.

11. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the natural face image is an image that includes at least a part of a face.

12. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising;

a storage unit that stores the natural face images.

13. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a control unit that controls uploading of on a predetermined service site, an image that is obtained from replacement with a natural face image performed by the face image replacement unit.

14. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit detects a face image region from an area in the image that is designated by a user.

15. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit detects a face image region in the image having a size that is greater than or equal to a predetermined size.

16. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the natural face image is marked with an indication that the natural face image is a replaced image.

17. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the face image replacement unit does not perform replacement of a face image when the determination unit is not able to determine the human attribute.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a program stored therein, the program causing a computer to operate as:

a detection unit that detects a face image region in an image;

a determination unit that determines a human attribute of at least one face image in the face image region detected by the detection unit; and

a face image replacement unit that replaces the at least one face image with a natural face image of another person according to the human attribute determined by the determination unit.