APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING INFORMATION ON FACIAL EXPRESSION
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Abstract
To enable information on facial expressions to be continued to be obtained even if a user moves, without requiring attachment of markers, there is provided a spectacle-type device worn by a user that comprises first camera and second camera, each of which is provided with a fisheye lens at an edge of a front part of frame. Face images obtained by each camera are transmitted to information processing apparatus. Information processing apparatus develops an image from each camera to a plane, and composes images of portions of both eyes, both eyebrows and a mouth with an image representing a frontal face captured in advance. Information processing apparatus recognizes a facial expression from the face image obtained from the composition, and displays a three-dimensional model of the recognized facial expression.
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20 Claims
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11. An apparatus for outputting information on a facial expression comprising:
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a frame mounted on a head of a user; an imaging unit that is attached to the frame and captures, from a predetermined direction, an image representing a face of the user; a conversion unit that converts coordinates of a portion of the image captured by the imaging unit that represents a predetermined portion of the face of the user into coordinates in an image of the face captured from a direction different from the predetermined direction by a projection method different from the projection method employed in the imaging unit; a recognition unit that recognizes a facial expression of the user based on the coordinates converted by the conversion unit; and an output unit that outputs an image representing the facial expression recognized by the recognition unit. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for outputting information on a facial expression comprising:
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obtaining an image of a face of a user captured by an imaging unit that is attached to a frame mounted on a head of the user and capturing, from a predetermined direction, an image representing a face of the user; converting coordinates of a portion of the image obtained in the obtaining step that represents a predetermined portion of the face of the user into coordinates in an image of the face captured from a direction different from the predetermined direction by a projection method different from the projection method employed in the imaging unit; recognizing a facial expression of the user based on the coordinates converted in the converting step; and outputting an image representing the facial expression recognized in the recognizing step.
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