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Method and apparatus for detecting eye location in an image

  • US 6,381,345 B1
  • Filed: 06/03/1997
  • Issued: 04/30/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for locating eyes in an image, comprising the steps of:

  • a) spatially blurring the image with a Gaussian filter to form a blurred image;

    b) determining a location of two eye regions in the blurred image;

    c) eliminating eyebrows in the two eye regions in the original image based on the location of the two eye regions obtained in step b) from the blurred image, thereby forming a first processed image;

    d) segmenting the eyes in the first processed image; and

    e) extracting an iris location from the first processed image.

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