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Face image processing apparatus and method

  • US 7,502,496 B2
  • Filed: 12/06/2007
  • Issued: 03/10/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for face image processing using a plurality of imaging units, the plurality of imaging units providing a first plurality of images of a face of a person to be identified, the method comprising:

  • detecting, using a detecting unit, a face feature point from each of the first plurality of images, respectively, to detect a face region;

    extracting a face feature from each of a second plurality of images each corresponding to the detected face region, to thereby extract a plurality of face features;

    comparing a first one of the extracted face features with a second one of the extracted features to judge whether a subject of the first plurality of images is a photograph;

    calculating a similarity measure based on a face feature of a specific person previously registered and a face feature determined from the extracted face features to recognize the person to be identified; and

    providing a recognition result based on the similarity measure.

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