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Face image pickup device and method

  • US 8,295,559 B2
  • Filed: 11/07/2008
  • Issued: 10/23/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A face image pickup device comprising:

  • face image pickup unit which picks up an image of a face of a target person;

    illumination unit which illuminates the face of the target person with near-infrared light having an arbitrary light amount;

    eye area detecting means which detects an area including an eye from the face image of the target person picked up by the face image pickup unit;

    brightness-distribution measuring unit which measures a brightness distribution in the area detected by the eye area detecting unit in the face image of the target person picked up by the face image pickup means; and

    control unit which controls the illumination unit so as to increase an amount of the near-infrared light when an average brightness is greater that a predetermined range by calculating the average brightness in the area based on the brightness distribution measured by the brightness-distribution measuring unit.

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