Face recognition apparatus and method for controlling the same
First Claim
1. A face recognition apparatus comprising:
- an image input unit to receive an image of a face to be identified;
a sub-image production unit to produce a plurality of sub-images of the input face image using a plurality of different face models; and
a face recognition unit to set the sub-images to observed nodes of a Markov network, to set target images to hidden nodes of the Markov network using the Markov network, and to recognize the presence of a target image corresponding to the face image to be identified using a first relationship between the observed nodes and the hidden nodes and a second relationship between the hidden nodes.
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Abstract
A face recognition apparatus and face recognition method perform face recognition of a face by comparing an image of the face to be identified with target images for identification. The face recognition apparatus includes an image input unit to receive an image of a face to be identified, a sub-image production unit to produce a plurality of sub-images of the input face image using a plurality of different face models, a storage unit to store a plurality of target images, and a face recognition unit to set the sub-images to observed nodes of a Markov network, to set the target images to hidden nodes of the Markov network, and to recognize the presence of a target image corresponding to the face images to be identified using a first relationship between the observed nodes and the hidden nodes and a second relationship between the hidden nodes.
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23 Claims
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1. A face recognition apparatus comprising:
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an image input unit to receive an image of a face to be identified; a sub-image production unit to produce a plurality of sub-images of the input face image using a plurality of different face models; and a face recognition unit to set the sub-images to observed nodes of a Markov network, to set target images to hidden nodes of the Markov network using the Markov network, and to recognize the presence of a target image corresponding to the face image to be identified using a first relationship between the observed nodes and the hidden nodes and a second relationship between the hidden nodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for controlling a face recognition apparatus, the method comprising:
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inputting a face image to be identified; producing a plurality of sub-images of the input face image using a plurality of different face models; setting the sub-images to observed nodes of a Markov network and setting target images to hidden nodes of the Markov network using the Markov network; and recognizing a target image corresponding to the face image to be identified using a first relationship between the observed node and the hidden node and a second relationship between the hidden nodes. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A face recognition apparatus comprising:
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an image input unit to receive an image; a sub-image production unit to produce a plurality of sub-images of the input image using a plurality of models; a feature extraction unit to receive the plurality of sub-images generated by the sub-image production unit and to extract at least one feature from each of the plurality of sub-images; and a recognition unit to set the sub-images to observed nodes of a Markov network, to set target images to hidden nodes of the Markov network using the Markov network, and to recognize the presence of a target image corresponding to the image to be identified by using the extracted features to determine a first relationship between the observed nodes and the hidden nodes and by determining a second relationship between the hidden nodes. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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