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Personal authentication apparatus and personal authentication method

  • US 8,912,885 B2
  • Filed: 03/04/2013
  • Issued: 12/16/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A personal identification apparatus comprising:

  • an input unit configured to input image data;

    a facial expression determination unit configured to determine a facial expression from a face in the image data;

    a selection unit configured to select first feature data corresponding to the facial expression of the face in the image data, the first feature data used to identify a person, in correspondence with respective facial expressions of a plurality of faces, are obtained from and stored in a database; and

    an identification unit configured to identify a person by comparing second feature data of the face in the image data, and the first feature data selected by said selection unit.

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