Image analysis – Applications – Personnel identification
Patent
1999-11-30
2000-07-25
Manuel, George
Image analysis
Applications
Personnel identification
G06K 900
Patent
active
060944986
ABSTRACT:
A face image processing apparatus is capable of extracting images of nostrils and eyes accurately and at high speed without being influenced by accessory information by employing one or a plurality of two-dimensional templates each of which expresses exactly the features of the nostrils and the eyes though the amount of information thereof is small. The face image processing apparatus includes: a face image inputting element for inputting a face image; an eye area setting element for estimating an area, in which an eye candidate is present, from the inputted face image; an eye candidate extracting element for converting the eye candidate into the data having a plurality of luminance values within the eye area; and an eye deciding element for deciding eyes within the extracted candidates and their positions.
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patent: 5008946 (1991-04-01), Ando
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patent: 5859921 (1999-01-01), Suzuki
Manuel George
Mitsubishi Denki & Kabushiki Kaisha
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