Face tracking

Details Face tracking Face tracking

2003-07-18

2009-02-17

Le, Brian Q (Department: 2624)

Image analysis

Applications

Personnel identification

C382S117000, C382S118000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07492924

ABSTRACT:
A medium bears a deformable model configured to enable a machine to estimate positions of four points defined by X and Y coordinates, each of the points representing a facial element position in a digital image.

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