Image processing apparatus and method thereof

Details Image processing apparatus and method thereof Image processing apparatus and method thereof

2005-05-26

2009-02-03

Le, Brian Q (Department: 2624)

Image analysis

Pattern recognition

Feature extraction

C382S216000, C382S118000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07486825

ABSTRACT:
An image processing apparatus for detecting, at high precision, the contours of the eyes and the lips from an image including a shot of the face is provided. The apparatus includes an image input portion used to input an image, a feature point detecting portion that detects plural feature points of the object from the input image, a facial pose estimating portion that estimates a rotation angle indicating a facial pose from the detected, plural feature points, an initial parameter correcting portion that estimates initial parameters to detect the contours of the eye and the lips from the detected, plural feature points, and corrects the estimated initial parameters using the estimated rotation angle, an initial contour generating portion that generates an initial contour of the object using the corrected initial parameters, and a contour generating portion that generates a final contour from the initial contour.

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