METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING FACIAL REGIONS

An apparatus and method for identifying facial regions in an image includes a computer running a program that tests pixel values of an image to identify objects therein having attributes like pupils, such as shape, size, position and reflectivity. To reduce the time to identify pupils, the image is...

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Main Authors PAYONK, GREGORY, JACKSON, DICK
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 29.07.2009
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
PHYSICS
PRESENTATION OF DATA
RECOGNITION OF DATA
RECORD CARRIERS
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Summary:An apparatus and method for identifying facial regions in an image includes a computer running a program that tests pixel values of an image to identify objects therein having attributes like pupils, such as shape, size, position and reflectivity. To reduce the time to identify pupils, the image is sub-rected, sub-sampled and only one color/brightness channel is tested.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20070843578