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Image processing apparatus and method for extracting feature of object

US6873713B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 16, 2001
Grant dateMar 29, 2005
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Expiry dateDec 28, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V40/168
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In this invention, a facial image is sensed from different directions, pupil and nasal cavity regions are detected from the sensed facial image, feature points are detected from the detected regions, a feature pattern is extracted on the basis of the feature points, and the feature pattern is registered or is verified with a registered feature pattern to identify a person.

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