Face feature collator, face feature collating method, and program
US8073206B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 16, 2005 |
| Grant date | Dec 6, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 4, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N7/181
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention provides a facial feature verification apparatus capable of synthesizing an image suitable for verification to identify a person subjected to surveillance whom surveillance staff desires to watch. The facial feature verification apparatus includes a plurality of pickup units 1, a pickup controlling unit 2 for controlling the pickup units 1, a displaying unit 3 for displaying images picked up by the pickup units 1, and a verifying unit 4 for detecting a person from the picked up images, extracting a facial image by determining a face area of the person, extracting a facial image from the images picked up by the pickup units 1, synthesizing a plurality of facial features by extracting facial features from the extracted facial images, and verifying the synthesized facial features with the facial features enrolled in advance in a facial image database 5.
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