Large volume face recognition apparatus and method
US8150109B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 2, 2004 |
| Grant date | Apr 3, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 13, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V40/172
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A face recognition apparatus and method. The face recognition apparatus includes: a face database (face DB) which stores information of a plurality of registered persons and which stores a plurality of facial images of each registered person; a face retrieval unit which performs a face retrieval of an input facial image with reference to the face DB and outputs confidence values of the stored facial images; a candidate selection unit which determines candidates, which are selected among the facial images stored in the face DB on the basis of the confidence values; and a face verification unit which compares feature vectors of the input facial image and feature vectors of images corresponding to each candidate one by one and recognizes the input facial image.
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