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Facial recognition and the open mouth problem

US8155400B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6Claims

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Assignee

Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited · IL

Inventors

Michael Bronstein · Santa Clara, US
Alexander Bronstein · San Jose, US
Ron Kimmel · Haifa, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 24, 2008
Grant date	Apr 10, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 24, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S17/89
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of cropping a representation of a face for electronic processing, said method comprising: selecting a first geodesic contour about an invariant reference point on said face, setting a region within said first geodesic contour as a first mask, selecting a second geodesic contour about a boundary of said identified first region, setting a region within said second geodesic contour as a second mask, and forming a final mask from a union of said first mask and said second mask.

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