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Device, method and program for detecting eye

US8224035B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 6, 2007
Grant dateJul 17, 2012
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Expiry dateMay 16, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V40/171
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An eye detecting device includes an image generating device for generating a face image, a nostril detecting portion for detecting a nostril in the face image, an eye searching area setting portion for setting an eye searching area in the face image based on a position of the nostril detected by the nostril detecting portion, and an eye searching portion for searching an eye within the eye searching area set by the eye searching area setting portion.

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