Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product
US8363909B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 6, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jan 29, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 5, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V40/161
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image processing apparatus that detects a face area from image information includes a pattern database, a face-direction determining unit, and a face-area detector. The face-direction determining unit determines, as a face direction, a direction in which a face image in image information is upright based on determination pattern information stored in the pattern database. The face-area detector matches the direction of the image information with the direction of the determination pattern information based on the face direction, and detects a face area from the image information.
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