Face recognition with parallel detection and tracking, and/or grouped feature motion shift tracking
US9477889B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 27, 2013 |
| Grant date | Oct 25, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 10, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V10/62
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with face recognition are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a method for recognizing a face may include detecting, by a first thread of a computing device, for presence of a face in interspersed selected ones of the plurality of image frames. On detecting presence of a face in a first of the selected ones of the plurality of image frames, the first thread requests tracking of the face by a second thread of the computing device, the second thread being operated in parallel to the first thread by the computing device. In response, the face may be tracked for the first thread, by the second thread. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
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