Method and apparatus for controlling vehicle using motion recognition with face recognition
US9576189B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 26, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 21, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 26, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V40/174
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Provided is a vehicle control apparatus including an image obtaining part that obtains an image of outside of a vehicle; a face recognizing part that finds and tracks a face of a person from an image obtained by the image obtaining part based on feature elements human faces and extracts feature information regarding a face of a person; a face authenticating part that compares the feature information extracted by the face recognizing part to feature information regarding faces of persons registered in advance and, if a difference therebetween is less than or equal to a critical value, authenticates that the recognized face as a registered face; the motion recognizing part that, when authentication is completed by the face authenticating part, recognizes a motion; and a control part that recognizes a motion of a face-recognized and face-authenticated person and performs a set function.
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