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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Fotonation Limited, Galway, IE;
Inventors:
Catalina Neghina, Bucharest, RO;
Mihnea Gangea, Bucharest, RO;
Stefan Petrescu, Bucharest, RO;
Emilian David, Bucharest, RO;
Petronel Bigioi, Galway, IE;
Eric Zarakov, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Eran Steinberg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
FotoNation Limited, Galway, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23219 (2013.01); G06K 9/00228 (2013.01); G06K 9/00255 (2013.01); G06K 9/00281 (2013.01); G06K 9/00288 (2013.01); G06K 9/00302 (2013.01); G06K 9/00308 (2013.01); H04N 5/232 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for detecting facial expressions in digital images and applications therefore are disclosed. Analysis of a digital image determines whether or not a smile and/or blink is present on a person's face. Face recognition, and/or a pose or illumination condition determination, permits application of a specific, relatively small classifier cascade.