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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Piergiorgio Sartor, Stuttgart, DE;
Mori Hironori, Stuttgart, DE;
Alexander Gatto, Stuttgart, DE;
Ralf Müller, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/22 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G06T 7/507 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00281 (2013.01); G06K 9/00255 (2013.01); G06K 9/00892 (2013.01); G06K 9/2027 (2013.01); G06K 9/22 (2013.01); G06K 9/4619 (2013.01); G06K 9/00006 (2013.01); G06K 9/00221 (2013.01); G06K 9/00597 (2013.01); G06K 9/209 (2013.01); G06T 7/507 (2017.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus has a circuitry which detects a first biometric feature of a user; detects a second biometric feature of the user, wherein the second biometric feature is detected based on image data representing the second biometric feature, and wherein the second biometric feature differs from the first biometric feature; and estimates an illumination indication for the second biometric feature, based on the image data.