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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Fotonation Limited, Galway, IE;
Inventors:
Joe Lemley, Galway, IE;
Peter Corcoran, Galway, IE;
Assignee:
FotoNation Limited, Galway, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); G06V 40/165 (2022.01); G06V 40/176 (2022.01); G06T 2207/10012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10044 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30268 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for determining an absolute depth map to monitor the location and pose of a head () being imaged by a camera comprises: acquiring () an image from the camera () including a head with a facial region; determining () at least one distance from the camera () to a facial feature of the facial region using a distance measuring sub-system (); determining () a relative depth map of facial features within the facial region; and combining () the relative depth map with the at least one distance to form an absolute depth map for the facial region.