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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2002
Applicants:
Yea-shuan Huang, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
Yao-hong Tsai, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Yea-Shuan Huang, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
Yao-Hong Tsai, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K009/40 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention discloses an image preprocessing method capable of increasing the accuracy of face detection by enhancing the contrast between dark pixels and their surrounding bright pixels, and increasing the brightness difference between dark pixels and bright pixels. Even in insufficient and non-uniform lighting conditions, the eye-analogue segments of a human face are obvious; so as to make a subsequent algorithm using eye-analogue segments for detecting human faces and producing more accurate results.