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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
May. 22, 2002
Hideaki Matsuo, Fukuoka, JP;
Kazuyuki Imagawa, Fukuoka, JP;
Yuji Takata, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuhiro Iwasa, Iizuka, JP;
Toshirou Eshima, Kitakyusyu, JP;
Naruatsu Baba, Iizuka, JP;
Hideaki Matsuo, Fukuoka, JP;
Kazuyuki Imagawa, Fukuoka, JP;
Yuji Takata, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuhiro Iwasa, Iizuka, JP;
Toshirou Eshima, Kitakyusyu, JP;
Naruatsu Baba, Iizuka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A face detection device includes a face learning dictionary, which holds learned information for identification between a facial image and a non-facial image. An image input unit inputs a subject image. An edge image extraction unit extracts an edge image from the subject image. A partial image extraction unit, based on the edge image, extracts partial images that are candidates to contain facial images from the subject image. A face/non-face identification unit references the learning dictionary to identify whether or not each extracted partial image contains a facial image. Face detection of high precision, which reflects learned results, is performed.