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Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007

Filed:

Jul. 14, 2005
Applicants:

Paul Mcalpine, Fremont, CA (US);

Todd Hernandez, San Jose, CA (US);

John Bateman, San Francisco, CA (US);

Remy Zimmermann, Belmont, CA (US);

Philippe Depallens, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Paul McAlpine, Fremont, CA (US);

Todd Hernandez, San Jose, CA (US);

John Bateman, San Francisco, CA (US);

Remy Zimmermann, Belmont, CA (US);

Philippe Depallens, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Logitech Europe S.A., Romanel-sur-Morges, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and apparatus for modifying, or morphing, a video image. A video feed is received which include an image of a person's face. A number of facial features are detected from the video feed. One or more of those facial features are selected and modified, with the modification being applied to the video feed to produce a morphed image. For example, the morphing can produce fun effects such as oversized or too small eyes, lips, etc.


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