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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2002
Masato Sannoh, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Shiraishi, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Sannoh, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Shiraishi, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There are provided an image memory which stores one image of a subject, an image fetch section which takes in an image from the image memory to another memory or register in a predetermined unit, a control section which takes charge of the overall control, a face characteristic storage section which stores a plurality of characteristics of a face, a recognition and judgment section which recognizes a face from the data from the image fetch section and the data from the face characteristic storage section and judges each portion, an edge detector which detects an edge detection value from the result data thereof, and an output section which outputs the final judgment result to the outside.