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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2006
Sung Uk Jung, Seoul, KR;
Yun Su Chung, Daejeon, KR;
Jang Hee Yoo, Daejeon, KR;
Kyo IL Chung, Daejeon, KR;
Sung Uk Jung, Seoul, KR;
Yun Su Chung, Daejeon, KR;
Jang Hee Yoo, Daejeon, KR;
Kyo Il Chung, Daejeon, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
Provided are a method and apparatus of detecting an eye using symmetrical and moment characteristics of an object. According to the method, an eye band is extracted from a facial image, and eye candidates each having symmetry are detected by extracting symmetrical component from the eye band. After that, a moment line integral is calculated on the basis of contrast of the eye band image and a coordinate of each of the eye candidates is inputted, so that each of the detected eye candidates is verified.