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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2006
Applicants:
Thomas Vetter, Basel, CH;
Sami Romdhani, Saint-Louis, FR;
Jean-sebastian Pierrard, Gundelfingen, DE;
Inventors:
Thomas Vetter, Basel, CH;
Sami Romdhani, Saint-Louis, FR;
Jean-Sebastian Pierrard, Gundelfingen, DE;
Assignee:
University of Basel, , CH;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is an improved algorithm for estimating the 3D shape of a 3-dimensional object, such as a human face, based on information retrieved from a single photograph by recovering parameters of a 3-dimensional model and methods and systems using the same. Beside the pixel intensity, the invention uses various image features in a multi-features fitting algorithm (MFF) that has a wider radius of convergence and a higher level of precision and provides thereby better results.