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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2006
Yoshiro Kitamura, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Sadato Akahori, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Kensuke Terakawa, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Yoshiro Kitamura, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Sadato Akahori, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Kensuke Terakawa, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A plurality of different facial images is used to cause a face classification apparatus to learn a characteristic feature of a face by using a machine-learning method. Each of the facial images includes a face which has the same direction and the same angle of inclination as those of a face included in each of the other facial images and each of the facial images is limited to an image of a specific facial region. For example, the facial region is a predetermined region including only a specific facial part other than a region below an upper lip to avoid an influence of a change in facial expressions. Alternatively, if the apparatus is used to detect a frontal face and to perform refined detection processing on the extracted face candidate, a region including only an eye or eyes, a nose and an upper lip is used as the facial region.