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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2006
Applicant:
Jeffrey Danowitz, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Inventor:
Jeffrey Danowitz, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for facial feature detection. The method comprises the following steps: a) receiving a digital image depicting a human face, the digital image comprising a plurality of color pixels, each one of the color pixels comprising color information, b) segmenting a face segment based on the color information, the face segment delimiting the area of the face, c) identifying a centerline that approximately bisects a human face section, and d) using the centerline to segment a set of facial features of the human face.