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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2008
Tomoharu Suzuki, Anjo, JP;
Jun Adachi, Obu, JP;
Shinichi Kojima, Nisshin, JP;
Kenichi Ohue, Toyota, JP;
Yuji Ninagawa, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shigeyasu Uozumi, Toyota, JP;
Tomoharu Suzuki, Anjo, JP;
Jun Adachi, Obu, JP;
Shinichi Kojima, Nisshin, JP;
Kenichi Ohue, Toyota, JP;
Yuji Ninagawa, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shigeyasu Uozumi, Toyota, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing section captures a face of an observed person. A position detecting section detects, from a face image expressing the face captured by the image capturing section, one of a position expressing a characteristic of a nose and a position expressing a characteristic of a region between eyebrows. A computing section computes a past relative position of a predetermined region of the face that is based on the position detected in the past by the position detecting section. A region position detecting section detects a position of the predetermined region on the basis of the past relative position computed by the computing section and the current position detected by the position detecting section.