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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
May. 13, 2009
Applicants:
Tong-xian Chen, Beijing, CN;
Xiangrong Chen, Beijing, CN;
John C. Platt, Redmond, WA (US);
Jie Yan, Beijing, CN;
Hong-jiang Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Inventors:
Tong-Xian Chen, Beijing, CN;
Xiangrong Chen, Beijing, CN;
John C. Platt, Redmond, WA (US);
Jie Yan, Beijing, CN;
Hong-Jiang Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems methods and devices related to region detection of an image. Detected regions include pixels of a particular one or more colors without requiring faces within the image to be previously detected. Region detection may include receiving information that a flash was used to capture the image or that return light was detected in the image.