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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2007
Mayumi Yuasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Mayumi Yuasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image input unit configured to enter a face image, a search area and scale setting unit configured to set a search area and a scale, an image feature point detection unit configured to detect image feature points selected from local image information of respective points, a first dictionary storing coordinates of the relative position between the image feature points and a target feature point in association with peripheral patterns of the image feature points, a first pattern matching unit configured to match the first dictionary and the peripheral patterns of the image feature points, a target feature point candidate position estimating unit configured to estimate candidates of the position of the target feature point, a second dictionary, a second pattern matching unit configured to match the second dictionary and a peripheral pattern of the target feature point and a determination unit configured to obtain the position of the target feature point.