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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2004
Younghun Sung, Suwon-si, KR;
Jongha Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jaywoo Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Chanmin Park, Seongnam-si, KR;
Younghun Sung, Suwon-si, KR;
Jongha Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jaywoo Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Chanmin Park, Seongnam-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A face recognition apparatus and method. The face recognition apparatus includes: a face database (face DB) which stores information of a plurality of registered persons and which stores a plurality of facial images of each registered person; a face retrieval unit which performs a face retrieval of an input facial image with reference to the face DB and outputs confidence values of the stored facial images; a candidate selection unit which determines candidates, which are selected among the facial images stored in the face DB on the basis of the confidence values; and a face verification unit which compares feature vectors of the input facial image and feature vectors of images corresponding to each candidate one by one and recognizes the input facial image.