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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2008
Wen-hwa Lin, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Chun-nan Yeh, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Wen-Hwa Lin, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Chun-Nan Yeh, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Tu-Cheng, New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A video instant messaging method includes: picking up information in front of a display panel from different directions to capture a number of facial images; extracting a number of groups of characteristic vectors from the facial images respectively; measuring a number of degrees of similarity each associated with a extracted characteristic vector using a group of reference characteristic vector; calculating a number of total degrees of similarity each associated with a facial image using the measured degrees of similarity; and transmitting the facial image having the highest total degree of similarity.