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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2009
Kai-tai Song, Hsinchu, TW;
Meng-ju Han, Taipei County, TW;
Shih-chieh Wang, Taipei, TW;
Chia-ho Lin, Zhubei, TW;
Chi-yi Lin, Pingtung, TW;
Kai-Tai Song, Hsinchu, TW;
Meng-Ju Han, Taipei County, TW;
Shih-Chieh Wang, Taipei, TW;
Chia-Ho Lin, Zhubei, TW;
Chi-Yi Lin, Pingtung, TW;
Novatek Microelectronics Corp., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A facial expression recognition apparatus and a facial expression recognition method thereof are provided. The facial expression recognition apparatus comprises a gray image generating unit, a face edge detection unit, a motion skin extraction unit, a face contour generating unit and a facial expression recognition unit. The gray image generating unit generates a gray image according to an original image. The face edge detection unit outputs a face edge detection result according to the gray image. The motion skin extraction unit generates a motion skin extraction result according to the original image, and generates a face and background division result according to the motion skin extraction result. The face contour generating unit outputs a face contour according to the gray image, the face edge detection result and the face and background division result. The facial expression recognition unit outputs a facial expression recognition result according to the face contour.