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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2009
Kozo Baba, Fukuoka, JP;
Akiyoshi Tafuku, Fukuoka, JP;
Hisao Ito, Fukuoka, JP;
Jou Tanji, Kawasaki, JP;
Kozo Baba, Fukuoka, JP;
Akiyoshi Tafuku, Fukuoka, JP;
Hisao Ito, Fukuoka, JP;
Jou Tanji, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An image processing method for calculating feature amounts of a facial part in a face on the basis of a plurality of image data obtained in chronological order, comparing the calculated feature amounts with a threshold value, and recognizing the facial part, includes: calculating face orientations on the basis of image data; storing, in a storage, the feature amounts calculated from the image data, the feature amounts being associated with the face orientations; and recognizing a facial part in different image data of the face other than the plurality of the image data on the basis of a feature amount calculated from the different image data, the feature amounts stored in the storage associated with the face orientation in the different image data, and a threshold.