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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2011
Won Jun Hwang, Suwon-si, KR;
Ji Hyo Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Kyung Shik Roh, Seongnam-si, KR;
Suk June Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Won Jun Hwang, Suwon-si, KR;
Ji Hyo Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Kyung Shik Roh, Seongnam-si, KR;
Suk June Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for estimating a three-dimensional face position. The method of estimating the three-dimensional face position includes acquiring two-dimensional image information from a single camera, detecting a face region of a user from the two-dimensional image information, calculating the size of the detected face region, estimating a distance between the single camera and the user's face using the calculated size of the face region, and obtaining positional information of the user's face in a three-dimensional coordinate system using the estimated distance between the single camera and the user's face. Accordingly, it is possible to estimate the distance between the user and the single camera using the size of the face region of the user in the image information acquired by the single camera so as to acquire the three-dimensional position coordinates of the user.