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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 04, 2011
Applicants:

Sean Eron Anderson, Bellevue, WA (US);

Christian F. Huitema, Clyde Hill, WA (US);

Inventors:

Sean Eron Anderson, Bellevue, WA (US);

Christian F. Huitema, Clyde Hill, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/73 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01); H04N 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/735 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06K 9/00201 (2013.01); G06K 9/00234 (2013.01); G06K 9/2018 (2013.01); G06K 9/2027 (2013.01); G06K 9/2054 (2013.01); H04N 13/0022 (2013.01); H04N 13/0271 (2013.01); H04N 13/0468 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems for face detection and tracking using an image-based capture device are disclosed herein. The method includes generating a depth image of a scene, generating a mask image from the depth image, and detecting a position of a face of a user in the scene using the mask image. The method also includes determining an intensity of the face using a first color channel of the mask image and adjusting a gain level of a first color channel of the image-based capture device directed at the scene to achieve a target intensity of the face.


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