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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Timo Juhani Ahonen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Gabriel Takacs, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Timo Juhani Ahonen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Gabriel Takacs, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/411 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00281 (2013.01); H04N 1/411 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating face image analysis. A method may include determining a histogram-based face descriptor for each of a plurality of regions of a face image. The method may further include compressing the histogram-based face descriptors to generate a plurality of compressed face descriptors describing the plurality of regions of the face image. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided.