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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2012
Kan Torii, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Masakazu Matsugu, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuhiko Mori, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Yusuke Mitarai, Tokyo, JP;
Kan Torii, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Masakazu Matsugu, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuhiko Mori, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Yusuke Mitarai, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an image within which a face pattern is detected, when a ratio of a skin color pixel is equal to or smaller than a first threshold value in a first region and a ratio of a skin color pixel is equal to or greater than a second threshold value in a second r region, the vicinity of the first region is determined to be a face candidate position at which the face pattern can exist. Face detection is carried out on the face candidate position. The second region is arranged in a predetermined position relative to the first region.