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Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 10, 2013
Applicant:

Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hirokiyo Kasahara, Fussa, JP;

Keisuke Shimada, Hamura, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00281 (2013.01); G06K 9/00248 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a face component extraction apparatus including an eye detection unit which detects a plurality of combinations of eye regions, each combination forming a pair, a first calculation unit which calculates a first evaluation value for each pair of eye regions, a fitting unit which fits a plurality of extraction models for extracting a plurality of face components in the image based on a number of pairs of eye regions whose first evaluation values are equal to or greater than a predetermined value, a second calculation unit which calculates a second evaluation value for each of a number of pairs of eye regions, and a deciding unit which decides a fitting mode of the plurality of extraction models to be fitted by the fitting unit based on calculation results of a number of second evaluation values by the second calculation unit.


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