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Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 04, 2014
Applicant:

Utechzone Co., Ltd., New Taipei, TW;

Inventors:

Po-Tsung Lin, New Taipei, TW;

Chih-Heng Fang, New Taipei, TW;

Chia-Chun Tsou, New Taipei, TW;

Assignee:

UTECHZONE CO., LTD., New Taipei, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 23/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G05B 1/01 (2006.01); G08B 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/01 (2013.01); G06K 9/00335 (2013.01); G06K 9/00832 (2013.01); G06K 9/00838 (2013.01); G06K 9/00845 (2013.01); G08B 21/0476 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device for generating signal by detecting facial movement and operating method thereof is provided, which includes: an image capture unit, and a processing unit. The image capture unit for obtaining an image series. The processing unit receives the images series from the image capture unit, wherein the processing unit includes an image background removal module, an image extracting module, and a comparator, wherein the image background removing module processes each of the image series respectively to obtain a facial image, wherein the feature location module determines a location of a pair of nostrils in the facial image, defines a mouth searching frame, and acquires a data of mouth movements through the mouth searching frame, wherein the comparator compares the data of mouth movements with predetermined facial information, and generates a designated signal according to the comparison result.


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