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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/004 (2013.01); G06K 9/00228 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20144 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30244 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a device and method for estimating a head pose which may obtain an excellent head pose recognition result free from the influence of an illumination change, the device including a head area extracting unit to extract a head area from an input depth image, a head pitch angle estimating unit to estimate a pitch angle of a head in the head area, a head yaw angle estimating unit to estimate a yaw angle of the head in the head area, and a head pose displaying unit to display a head pose based on the estimated pitch angle of the head and the estimated yaw angle of the head.