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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Xuetao Feng, Beijing, CN;
Xiaolu Shen, Beijing, CN;
Hui Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Ji Yeun Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jung Bae Kim, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
A face tracking apparatus includes: a face region detector; a segmentation unit; an occlusion probability calculator; and a tracking unit. The face region detector is configured to detect a face region based on an input image. The segmentation unit is configured to segment the face region into a plurality of sub-regions. The occlusion probability calculator configured to calculate occlusion probabilities for the plurality of sub-regions. The tracking unit is configured to track a face included in the input image based on the occlusion probabilities.