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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Fuguo Zhu, Beijing, CN;
Yong Jiang, Beijing, CN;
Xian Li, Beijing, CN;
Lifeng Xu, Beijing, CN;
Dongchao Wen, Beijing, CN;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a unit configured to acquire an object shape regression model, which comprises an average object shape, a plurality of regression functions and a plurality of feature selection maps; a unit configured to set an initial object shape for the object image based on the average object shape; a unit configured to calculate at least one feature vector with respect to a plurality of feature points; a unit configured, for each coordinate of the plurality of feature points, to select feature fragments from the calculated feature vector based on a corresponding one of the plurality of feature selection maps and assemble the feature fragments into a sub feature vector; and a unit configured, for at least one coordinate of at least one feature point, to predict a coordinate increment based on the corresponding sub feature vector and a corresponding one of the plurality of regression functions.