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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2017
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Byung-jun Son, Seoul, KR;

Joo-young Son, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Tae-hwa Hong, Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00604 (2013.01); G06K 9/00912 (2013.01); H04N 5/23219 (2013.01); H04N 5/23222 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses are provided for capturing an image in a portable terminal. An image is received at the portable terminal. An eye region is detected in the image. An eye center of the eye region is determined. It is determined whether a reflection region is detected in the eye region. When the reflection region is detected, a shape of the reflection region is determined, and guide information for preventing the reflection region is output based on the shape of the reflection region.


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