发明名称 |
Detecting human faces and detecting red eyes |
摘要 |
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for detecting a red eye in an image. The method comprises steps of: calculating a skin color reference vector for said image; identifying a candidate for red eye region in said image; identifying skin color pixels in said candidate for red eye region; removing skin color pixels from said candidate for red eye region; deciding whether said candidate for red eye region is a red eye or not. The present invention also provides a method and apparatus for detecting a human face in an image. Moreover, the present invention provides corresponding storage medium including instructions for causing a processor to implement the methods. According to the present invention, red eyes and/or human faces can be detected with consideration of skin color pixels. The speed and accuracy of detecting red eyes and human faces are greatly increased.
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申请公布号 |
US7376270(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2008.05.20 |
申请号 |
US20040023965 |
申请日期 |
2004.12.29 |
申请人 |
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
发明人 |
CHEN XINWU;JIANMIN WANG;ZHANG YUE |
分类号 |
G06K9/00;G06T7/00;G06T7/40 |
主分类号 |
G06K9/00 |
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