REAL-TIME FACE TRACKING IN A DIGITAL IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE

摘要

An image processing apparatus for tracking faces in an image stream iteratively receives a new acquired image from the image stream, the image potentially including one or more face regions. The acquired image is sub-sampled (1 12) at a specified resolution to provide a sub-sampled image. An integral image is then calculated for a least a portion of the sub-sampled acquired image. Fixed size face detection (120) is applied to at least a portion of the integral image to provide a set of candidate face regions. Responsive to the set of candidate face regions produced and any previously detected candidate face regions, the resolution at which a next acquired image is sub-sampled is adjusted.