Patent ID: 11915513
Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. An apparatus for performing leveling of a person image, the apparatus comprising:
a memory storing at least one program; and
a processor configured to perform an operation by executing the at least one program,
wherein the processor is configured to:
receive an original person image including a person object,
select an arbitrary latent vector in a latent space,
generate a virtual person image based on the latent vector,
activate an original person region and deactivating an original background region from among the original person region and the original background region included in the original person image,
activate a virtual person region and deactivating a virtual background region from among the virtual person region and the virtual background region included in the virtual person image,
optimize the latent vector such that identity similarity between an image of the original person region and an image of the virtual person region increases,
manipulate the optimized latent vector, and
generate a levelled person image, in which a person stares forward and shows a neutral emotion, and in which an illumination is illuminating a front of the person's face, corresponding to the original person image, by using the manipulated latent vector.