Patent ID: 9311522
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G06K,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for improving a face recognition ratio, the apparatus comprising a digital signal processor that: generates a live-view image at a first point in time; resizes the live-view image to generate a first image; stores the first image in a first buffer; updates the live-view image at a second point in time; if a pixel area of a face detected from the first image is less than a reference pixel area, maps information about the face detected from the first image on the updated live-view image based on a ratio between a pixel area of the first image and a pixel area of the updated live-view image, and performs at least one of smile and blink recognition on the updated live-view image; and otherwise, if the pixel area of the face detected from the first image is greater than or equal to the reference pixel area, performs at least one of smile and blink recognition on the first image, wherein the pixel area of the first image is less than the pixel are of the live-view image.