Patent ID: 7522752
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: G06K,G06T

Abstract:
1. A central location of a face detecting device comprising: an image input means for inputting a captured face image; a horizontal band-shaped area detecting means for detecting a horizontal band-shaped area having a predetermined vertical length based on the face image inputted by the image input means; and a central location of a face detecting means for calculating an average value of a horizontal location data of the horizontal band-shaped area detected by the horizontal band-shaped area detecting means, and determining the average value as a central location of the face; wherein, the central location of a face detecting means calculates a weighting factor whose value becomes larger as the horizontal location data moves from a center of the face within the image toward both ends of the image in a horizontal direction, and determines an average value of the horizontal location data weighed by use of the weighting factor as a central location of the face.