Patent ID: 7925093
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. An image recognition apparatus comprising: a processor; an objective image data acquisition unit to acquire objective image data containing a face image portion; a feature area detection unit to detect eye areas corresponding to left and right eyes contained in the objective image data; an inclination estimation unit to estimate inclination of the face image portion in a depth direction thereof based on the relative position of the detected eye areas; an area-to-be-extracted determination unit to determine a shape of an area to be extracted based on the inclination estimated by the inclination estimation unit; and an area-to-be-extracted extraction unit to extract the area to be extracted of the shape determined from the objective image data, wherein the area-to-be-extracted determination unit determines the shape of the area to be extracted in response to the inclination so that a width of the area to be extracted is smaller than a width of an area to be extracted in the case where the face image portion faces a front, and the area to be extracted is subjected to predetermined processing via the processor.