Patent ID: 8351662
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A method for determining if an image of a face is a face candidate, where a face rectangle is defined as {x f ,y f ,h f ,w f }, where {x f ,y f } are the coordinates of a left top point, {h f ,w f } are the height and width of the face rectangle, respectively, left and right eyes of the face are defined as {x le ,y le ,h le ,w le } and {x re ,y re ,h re ,w re } respectively, with {x le ,y le }, {x re ,y re } being left top points of the coordinates of the left and right eyes, respectively, and {h le ,w le }, {h re ,w re } being the height and width of the left and right eyes, respectively, and {h I ,w I } denotes the height and width of the image, respectively, comprising: capturing an image of a face with an image capture device; and using a processor to determine if the face is a face candidate by examining the face for the following criteria: and outputs to an output device a result that the image of a face is a face candidate when the criteria (1) through (7) are met.