Patent ID: 6885761
Filing Date: 2005-04-26
Classification: G06K,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A person's portrait generation device comprising: an image input section which picks up two-dimensional images containing a person's face, using an image sensor; a head area extracting section which extracts a head area from a differential image of a plurality of the two-dimensional images picked up by the image input section, wherein an outline of the head area is obtained by combining a right-side profile and a left-side profile of the differential image; a feature detection section which detects a position of characteristic features of the face within the head area extracted; a face outline determining section which determines a border between a face outline and a background within the head area; and an image processing section which generates a person's portrait in which the characteristic features of the face are emphasized based upon the two-dimensional image using data acquired by the head area extracting section, the feature detection section, and the face outline determining section.