Patent ID: 8780221
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: an image input unit configured to input an image; a face detection unit configured to detect a face image of a person from an image input by said image input unit; a calculation unit configured to calculate a first facial expression evaluation value corresponding to a first facial expression and a second facial expression evaluation value corresponding to a second facial expression for the detected face based on the face image detected by said face detection unit; a holding unit configured to hold a relationship between the first facial expression evaluation value and the second facial expression evaluation value; a first determination unit configured to determine a first priority, of the first facial expression, and a second priority, of the second facial expression, based on the held relationship; a weighting unit configured to weight at least one of the first facial expression evaluation value, the second facial expression evaluation value, and a threshold for determining the facial expression, using the determined respective priority; and a second determination unit configured to determine a facial expression of the face image based on the first facial expression evaluation value, the second facial expression evaluation value, and the threshold.