Patent ID: 7127086

Claim:
An image processing apparatus, comprising: a first camera for inputting a first image of a face of a person to be recognized; a second camera for inputting a second image of the face of the person; face detection means for detecting a face area from the first image; frontal face decision means for deciding whether the second image is a frontal face of the person by referring to the face area; open eyes detection means for detecting a state of open eyes from the face area; and image output means for outputting the second image inputted while the second image is decided to be the frontal face and the state of open eyes is detected; wherein a direction from a view position of the second camera to a center position of the face of the person is a facial front direction, and wherein a view position of the first camera is located lower than a position of the face of the person, and a direction of the optical axis of the first camera represents an angle of elevation from a horizontal direction.