Patent ID: 8073206

Claim:
A facial feature verification apparatus, comprising: a plurality of pickup units including a first pickup unit and a second pickup unit that differs from the first pickup unit; a pickup controlling unit which controls the pickup units; a displaying unit which displays images picked up by the pickup units; and a verifying unit which verifies the picked up images with image data enrolled in advance, wherein the verifying unit includes: a person detecting portion which detects a first person image in the image picked up by the first pickup unit and a second person image in the image picked up by the second pickup unit; a face area detecting portion which determines a first face area and a second face area from the detected first person image and second person image to extract a first facial image and a second facial image, respectively; a facial feature extracting portion which extracts a first facial feature and a second facial feature from the extracted first facial image and second facial image, respectively; a facial feature synthesizing portion which synthesizes the extracted first facial feature with the second facial feature; a verification portion which verifies the synthesized facial feature with a facial image enrolled in advance in a facial image database; and a facial feature holding portion which holds the extracted first facial feature, wherein a face direction determining portion determines whether the face direction of the determined second face area is not directed to the front of a pickup unit.