Patent Document ID: 20100272363
Application ID: 12374040
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. One or more processor-readable media having code embedded therein for programming a processor to perform a method of detecting a face in an image comprising: (a) performing face detection within a first relatively large window of said image at a first location; (b) obtaining from said face detection a confidence level indicating a probability of that a face is present, that a face may be present, or that no face is present at or in the vicinity of said first location; and (c) performing second face detection within a sequence of relatively smaller windows in the vicinity of said first location, wherein a direction or magnitude of displacement by an x-amount in a first direction and/or by a y-amount in an orthogonal second direction is variable between successive windows of said sequence eof windows within said image and wherein said x-amount and/or said y-amount is less for a confidence level indicating that the image at least may include a face in the vicinity of the first location.