Patent Document ID: 9767586
Application ID: 14553912
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for operating an image processing device coupled to a color camera and a depth camera, comprising: receiving a color image of a 3-dimensional scene from a color camera; receiving a depth map of the 3-dimensional scene from a depth camera, the depth map including depth values assigned to pixels; generating an aligned 3-dimensional face mesh from a plurality of color images received from the color camera indicating movement of a subject's head within the 3-dimensional scene and from the depth map, the aligned 3-dimensional face mesh including a plurality of vertices, edges, and faces that define a shape of the subject's head; determining a head region based on the depth map; segmenting the head region into a plurality of facial sections based on each of the color image, depth map, and the aligned 3-dimensional face mesh; and overlaying the plurality of facial sections on top of the color image.