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AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSang-Cheol Park, Kwang-Soo Kim, Kyong-Ha Park
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Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for normalizing an image of a driver's face in a predetermined size on the center of a monitor by automatically controlling a lens when the image of the driver's face is detected. The apparatus includes a lens for photographing a driver's face, a first motor for moving the lens in a forward or rearward direction in order to adjust a zoom parameter, a second motor for moving the lens in a horizontal or vertical direction in order to adjust a pan parameter or a tilt parameter, and a controller for extracting an initial face area from a photographed image and controlling operations of the first motor and the second motor according to the extracted initial face area.
An apparatus for extracting and normalizing a face image to detect a driver's state of alertness, the apparatus comprising:
A method for normalizing face image extraction in an apparatus for extracting the face image used for detecting a driver's state of alertness, which includes a camera having lens enabling pan, tilt, and zoom parameter adjustment, the method comprising the steps of:
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