Method and apparatus for automatic eyeglasses detection and removal
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorKunlong Gu
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus automatically detect and remove eyeglasses from an image. The method according to one embodiment accesses digital image data representing an image including a face; detects eyeglasses in the image to produce a report about presence or absence of eyeglasses in the image; normalizes illumination of the image to obtain a normalized image; and removes eyeglasses from the normalized image to obtain a face image without eyeglasses.
Claims20
A method of automatically detecting and removing eyeglasses from an image, said method comprising:
- accessing digital image data representing an image including a face;
- detecting eyeglasses in said image to produce a report about presence or absence of eyeglasses in said image;
- normalizing illumination of said image to obtain a normalized image;
- and
- removing eyeglasses from said normalized image to obtain a face image without eyeglasses.
An apparatus for automatically detecting and removing eyeglasses from an image, said apparatus comprising:
- an image data unit for providing digital image data representing an image including a face;
- an eyeglasses detection unit for detecting eyeglasses in said image to produce a report about presence or absence of eyeglasses in said image;
- an illumination normalization unit for normalizing illumination of said image to obtain a normalized image;
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- an eyeglasses removal unit for removing eyeglasses from said normalized image to obtain a face image without eyeglasses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.