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US 2013/0094709 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for detecting specific object pattern from image
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMuling Guo, Satoshi Yashiro, Hiroshi Tojo
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Abstract
A face area is detected from an image captured by an image pickup device, pixel values of the image are adjusted based on information concerning the detected face area, a person area is detected from the adjusted image, and the detected face area is integrated with the detected person area. With this configuration, it is possible to accurately detect an object even in a case, for example, where the brightness is varied.
Claims1
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a face-area detecting unit configured to detect a face area from an image captured by an image pickup unit;
- an adjusting unit configured to adjust pixel values of the image based on information concerning the detected face area;
- a person-area detecting unit configured to detect a person area from the adjusted image;
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- an integrating unit configured to integrate the detected face area with the detected person area.
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