Infrared image based facial analysis
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorPaul F. Hough
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Abstract
Apparatuses, systems and methods associated with infrared image based facial analysis are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include one or more processors and facial analysis circuitry to be operated by the one or more processors. The facial analysis circuitry may receive an infrared image of a subject from an infrared capture device and may identify a plurality of analysis regions of the infrared image, wherein the plurality of analysis regions correspond to portions of a face of the subject. The facial analysis circuitry may further determine respective mean temperatures of the plurality of analysis regions and determine a skin tone of the subject based, at least in part, on the respective mean temperatures of the plurality of analysis regions.
Claims21
An apparatus to perform facial analysis, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- facial analysis circuitry to be operated by the one or more processors to:
- receive an infrared image of a subject from an infrared capture device;
- identify a plurality of analysis regions of the infrared image, wherein the plurality of analysis regions correspond to portions of a face of the subject;
- determine respective mean temperatures of the plurality of analysis regions;
- determine a skin tone of the subject based, at least in part, on the respective mean temperatures of the plurality of analysis regions;
- receive a visible light image of the subject;
- receive one or more visible light images of other subjects with similar skin tones to the determined skin tone of the subject based on the respective mean temperatures of the plurality of the analysis regions;
- compare the visible light image of the subject with the one or more visible light images of the other subjects with similar skin tones;
- and
- determine at least one characteristic associated with the subject based, at least in part, on a result of the comparison.
A method for facial recognition, comprising:
- receiving, by an analysis circuitry, an infrared image of a subject from an infrared capture device;
- determining, by the analysis circuitry, respective mean temperatures of a plurality of analysis regions of the infrared image;
- determining, by the analysis circuitry, a mean temperature of a face of the subject, based at least in part on the mean temperatures of the plurality of analysis regions of the infrared image;
- determining, by the analysis circuitry, a skin tone of the subject based, at least in part, on the mean temperature of the face of the subject;
- receiving, by the analysis circuitry, a visible light image of the subject;
- receiving, by the analysis circuitry, one or more visible light images of other subjects with similar skin tones to the determined skin tone of the subject based on the mean temperature of the face of the subject;
- comparing, by the analysis circuitry, the visible light image of the subject with the one or more visible light images of the other subjects with similar skin tones;
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- determining, by the analysis circuitry, characteristics associated with the subject based, at least in part, on a result of the comparing.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, in response to execution by a device, cause the device to:
- identify a plurality of analysis regions of an infrared image of a subject, wherein the plurality of regions correspond to a portion of a face of the subject in the infrared image;
- determine respective mean temperatures of the plurality of analysis regions of the infrared image;
- determine a mean temperature of a face of the subject based, at least partially, on the respective mean temperatures of the plurality of analysis regions of the infrared image;
- determine a skin tone of the subject based, at least partially, on the mean temperature of the face of the subject;
- retrieve a visible light image of the subject;
- retrieve a visible light image of another subject with similar skin tone to the determined skin tone of the subject based on the mean temperature of the face of the subject;
- compare the visible light image of the subject with the visible light image of another subject with similar skin tone;
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- determine a characteristic of the subject based, at least partially, on the comparison.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.