METHOD FOR EXTRACTING FACE POSITION, PROGRAM FOR MAKING THE FACE POSITION EXTRACTING METHOD EXECUTED BY COMPUTER, AND FACE POSITION EXTRACTING APPARATUS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method capable of extracting a face image from image information for real-time tracking of its position.;SOLUTION: The method prepares digital data of each pixel value within a target image region, including a human face region, and performs filtering processes (steps S102-110) step by step within the target image region using a between-the-eyes detecting filter, which is composed of six rectangles Si (1≤i≤6) connected with one another, to extract between-the-eyes candidate points. The method further sections object images by a predetermined size, centering the extracted between-the-eyes candidates, and selects a true candidate point from the between-the-eyes candidate points, according to pattern determination processing.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI