Rule-based segmentation for objects with frontal view in color images

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9042650
APP PUB NO 20140219560A1
SERIAL NO

14183410

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A method of labeling pixels in an image in which pixels in the image that represent human skin of one or more people are detected and one or more regions in the image are identified, where each region in the one or more regions includes all or a portion of a human face of a person in the one or people in the image. Pixels that represent each face in the image are identified using the pixels that represent skin and the regions that include faces of the people, thereby identifying a position of each face in the image. From this, a face mask for each face and a rough body map corresponding to each face is determined using the positions of the identified faces. Further still, a torso map corresponding to each face is determined using determined face positions. Then, the extracted face masks and the torso maps are used to refine a skin map. A person or people map is determined using the skin map and the rough body map.

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FLASHFOTO INCLOS GATOS CA

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Robinson, Piramuthu Oakland, US 1 4

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