Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Compound-eye imaging device
- Patent Title (中): 复眼成像装置
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Application No.: US11645035Application Date: 2006-12-26
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Publication No.: US08045001B2Publication Date: 2011-10-25
- Inventor: Yoshizumi Nakao , Takashi Toyoda , Yasuo Masaki
- Applicant: Yoshizumi Nakao , Takashi Toyoda , Yasuo Masaki
- Applicant Address: JP Daito-shi
- Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Daito-shi
- Agency: Crowell & Moring LLP
- Priority: JP2005-372832 20051226
- Main IPC: H04N21/4415
- IPC: H04N21/4415

Abstract:
A compound-eye imaging device comprises a flash control means for controlling a flash unit to alternatively emit two kinds of near-infrared lights having different wavelengths while multiple single-eye images are read using a rolling shutter; a single-eye image reading means for reading, from the single-eye images, a single-eye image (hereafter “pre-change single-eye image”) imaged under a first illumination condition before an illumination condition change by the flash control means, and a single-eye image (hereafter “post-change single-eye image”) imaged under a second illumination condition after the illumination condition change; and an eye position detecting means for detecting eye positions in the single-eye images based on a comparison between the read pre-change and post-change single-eye images. This imaging device can further comprise: a face extracting means for extracting a face area based on the detected eye positions; and a personal identification means for performing personal identification based on the extracted face area.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070147811A1 Compound-eye imaging device Public/Granted day:2007-06-28
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