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20100142768 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING AN ORIENTATION INDEPENDENT FACE DETECTOR - A method for providing orientation independent face detection may include generating multiple mosaic images from an input image in which each of the multiple mosaic images has a different scale, employing a plurality of differently oriented edge detectors to perform edge detection on the multiple mosaic images including combining edges of the multiple mosaic images having the different scales, and performing face detection in regions corresponding to the differently oriented edge detectors based on respective feature maps produced by the differently oriented edge detectors. An apparatus and computer program product corresponding to the method are also provided. | 06-10-2010 |
20100166317 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING FACE POSE ESTIMATION - A method for providing face pose estimation for face detection may include utilizing a selected portion of classifiers in detectors to determine coarse pose information for a candidate face in an image, determining fine pose information for the candidate face based at least in part on the determined coarse pose information, and employing another portion of the classifiers in the detectors to perform face detection based at least in part on the fine pose information to determine whether the candidate face corresponds to a face. An apparatus and computer program product corresponding to the method are also provided. | 07-01-2010 |
20100296739 | Method and Apparatus for Performing Feature Extraction Using Local Primitive Code - Various methods for feature extraction using local primitive code are provided. One example method includes determining an origin block within an image, an arc, an arc orientation, and a distance between the origin block and the arc. In this regard, the origin block may include one or more pixels of the image. The example method also includes determining at least one arc block. In this regard, the arc block may be located on the arc and the arc may be located with respect to the origin block based on the arc orientation and the distance. Some or all of the at least one arc blocks may include one or more pixels of the image. The example method also includes determining at least one feature value based on attributes of the origin block and the at least one arc block. Similar and related example methods and example apparatuses are also provided. | 11-25-2010 |
20120321140 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCAL BINARY PATTERN BASED FACIAL FEATURE LOCALIZATION - Various methods for local binary pattern based facial feature localization. One example method includes determining an eye state classification of an input image. The example method may also include selecting a texture model for a global shape and an associated mean shape based on eye center positions and the eye state classification, and adjusting locations of feature points defined by the mean shape based on the texture model for the global shape and an associated global shape model. Similar and related example methods and example apparatuses are also provided. | 12-20-2012 |
20120321176 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING OBJECT RECOGNITION - Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating object recognition. A method may include accessing data for a first object and data for a second object. The method may additionally include comparing the first and second objects based at least in part upon a reference set and training results generated based at least in part upon the reference set and training data. The method may further include determining whether the first object and the second object are the same object based at least in part upon the comparison. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided. | 12-20-2012 |
20130022243 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACE DETECTION - Methods and apparatuses are provided for face detection. A method may include selecting a face detection parameter subset from a plurality of face detection parameter subsets. Each face detection parameter subset may include a subset of face posture models from a set of face posture models and a subset of image patch scales from a set of image patch scales. The method may further include using the selected face detection parameter subset for performing face detection in an image. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided. | 01-24-2013 |
20130279763 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A MECHANISM FOR GESTURE RECOGNITION - A method for providing a mechanism for gesture recognition may include causing down-sampling of image data received to generate down-sampled image blocks for a plurality of image frames, causing extraction of a plurality of features from the down-sampled image blocks, determining a moving status of the down-sampled image blocks based on changes in values of respective features in consecutive frames, and determining a direction of motion of an object in the image data based on movement of a first border and a second border of a projection histogram determined based on the moving status of respective down-sampled image blocks. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 10-24-2013 |
20140147003 | Method and Apparatus for Facial Image Processing - The present invention provides a method for image processing, a corresponding apparatus and a computer program product. The method comprises performing face detection of an image, obtaining a coarse face segmentation region of at least one face and a contour edge of the at least one face based on the face detection; and adjusting the coarse face segmentation region based on the contour edge to obtain a fine face segmentation region. By using the method, corresponding apparatus and computer program product of the present invention, the coarse face region in an image can be precisely segmented, which provides a good basis for the subsequent image processing based on the fine face segmentation region. | 05-29-2014 |
20140286535 | Methods and Apparatuses for Gesture Recognition - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are herein provided for enabling hand gesture recognition using an example infrared (IR) enabled mobile terminal. One example method may include determining a hand region in at least one captured frame using an adaptive omnidirectional edge operator (AOEO). The method may further include determining a threshold for hand region extraction using a recursive binarization scheme. The method may also include determining a hand location using the determined threshold for the extracted hand region in the at least one captured frame. The method may also include determining a fingertip location based on the determined hand location. Similar and related example apparatuses and example computer program products are also provided. | 09-25-2014 |
20140328516 | Gesture Recognition Method, An Apparatus and a Computer Program for the Same - The invention concerns a gesture recognition method for gesture-based interaction at an apparatus. The method comprises receiving one or more images of an object; creating feature images for the received one or more images; determining binary values for pixels in corresponding locations of said feature images and concatenating the binary values to form a binary string for said pixel; repeating the previous step for each corresponding pixel of said feature image to form a feature map and forming a histogram representation of the feature map. The invention also concerns an apparatus and a computer program. | 11-06-2014 |
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20130315066 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CONGESTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of controlling congestion in a base station of a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a Service Data Unit (SDU) that includes pieces of data forwarded through a caching proxy, driving a timer each time an SDU is received for processing the SDU using a communication protocol, determining whether the SDU has been processed using the communication protocol until expiration of the timer, and controlling a transmission rate of the caching proxy based on a number of SDUs consecutively discarded or a number of SDUs consecutively transmitted depending on whether the timer has expired. | 11-28-2013 |
20140181226 | CONTENT-CENTRIC NETWORK COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A Content Centric Network (CCN) communication method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes managing a Forwarding Information Base (FIB) indicating destinations to forward an interest message that requests content, which is performed by a CCN node, wherein the FIB includes at least one of a name prefix field indicating a content name, a face list field indicating destinations to forward an interest that requests content with the content name, and a congestion impact field indicating a relative time taken to receive the content from a corresponding destination in response to the interest message, receiving a first interest message, and forwarding the first interest message to at least one destination node determined by taking into account the congestion impact field. | 06-26-2014 |
20140244839 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING INTERNET CONNECTION STATUS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and mobile station in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes determining whether there is a packet that is at least one of transmitted and received for each of time intervals, determining a traffic status of at least one of transmission and reception based on a result of the determining of whether there is the packet that is the at least one of transmitted and received for each of the time intervals, and determining the internet connection status based on the determined traffic status of the at least on transmission and reception. | 08-28-2014 |
20140254557 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND CONTENT PROVISION METHOD IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A handover method at a source eNB (enhanced Node B) of a mobile communication system is provided. The method includes, in case a request message for providing content is received from UE (User Equipment), checking whether the content is stored in a cache thereof, and therefore transmitting the content to the UE, in case a handover request message is received from the UE, transmitting a content confirmation request message, which requests confirmation of whether the content is stored in a cache, to a target eNB to which the UE is to be handed over, and in case a content confirmation response message is received from the target eNB, transmitting context information, which is information about contents offered to the UE, to the target eNB. | 09-11-2014 |
20140314055 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - According to the present invention, a base station determines from a wireless communication system whether data to be transmitted is a response signal-required data that requires a response signal, estimates the amount of buffer of a user equipment (UE) at the point when the response signal is to be transmitted, predicts a required resource amount of the UE that is required for transmitting the response signal by using the buffer amount of the UE that is estimated, and schedules for allocating a resource to the UE on the basis of the required resource amount that is predicted. | 10-23-2014 |
20140344525 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CACHE MEMORY IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In the present invention, a base station determines from a communication system whether a first content, which is requested by a mobile terminal, is saved on a cache memory, attributes a predetermined priority ranking to the first content and saves same on the cache memory when the first content is not saved on the cache memory, and updates the priority ranking of the first content on the basis of a predicted popularity of the first content, wherein the predicted popularity is decided on the basis of change in the number of views of a content that corresponds to a category of the first content. | 11-20-2014 |