Patent №
US 6,504,944
Granted
2003-01-07
Filed 1999
Owner
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Lab
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AI components
3
nlp · vision · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09241078
An image recognition apparatus and method in which an image capture device captures a distance image stream of an object body. A mouth portion extraction mechanism extracts a mouth portion from the distance image stream that has been extracted by the image capture device. An image recognition mechanism recognizes at least one of a lip shape and a lip movement based on a mouth portion distance image stream that has been extracted by the mouth portion extraction mechanism. Instructions for causing a computer to perform the method may be stored in a computer readable memory.
AI classification
Ownership
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
assignment · 99250087
Assignors
MIHARA, ISAO, DOI, MIWAKO
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.