This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan application serial no. 110144566, filed on Nov. 30, 2021. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
The disclosure relates to an eyeball locating technique.
During the coronavirus pandemic or seasonal flu, people wear masks to reduce the risk of infection. However, human facial recognition is not able to achieve the recognition effect due to the obscured features of the human face. As a result, precise eyeball locating may not be achieved.
The disclosure provides an eyeball locating method, an image processing device, and an image processing system.
In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the method includes the following steps. A human facial image of a user is obtained, wherein the human facial image includes an unobscured human facial region and an obscured human facial region, and the unobscured human facial region includes an eye region. At least one unobscured human facial feature is detected from the unobscured human facial region, and at least one obscured human facial feature is estimated from the obscured human facial region. Next, a position of an eyeball is located according to the unobscured human facial feature and the obscured human facial feature.
In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the image processing device includes a memory and a processor, wherein the processor is connected to the memory. The memory is configured to store a data. The processor is configured to: obtain a human facial image of a user, wherein the human facial image includes an unobscured human facial region and an obscured human facial region, and the unobscured human facial region includes an eye region; detect at least one unobscured human facial feature from the unobscured human facial region; estimate at least one obscured human facial feature from the obscured human facial region; and locate an eyeball position according to the unobscured human facial feature and the obscured human facial feature.
In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the image processing system includes an image capture device and an image processing device, wherein the image processing device is connected to the image capture device. The image capture device is configured to capture a human facial image of a user, wherein the human facial image includes an unobscured human facial region and an obscured human facial region, and the unobscured human facial region includes an eye region. The image processing device is configured to: obtain a human facial image from the image capture device; detect at least one unobscured human facial feature from the unobscured human facial region; estimate at least one obscured human facial feature from the obscured human facial region; and locate an eyeball position according to the unobscured human facial feature and the obscured human facial feature.
Several exemplary embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below to further describe the disclosure in details.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide further understanding, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate exemplary embodiments and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.
A portion of the exemplary embodiments of the disclosure is described in detail hereinafter with reference to figures. In the following, the same reference numerals in different figures should be considered to represent the same or similar elements. These exemplary embodiments are a portion of the disclosure and do not disclose all of the possible implementations of the disclosure. To be more precise, these exemplary embodiments are examples of methods, devices, and systems within the scope of the claims of the disclosure.
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The image capture device 110 is configured to capture an image and includes a camera lens having a lens and a photosensitive element. The photosensitive element is used to sense the intensity of light entering the lens to produce an image. The photosensitive element may be, for example, a charge-coupled device (CCD), a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device, or other devices.
The image processing device 120 includes a memory 122 and a processor 124. The memory 122 is configured to store data such as an image or a program code, and may be, for example, any type of fixed or removable random-access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), flash memory, hard disk or other similar devices, an integrated circuit, and a combination thereof. The processor 124 is configured to control the actions between the members of the image processing system 100, and may be, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), an application processor (AP), or a programmable general-purpose or special-purpose microprocessor, digital signal processor (DSP), image signal processor (ISP), graphics processing unit (GPU), or other similar devices, integrated circuits, and combinations thereof.
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Then, the processor 124 of the image processing device 120 detects at least one unobscured human facial feature from the unobscured human facial region (step S204), and estimates at least one obscured human facial feature from the obscured human facial region (step S206). The unobscured human facial feature here may be recognized by a method of general facial feature detection, and the obscured human facial feature obscured by the mask needs to be estimated via feature restoration or feature estimation.
Then, the processor 124 of the image processing device 120 locates the eyeball position according to the unobscured human facial feature and the obscured human facial feature (step S208). In other words, the processor 124 may determine the eyeball position using the detected unobscured human facial feature and the estimated obscured human facial feature, thereby calculating the eyeball center to achieve precise locating.
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In addition, the processor 124 may select the most suitable simulation model from the simulation model database based on a head orientation angle of the user in the human facial image (step S306). Then, the processor 124 performs feature restoration according to the unobscured human facial feature (step S308), so as to restore an obscured human facial region to facilitate subsequent full facial feature detection (step S310).
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It should be noted that the process of generating the restored image 142 may be implemented by the steps of translation and zooming.
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that is, the following relationship of translation and/or zoom is obtained:
It should be noted that the head orientation angle includes head rotation direction and head rotation angle. In an exemplary embodiment, the processor 124 determines that the head orientation angle of the human facial image 151 may be calculated according to the bounding box of the eye region. The processor 124 may calculate the turning index according to the grayscale distribution of the bounding box of the eye region, so as to determine whether the head of the user is faced left or right. When the head is faced left, the distance of the right eye thereof relative to the human face boundary (such as the temple) is shorter, and the distance of the left eye thereof is not changed significantly. This slight difference may be calculated by a weighting mechanism and used as the determination of head orientation. Moreover, the processor 124 estimates the head rotation angle of the user according to the aspect ratio of the bounding box of the eye region, wherein the head rotation angle and the aspect ratio of the bounding box of the eye region may be, for example, the following relationship:
Head rotation angle=reference angle ratio×(aspect ratio=aspect ratio when faced front)power
When faced front, the aspect ratio of the bounding box of the eye region thereof is smaller, and the head angle is 0 degrees. When faced sideways, as the head angle is increased, the aspect ratio of the bounding box of the eye region is also increased. Therefore, in an exemplary embodiment, the parameters may be set as follows:
In another exemplary embodiment, the processor 124 estimates the head rotation angle of the user according to the mask (or other obscuring objects) on the obscured human facial region of the human facial image 151. For example, the processor 124 may estimate the head rotation angle via the contour of the mask and the distribution of the shadow region of the mask. The processor 124 may also determine the nose bridge position via the connectivity characteristics of the bright region of the mask, so as to estimate the head rotation angle.
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The conversion method between the RGB color space and the HSV color space adopted in the present exemplary embodiment is as follows:
The conversion method between the HSV color space and the HSV+ color space is as follows:
wherein (r, g, b) are the red, green, and blue coordinates of one color of the RGB color space, and the values thereof are between 0 and 1. max and min are the largest and smallest in r and g, b, respectively. h ∈[0,360°) is the hue angle of the angle, and s, v ∈[0,1] are the saturation and brightness respectively. (x, y, z) are the coordinates of the HSV+ color space respectively.
In the present exemplary embodiment, after the conversion between the RGB color space and the HSV+ color space, the data of the eye region may be grouped according to a K-means grouping algorithm to generate the black of the eye region, the white of the eye region, and the skin region, thereby calculating the coordinate position of the eyeball center from the black of the eye region. In terms of the locating precision of the eyeball center, compared with the RGB color space having an error of 12 to 13 pixels, a YUV color space having an error of 12 to 13 pixels, a Lab color space having an error of 10 to 11 pixels, and the HSV color space having an error of 13 to 14 pixels, the HSV+ color space used in the present exemplary embodiment has an error of 4 to 5 pixels, which in addition to effectively grouping the eye region captured in bright or dim fields, may also support close-range applications of 15 cm to 30 cm.
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In an exemplary embodiment, the eye locating method may be implemented in a medical field having a transparent display, for example, and even if the surgeon is wearing a mask, the surgeon may still render the information needed during the surgical operation on the transparent display according to the surgeon's sight. In an exemplary embodiment, the eye locating method may also be implemented, for example, in a retail field or a display field having a transparent display, and may present product information or a guide introduction on the transparent display according to the line of sight of the user to provide an immersive experience. However, the above scenarios are examples, and the disclosure is not limited in this regard.
The eyeball locating method and the image processing device and image processing system thereof provided in the exemplary embodiments of the disclosure may determine the eyeball location using the detected unobscured human facial feature and the estimated obscured human facial feature even when the face of the user is obscured by an obscuring object such as a mask, thereby calculating the eyeball center to achieve precise eyeball locating.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations may be made to the structure of the disclosed embodiments without departing from the scope or spirit of the disclosure. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the disclosure cover modifications and variations of this disclosure provided they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.
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110144566 | Nov 2021 | TW | national |