| US 7,496,215 B2 | ||
| Information device and computer product | ||
| Shigeki Taniguchi, Kawasaki (Japan); Mitsuhiko Yamamoto, Kawasaki (Japan); Misao Kikuchi, Kawasaki (Japan); Hiroshi Kage, Tokyo (Japan); Akihiro Takeda, Tokyo (Japan); and Kenichi Tanaka, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki (Japan); and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 08, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/862,370. | ||
| Application 10/862370 is a division of application No. 10/346177, filed on Jan. 17, 2003. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2002-008193 (JP), filed on Jan. 17, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0233221 A1, Nov. 25, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); H04Q 7/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 382—118 [345/619; 455/422.1] | 9 Claims |
| 1. An information device comprising:
an image obtaining unit that obtains a first face image and a second face image;
a method determining unit that determines a method for combining from a plurality of methods; and
an image combining unit that combines the first face image and the second face image based on the method for combining to
obtain a combined face image, wherein the plurality of methods include at least one of a method of using a total face or face
parts, a method of using random numbers to determine which parts of a face image are to be used, a method of using a position
or a shape of a total face and face parts of a face image, and a method of using an intermediate value of face parts of a
face image.
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