US Patent Issued to NEC on Oct. 28 for "Image processing device, image processing method, face recognition system, program, and storage medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,330, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Image processing device, image processing method, face recognition system, program, and storage medium" was invented by Nobuaki Kawase (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example embodiment includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a first image generated by capturing an object by using a light at a first wavelength, a second image generated by capturing the object by using a light at a second wavelength, and depth information on the object; a detection unit that detects a face included in the second image; a check unit that, based on the depth information, checks whe...