US 12,236,615 B2
Image processing method and apparatus
Dongwoo Kang, Seoul (KR); Jingu Heo, Yongin-si (KR); Byong Min Kang, Yongin-si (KR); and Dong Kyung Nam, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/491,506.
Application 18/491,506 is a continuation of application No. 17/728,308, filed on Apr. 25, 2022, abandoned.
Application 17/728,308 is a continuation of application No. 16/890,114, filed on Jun. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,315,261, issued on Apr. 26, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0104570 (KR), filed on Aug. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0046487 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/215 (2017.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 7/248 (2017.01) [G06T 7/0014 (2013.01); G06T 7/215 (2017.01); G06T 2207/30041 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image processing method for a driver in a vehicle comprising:
acquiring a face image of a driver from an infrared (IR) camera fixed in a vehicle;
detecting a position of the driver's eyes in the face image;
displaying an image on a three-dimensional (3D) head-up display (HUD) based on the position of the driver's eyes,
wherein the detecting the position of the driver's eyes comprises:
generating a tracking map corresponding to the driver's eyes based on the position of the driver's eyes; and
tracking the driver's eyes based on the tracking map, and
wherein the generating the tracking map comprises generating the tracking map based on a movable range of the driver's eyes in an image frame based on the position of the driver's eyes.