US 12,444,076 B2
Triggering a head-pose dependent action
Kirill Kondrashov, Helmond 't Hout (NL); and Qi Yang, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to GN Hearing A/S, Ballerup (DK)
Filed by GN Hearing A/S, Ballerup (DK)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/485,165.
Prior Publication US 2023/0102851 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06T 7/277 (2017.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 7/73 (2017.01) [G06F 18/214 (2023.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06T 7/277 (2017.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04R 25/70 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising a camera and a processing unit operatively coupled to the camera, wherein the processing unit is configured to:
receive a sequence of images provided by the camera;
process a first image of the sequence of images to compute likelihood(s) of facial feature(s) being visible in the first image;
compute a probability of the first image depicting a first lateral side of a human head of a person based on the computed likelihood(s); and
trigger a performance of an image-recording of the human head of the person if the computed probability of the first image depicting the first lateral side of the human head exceeds a predetermined detection probability, wherein the performance of the image-recording is automatic in response to the probability of the first image depicting the first lateral side of the human head exceeding the predetermined detection probability while the person is looking away from the apparatus.