Patents by Inventor Yanhao Ge

Yanhao Ge has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11915514
    Abstract: This application relates to a method and an apparatus for detecting facial key points, a computer device, and a storage medium including: acquiring a to-be-detected face image from a current frame; determining partial images in the to-be-detected face image, each partial image including one or more facial key points; determining, within each of the partial images, candidate points of the one or more facial key points corresponding to the partial image, respectively; and jointly constraining the candidate points in the partial images to determine a set of facial key points from the candidate points for the to-be-detected face image. For the partial images in the entire to-be-detected face image, the candidate points of the facial key points corresponding to the partial images are respectively determined. Therefore, a calculation amount may be reduced, and the efficiency of determining the candidate points of the facial key points is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xuan Cao, Weijian Cao, Yanhao Ge, Chengjie Wang
  • Patent number: 11854310
    Abstract: A face liveness detection method is performed by an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining an initial face image of an object and a face image set of the object captured at N different illumination directions; obtaining N difference images according to the initial face image and the N face images in the face image set; generating a normal map and an albedo map according to the N difference images and the N illumination directions; and determining a face liveness detection result according to the N difference images, the normal map, and the albedo map, the face liveness detection result indicating whether the object has a live face or not. In this application, three-dimensional (3D) geometric information and surface material information of a face image are considered, thereby recognizing the authenticity of the face image, and effectively resisting different face liveness attack manners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xuan Cao, Shouhong Ding, Jia Meng, Taiping Yao, Yanhao Ge, Chengjie Wang
  • Patent number: 11710335
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes human body attribute recognition methods and apparatus, electronic devices, and a storage medium. The method includes acquiring a sample image containing a plurality of to-be-detected areas being labeled with true values of human body attributes; generating, through a recognition model, a heat map of the sample image and heat maps of the to-be-detected areas to obtain a global heat map and local heat maps; fusing the global and the local heat maps to obtain a fused image, and performing human body attribute recognition on the fused image to obtain predicted values; determining a focus area of each type of human body attribute according to the global and the local heat maps; correcting the recognition model by using the focus area, the true values, and the predicted values; and performing, based on the corrected recognition model, human body attribute recognition on a to-be-recognized image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Keke He, Jing Liu, Yanhao Ge, Chengjie Wang, Jilin Li
  • Publication number: 20230048906
    Abstract: This application provides a method for reconstructing a three-dimensional model, a method for training a three-dimensional reconstruction model, an apparatus, a computer device, and a storage medium. The method for reconstructing a three-dimensional model includes: obtaining an image feature coefficient of an input image; respectively obtaining, according to the image feature coefficient, a global feature map and an initial local feature map based on a texture and a shape of the input image; performing edge smoothing on the initial local feature map, to obtain a target local feature map; respectively splicing the global feature map and the target local feature map based on the texture and the shape, to obtain a target texture image and a target shape image; and performing three-dimensional model reconstruction according to the target texture image and the target shape image, to obtain a target three-dimensional model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Yandan ZHAO, Shuheng LIN, Xuan CAO, Yanhao GE, Chengjie WANG, Weijan CAO
  • Publication number: 20230042734
    Abstract: A face image processing method and apparatus, a face image display method and apparatus, and a device are provided, belonging to the technical field of image processing. The method includes: acquiring a first face image of a person; invoking an age change model to predict a texture difference map of the first face image at a specified age, the texture difference map being used for reflecting a texture difference between a face texture in the first face image and a face texture of a second face image of the person at the specified age; and performing image processing on the first face image based on the texture difference map to obtain the second face image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Yun CAO, Hui NI, Feida ZHU, Xiaozhong JI, Ying TAI, Yanhao GE, Chengjie WANG
  • Patent number: 11443462
    Abstract: In a method for generating a cartoon face image that is performed by a computing device, a to-be-processed face image is obtained. Face feature information is recognized from the to-be-processed face image, and cartoon materials corresponding to feature parts of a face in the to-be-processed face image are obtained according to the face feature information. The obtained cartoon materials are cartoon face materials. The cartoon face materials include cartoon facial feature materials and another cartoon material other than the cartoon facial feature materials. Each of the cartoon facial feature materials are adjusted by using an adjustment parameter, and the other cartoon material are combined with the cartoon facial feature materials after adjustment to generate the cartoon face image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yanhao Ge, Xueyuan Xing, Bin Fu, Yirong Zeng, Pengcheng Shen, Chengjie Wang
  • Patent number: 11436739
    Abstract: This present disclosure describes a video image processing method and apparatus, a computer-readable medium and an electronic device, relating to the field of image processing technologies. The method includes determining, by a device, a target-object region in a current frame in a video. The device includes a memory storing instructions and a processor in communication with the memory. The method also includes determining, by the device, a target-object tracking image in a next frame and corresponding to the target-object region; and sequentially performing, by the device, a plurality of sets of convolution processing on the target-object tracking image to determine a target-object region in the next frame. A quantity of convolutions of a first set of convolution processing in the plurality of sets of convolution processing is less than a quantity of convolutions of any other set of convolution processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yabiao Wang, Yanhao Ge, Zhenye Gan, Yuan Huang, Changyou Deng, Yafeng Zhao, Feiyue Huang, Yongjian Wu, Xiaoming Huang, Xiaolong Liang, Chengjie Wang, Jilin Li
  • Publication number: 20220148336
    Abstract: A face liveness detection method is performed by an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining an initial face image of an object and a face image set of the object captured at N different illumination directions; obtaining N difference images according to the initial face image and the N face images in the face image set; generating a normal map and an albedo map according to the N difference images and the N illumination directions; and determining a face liveness detection result according to the N difference images, the normal map, and the albedo map, the face liveness detection result indicating whether the object has a live face or not. In this application, three-dimensional (3D) geometric information and surface material information of a face image are considered, thereby recognizing the authenticity of the face image, and effectively resisting different face liveness attack manners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Xuan CAO, Shouhong DING, Jia MENG, Taiping YAO, Yanhao GE, Chengjie WANG
  • Patent number: 11275932
    Abstract: This application discloses a human attribute recognition method performed at a computing device. The method includes: determining a human body region image in a surveillance image; inputting the human body region image into a multi-attribute convolutional neural network model, to obtain, for each of a plurality of human attributes in the human body region image, a probability that the human attribute corresponds to a respective predefined attribute value, the multi-attribute convolutional neural network model being obtained by performing multi-attribute recognition and training on a set of pre-obtained training images by using a multi-attribute convolutional neural network; determining, for each of the plurality of human attributes in the human body region image, the attribute value of the human attribute based on the corresponding probability; and displaying the attribute values of the plurality of human attributes next to the human body region image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Siqian Yang, Jilin Li, Yongjian Wu, Yichao Yan, Keke He, Yanhao Ge, Feiyue Huang, Chengjie Wang
  • Publication number: 20220036059
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes human body attribute recognition methods and apparatus, electronic devices, and a storage medium. The method includes acquiring a sample image containing a plurality of to-be-detected areas being labeled with true values of human body attributes; generating, through a recognition model, a heat map of the sample image and heat maps of the to-be-detected areas to obtain a global heat map and local heat maps; fusing the global and the local heat maps to obtain a fused image, and performing human body attribute recognition on the fused image to obtain predicted values; determining a focus area of each type of human body attribute according to the global and the local heat maps; correcting the recognition model by using the focus area, the true values, and the predicted values; and performing, based on the corrected recognition model, human body attribute recognition on a to-be-recognized image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Keke HE, Jing LIU, Yanhao GE, Chengjie WANG, Jilin LI
  • Patent number: 11200404
    Abstract: This application relates to feature point positioning technologies. The technologies involve positioning a target area in a current image; determining an image feature difference between a target area in a reference image and the target area in the current image, the reference image being a frame of image that is processed before the current image and that includes the target area; determining a target figure point location of the target area in the reference image; determining a target feature point location difference between the target area in the reference image and the target area in the current image according to a feature point location difference determining model and the image feature difference; and positioning a target feature point in the target area in the current image according to the target feature point location of the target area in the reference image and the target feature point location difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Yandan Zhao, Yichao Yan, Weijian Cao, Yun Cao, Yanhao Ge, Chengjie Wang, Jilin Li
  • Patent number: 11151360
    Abstract: A face attribute recognition method, electronic device, and storage medium. The method may include obtaining a face image, inputting the face image into an attribute recognition model, performing a forward calculation on the face image using the attribute recognition model to obtain a plurality of attribute values according to different types of attributes, and outputting the plurality of attribute values, the plurality of attribute values indicating recognition results of a plurality of attributes of the face image. The attribute recognition model may be obtained through training based on a plurality of sample face images, a plurality of sample attribute recognition results of the plurality of sample face images, and the different types of attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LTD
    Inventors: Yanhao Ge, Jilin Li, Chengjie Wang
  • Patent number: 11087476
    Abstract: A trajectory tracking method is provided for a computer device. The method includes performing motion tracking on head images in a plurality of video frames, to obtain motion trajectories corresponding to the head images; acquiring face images corresponding to the head images in the video frames, to obtain face image sets corresponding to the head images; determining from the face image sets corresponding to the head images, at least two face image sets having same face images; and combining motion trajectories corresponding to the at least two face image sets having same face images, to obtain a final motion trajectory of trajectory tracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Changwei He, Chengjie Wang, Jilin Li, Yabiao Wang, Yandan Zhao, Yanhao Ge, Hui Ni, Yichao Xiong, Zhenye Gan, Yongjian Wu, Feiyue Huang
  • Publication number: 20210182537
    Abstract: This application relates to a method and an apparatus for detecting facial key points, a computer device, and a storage medium including: acquiring a to-be-detected face image from a current frame; determining partial images in the to-be-detected face image, each partial image including one or more facial key points; determining, within each of the partial images, candidate points of the one or more facial key points corresponding to the partial image, respectively; and jointly constraining the candidate points in the partial images to determine a set of facial key points from the candidate points for the to-be-detected face image. For the partial images in the entire to-be-detected face image, the candidate points of the facial key points corresponding to the partial images are respectively determined. Therefore, a calculation amount may be reduced, and the efficiency of determining the candidate points of the facial key points is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Xuan CAO, Weijian CAO, Yanhao GE, Chengjie WANG
  • Publication number: 20210049347
    Abstract: This application relates to feature point positioning technologies. The technologies involve positioning a target area in a current image; determining an image feature difference between a target area in a reference image and the target area in the current image, the reference image being a frame of image that is processed before the current image and that includes the target area; determining a target figure point location of the target area in the reference image; determining a target feature point location difference between the target area in the reference image and the target area in the current image according to a feature point location difference determining model and the image feature difference; and positioning a target feature point in the target area in the current image according to the target feature point location of the target area in the reference image and the target feature point location difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Yandan ZHAO, Yichao YAN, Weijian CAO, Yun CAO, Yanhao GE, Chengjie WANG, Jilin LI
  • Publication number: 20200372692
    Abstract: In a method for generating a cartoon face image that is performed by a computing device, a to-be-processed face image is obtained. Face feature information is recognized from the to-be-processed face image, and cartoon materials corresponding to feature parts of a face in the to-be-processed face image are obtained according to the face feature information. The obtained cartoon materials are cartoon face materials. The cartoon face materials include cartoon facial feature materials and another cartoon material other than the cartoon facial feature materials. Each of the cartoon facial feature materials are adjusted by using an adjustment parameter, and the other cartoon material are combined with the cartoon facial feature materials after adjustment to generate the cartoon face image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yanhao GE, Xueyuan XING, Bin FU, Yirong ZENG, Pengcheng SHEN, Chengjie WANG
  • Publication number: 20200334830
    Abstract: This present disclosure describes a video image processing method and apparatus, a computer-readable medium and an electronic device, relating to the field of image processing technologies. The method includes determining, by a device, a target-object region in a current frame in a video. The device includes a memory storing instructions and a processor in communication with the memory. The method also includes determining, by the device, a target-object tracking image in a next frame and corresponding to the target-object region; and sequentially performing, by the device, a plurality of sets of convolution processing on the target-object tracking image to determine a target-object region in the next frame. A quantity of convolutions of a first set of convolution processing in the plurality of sets of convolution processing is less than a quantity of convolutions of any other set of convolution processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yabiao WANG, Yanhao GE, Zhenye GAN, Yuan HUANG, Changyou DENG, Yafeng ZHAO, Feiyue HUANG, Yongjian WU, Xiaoming HUANG, Xiaolong LIANG, Chengjie WANG, Jilin LI
  • Publication number: 20200294250
    Abstract: A trajectory tracking method is provided for a computer device. The method includes performing motion tracking on head images in a plurality of video frames, to obtain motion trajectories corresponding to the head images; acquiring face images corresponding to the head images in the video frames, to obtain face image sets corresponding to the head images; determining from the face image sets corresponding to the head images, at least two face image sets having same face images; and combining motion trajectories corresponding to the at least two face image sets having same face images, to obtain a final motion trajectory of trajectory tracking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Changwei HE, Chengjie WANG, Jilin LI, Yabiao WANG, Yandan ZHAO, Yanhao GE, Hui NI, Yichao XIONG, Zhenye GAN, Yongjian WU, Feiyue HUANG
  • Publication number: 20200057883
    Abstract: A face attribute recognition method, electronic device, and storage medium. The method may include obtaining a face image, inputting the face image into an attribute recognition model, performing a forward calculation on the face image using the attribute recognition model to obtain a plurality of attribute values according to different types of attributes, and outputting the plurality of attribute values, the plurality of attribute values indicating recognition results of a plurality of attributes of the face image. The attribute recognition model may be obtained through training based on a plurality of sample face images, a plurality of sample attribute recognition results of the plurality of sample face images, and the different types of attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yanhao Ge, Jilin Li, Chengjie Wang