Patents by Inventor Yicong LIANG

Yicong LIANG 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: 11176393
    Abstract: A face liveness recognition method includes: obtaining a target image containing a facial image; extracting facial feature data of the facial image in the target image; performing face liveness recognition according to the facial feature data to obtain a first confidence level using a first recognition model, the first confidence level denoting a first probability of recognizing a live face; extracting background feature data from an extended facial image, the extended facial image being obtained by extending a region that covers the facial image; performing face liveness recognition according to the background feature data to obtain a second confidence level using a second recognition model, the second confidence level denoting a second probability of recognizing a live face; and according to the first confidence level and the second confidence level, obtaining a recognition result indicating that the target image is a live facial image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shuang Wu, Shouhong Ding, Yicong Liang, Yao Liu, Jilin Li
  • Patent number: 10922529
    Abstract: A device receives an image-based authentication request from a specified object and performs human face authentication in a manner depending on whether the object wears glasses. Specifically, the device designates a glasses region on a daily photograph of the specified object using a glasses segmentation model. If the regions of the human face in the daily photograph labeled as glasses exceed a first threshold amount, the device modifies the daily photograph by changing pixel values of the regions that are labeled as being obscured by glasses. The device extracts features of a daily human face from the daily photograph and features of an identification human face from the identification photograph. The device approves the authentication request if a matching degree between the features of the daily human face and the features of the identification human face is greater than a second threshold amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yicong Liang, Jilin Li, Chengjie Wang, Shouhong Ding
  • Patent number: 10909356
    Abstract: A facial tracking method can include receiving a first vector of a first frame, and second vectors of second frames that are prior to the first frame in a video. The first vector is formed by coordinates of first facial feature points in the first frame and determined based on a facial registration method. Each second vector is formed by coordinates of second facial feature points in the respective second frame and previously determined based on the facial tracking method. A second vector of the first frame is determined according to a fitting function based on the second vectors of the first set of second frames. The fitting function has a set of coefficients that are determined by solving a problem of minimizing a function formulated based on a difference between the second vector and the first vector of the current frame, and a square sum of the coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yicong Liang, Chengjie Wang, Shaoxin Li, Yandan Zhao, Jilin Li
  • Patent number: 10817708
    Abstract: A facial tracking method is provided. The method includes: obtaining, from a video stream, an image that currently needs to be processed as a current image frame; and obtaining coordinates of facial key points in a previous image frame and a confidence level corresponding to the previous image frame. The method also includes calculating coordinates of facial key points in the current image frame according to the coordinates of the facial key points in the previous image frame when the confidence level is higher than a preset threshold; and performing multi-face recognition on the current image frame according to the coordinates of the facial key points in the current image frame. The method also includes calculating a confidence level of the coordinates of the facial key points in the current image frame, and returning to process a next frame until recognition on all image frames is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chengjie Wang, Hui Ni, Yandan Zhao, Yabiao Wang, Shouhong Ding, Shaoxin Li, Ling Zhao, Jilin Li, Yongjian Wu, Feiyue Huang, Yicong Liang
  • Publication number: 20200257914
    Abstract: A face liveness recognition method includes: obtaining a target image containing a facial image; extracting facial feature data of the facial image in the target image; performing face liveness recognition according to the facial feature data to obtain a first confidence level using a first recognition model, the first confidence level denoting a first probability of recognizing a live face; extracting background feature data from an extended facial image, the extended facial image being obtained by extending a region that covers the facial image; performing face liveness recognition according to the background feature data to obtain a second confidence level using a second recognition model, the second confidence level denoting a second probability of recognizing a live face; and according to the first confidence level and the second confidence level, obtaining a recognition result indicating that the target image is a live facial image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Shuang WU, Shouhong DING, Yicong LIANG, Yao LIU, Jilin LI
  • Publication number: 20190251337
    Abstract: A facial tracking method can include receiving a first vector of a first frame, and second vectors of second frames that are prior to the first frame in a video. The first vector is formed by coordinates of first facial feature points in the first frame and determined based on a facial registration method. Each second vector is formed by coordinates of second facial feature points in the respective second frame and previously determined based on the facial tracking method. A second vector of the first frame is determined according to a fitting function based on the second vectors of the first set of second frames. The fitting function has a set of coefficients that are determined by solving a problem of minimizing a function formulated based on a difference between the second vector and the first vector of the current frame, and a square sum of the coefficients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yicong LIANG, Chengjie WANG, Shaoxin LI, Yandan ZHAO, Jilin LI
  • Publication number: 20190205623
    Abstract: A facial tracking method is provided. The method includes: obtaining, from a video stream, an image that currently needs to be processed as a current image frame; and obtaining coordinates of facial key points in a previous image frame and a confidence level corresponding to the previous image frame. The method also includes calculating coordinates of facial key points in the current image frame according to the coordinates of the facial key points in the previous image frame when the confidence level is higher than a preset threshold; and performing multi-face recognition on the current image frame according to the coordinates of the facial key points in the current image frame. The method also includes calculating a confidence level of the coordinates of the facial key points in the current image frame, and returning to process a next frame until recognition on all image frames is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Chengjie WANG, Hui NI, Yandan ZHAO, Yabiao WANG, Shouhong DING, Shaoxin LI, Ling ZHAO, Jilin LI, Yongjian WU, Feiyue HUANG, Yicong LIANG
  • Publication number: 20190114467
    Abstract: A device receives an image-based authentication request from a specified object and performs human face authentication in a manner depending on whether the object wears glasses. Specifically, the device designates a glasses region on a daily photograph of the specified object using a glasses segmentation model. If the regions of the human face in the daily photograph labeled as glasses exceed a first threshold amount, the device modifies the daily photograph by changing pixel values of the regions that are labeled as being obscured by glasses. The device extracts features of a daily human face from the daily photograph and features of an identification human face from the identification photograph. The device approves the authentication request if a matching degree between the features of the daily human face and the features of the identification human face is greater than a second threshold amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Yicong LIANG, Jilin LI, Chengjie WANG, Shouhong DING