FACE IMAGE MODEL GENERATING DEVICE

PURPOSE:To simplify this device and the preparation required for generating a face image model by containing a first image pickup means for photographing a front face image, a second image pickup means for photographing a side face image, a feature point detecting means for detecting a feature point, based thereon, a storage means for storing in advance a face of a standard person, and a feature point changing means. CONSTITUTION:A face image looked at from the front of an object person 18 is picked up by a video camera 11, and on the other hand, the face image looked at from the side face of the person 18 is picked up by a video camera 12. Each picked-up face image signal is converted to a digital signal S1 and S2 by an A/D converter 2 and 3, and thereafter, applied to an arithmetic processing part 1. Based on the face image signal S1 of the front, a screen 19 is obtained. Also, based on the face image signal S2 of the side, a screen 20 is obtained. The screen 19 and the screen 20 are caught as an image obtained by projecting the face image of the front to the (x)-(y) plane, and an image obtained by projecting the face image of the side to the (y)-(z) place, respectively. That is, the axes of coordinate (x), (y) and (z) are set, and (y) coordinate values of the corresponding points in the front image and the side image coincide with each other.