Disclosed herein is a frontal face detection apparatus and method using a facial pose. The frontal face detection apparatus includes an image input unit for receiving an input image. A candidate extraction unit extracts a face region candidate and face element candidates from the input image. A face region verification unit verifies, based on a plurality of face element candidates extracted by the candidate extraction unit, whether the extracted face region candidate is a final face region. A face element calculation unit calculates a plurality of final face elements in correspondence with a facial pose score for a final face region including the extracted face element candidates generated based on a predefined average face model. A final frontal face detection unit detects a final frontal face from the final face region including the plurality of final face elements, based on a position pattern between the final face elements.
FRONTAL FACE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD USING FACIAL POSE