Fast hierarchical knowledge-based approach for human face detection in color images

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Jiang ◽  
Jie Gong ◽  
Guilin Zhang ◽  
Ruolan Hu
Keyword(s):  
Face Detection ◽  
Color Images ◽  
Human Face ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Human Face Detection

scholarly journals Human Face Detection in Color Images

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Gao
Keyword(s):  
Face Detection ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Video Retrieval ◽  
Color Images ◽  
Human Face ◽  
Detection Scheme ◽  
Retrieval Systems ◽  
Human Face Detection ◽  
The Face ◽  
Video Retrieval Systems

Detection of human face has many realistic and important applications such as human and computer interface, face recognition, face image database management, security access control systems and content-based indexing video retrieval systems. In this report a face detection scheme will be presented. The scheme is designed to operate on color images. In the first stage of algorithm, the skin color regions are detected based on the chrominance information. A color segmentation stage is then employed to make skin color regions to be divided into smaller regions which have homogenous color. Then, we use the iterative luminance segmentation to further separate the detected skin region from other skin-colored objects such as hair, clothes, and wood, based on the high variance of the luminance component in the neighborhood of edges of objects. Post-processing is applied to determine whether skin color regions fit the face constrains on density of skin, size, shape and symmetry and contain the facial features such as eyes and mouths. Experimental results show that the algorithm is robust and is capable of detecting multiple faces in the presence of a complex background which contains the color similar to the skin tone.

HUMAN FACE DETECTION IN COLOR IMAGES

2004 ◽  
Vol 07 (03n04) ◽  
pp. 369-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
IHAB ZAQOUT ◽  
ROZIATI ZAINUDDIN ◽  
SAPIAN BABA
Keyword(s):  
Face Detection ◽  
Color Images ◽  
Human Face ◽  
Skin Segmentation ◽  
Elliptical Shape ◽  
Fitting Algorithm ◽  
Human Face Detection ◽  
Lookup Tables ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Relationship

In this paper we have used a simple and efficient color-based approach to segment human skin pixels from background, using a 2D histogram-based approach as a preprocess stage for human face detection. For skin segmentation, a total of 446,007 skin samples from the training set is manually cropped from the RGB color images, to calculate three lookup tables based on the relationship between each pair of the triple components (R, G, B). Derivation of skin classifier rules from the lookup tables are based on how often each attribute value (interval) occurs, and their associated certainty values. For face detection, we assume the face-appearance as blob-like, and that the face has an approximately elliptical shape. Accordingly, an ellipse-fitting algorithm is appropriate, which is based on statistical moments, and those blobs that have an elliptical shape are retained as face candidates.

scholarly journals Human Face Detection in Color Images

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Gao
Keyword(s):  
Face Detection ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Video Retrieval ◽  
Color Images ◽  
Human Face ◽  
Detection Scheme ◽  
Retrieval Systems ◽  
Human Face Detection ◽  
The Face ◽  
Video Retrieval Systems

Detection of human face has many realistic and important applications such as human and computer interface, face recognition, face image database management, security access control systems and content-based indexing video retrieval systems. In this report a face detection scheme will be presented. The scheme is designed to operate on color images. In the first stage of algorithm, the skin color regions are detected based on the chrominance information. A color segmentation stage is then employed to make skin color regions to be divided into smaller regions which have homogenous color. Then, we use the iterative luminance segmentation to further separate the detected skin region from other skin-colored objects such as hair, clothes, and wood, based on the high variance of the luminance component in the neighborhood of edges of objects. Post-processing is applied to determine whether skin color regions fit the face constrains on density of skin, size, shape and symmetry and contain the facial features such as eyes and mouths. Experimental results show that the algorithm is robust and is capable of detecting multiple faces in the presence of a complex background which contains the color similar to the skin tone.

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