Fast stereo-based head tracking for interactive environments

Author

Morency, Louis-Philippe ; Rahimi, Ali ; Checka, Neal ; Darrell, Trevor

Author_Institution

Artificial Intelligence Lab., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

2002

Firstpage

390

Lastpage

395

Abstract

We present a robust implementation of stereo-based head tracking designed for interactive environments with uncontrolled lighting. We integrate fast face detection and drift reduction algorithms with a gradient-based stereo rigid motion tracking technique. Our system can automatically segment and track a user´s head under large rotation and illumination variations. Precision and usability of our approach are compared with previous tracking methods for cursor control and target selection in both desktop and interactive room environments.

Keywords

face recognition; image motion analysis; image segmentation; interactive systems; stereo image processing; tracking; user interfaces; cursor control; desktop environments; drift reduction algorithms; fast face detection; gradient-based stereo rigid motion tracking; illumination; image segmentation; interactive environments; interactive room environments; robust implementation; rotation; stereo-based head tracking; target selection; uncontrolled lighting; usability; Airplanes; Artificial intelligence; Automatic control; Face detection; Lighting; Mice; Robustness; Shape; Tracking; Usability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, 2002. Proceedings. Fifth IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Washington, DC, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1602-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AFGR.2002.1004185

Filename

1004185