Title :
Face detection using gradient vector flow
Author :
Vatsa, Mayank ; Singh, Richa ; Gupta, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., Kanpur, India
Abstract :
Face detection is an important research area having wide applications in man-machine interface, visual surveillance and face recognition. We have proposed an algorithm for face detection using Gradient Vector Flow in gray level images which overcomes the problem for localization and initialization. The algorithm has been tested on various face databases and the result shows an accuracy of 97% with invariance to pose and orientation.
Keywords :
face recognition; visual databases; GVF; face databases; face detection; face recognition; gradient vector flow; gray level images; man machine interface; visual surveillance; Active contours; Active shape model; Data mining; Face detection; Humans; Image converters; Image databases; Image edge detection; Magnetic heads; Skin;
Conference_Titel :
Machine Learning and Cybernetics, 2003 International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8131-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICMLC.2003.1260143
