• DocumentCode
    3348021
  • Title

    A new approach for finding face features in color images

  • Author

    Popov, Antony ; Dimitrova, Desislava

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of IT, St. Kliment Ohridski Univ. of Sofia, Sofia
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    6-8 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    12389
  • Lastpage
    13850
  • Abstract
    This paper considers the problem of finding facial features in frontal color images by offering a method for efficient detection. For a given image, our method firstly detects the skin regions on by color segmentation. This segmentation is performed in a 2D projection of the selected color space (HSV, YES, YCrCb or normalized RGB). After that face candidates are found. Then we apply fuzzy mathematical morphology methods to locate precisely the right eyebrow (if exists). Thus we obtain a meaningful feature. A computer implementation in MATLAB is made for experimentation. The visual results of the experiments show the plausibility of proposed techniques.
  • Keywords
    face recognition; feature extraction; fuzzy set theory; image colour analysis; image segmentation; mathematics computing; 2D projection; HSV; MATLAB; YCrCb; YES; color segmentation; face feature finding; facial features; frontal color images; fuzzy mathematical morphology; normalized RGB; Biometrics; Color; Eyebrows; Face detection; Facial features; Humans; Image segmentation; Mathematical model; Morphology; Skin; face detection; fuzzy color histogram; fuzzy hitor-miss transform; mathematical morphology; skin color segmentation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Intelligent Systems, 2008. IS '08. 4th International IEEE Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Varna
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1739-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1740-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IS.2008.4670517
  • Filename
    4670517