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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/IS.2008.4670517