• DocumentCode
    3381112
  • Title

    Automatic detection of heads in colored images

  • Author

    Garcia, Justin ; Lobo, Niels Da Vitoria ; Shah, Mubarak ; Feinstein, Jason

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    9-11 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    276
  • Lastpage
    281
  • Abstract
    We use shape based searching to detect head contours of arbitrary size in single images. We begin by looking for a head model which is optimal for finding head contours of various orientations. Then we develop a search technique for finding contours of arbitrary size, and present a way in which the search space can be narrowed using color and intensity gradient information. We show results and discuss how the method could be improved.
  • Keywords
    image colour analysis; image recognition; object detection; automatic head detection; color gradient information; colored images; head contour detection; head model; intensity gradient information; search space; shape based searching; Cameras; Computer science; Face; Focusing; Head; Humans; Image analysis; Radio access networks; Shape; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computer and Robot Vision, 2005. Proceedings. The 2nd Canadian Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-2319-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CRV.2005.21
  • Filename
    1443141