Title :
A human tracking mobile-robot with face detection
Author :
Suzuki, Satoru ; Mitsukura, Yasue ; Takimoto, Hironori ; Tanabata, Takanari ; Kimura, Nobutaka ; Moriya, Toshio
Author_Institution :
Tokyo Univ. of Agric. & Technol., Koganei, Japan
Abstract :
In this paper, we propose the face detection method for tracking a human by a mobile-robot. We obtain images from a web camera, and detect faces by focusing on skin colors and eyes as facial features. If we detect faces from images, we trace the detected human, take a picture of him/her, and print it automatically by using the mobile-robot. In order to show the effectiveness of the proposed method, we show the experimental results. Firstly, in the face detection, we show the face detection accuracy. Then, in the human tracking with mobile-robot by using face detection, we show the tracking performance.
Keywords :
face recognition; mobile robots; path planning; robot vision; eye feature; face detection method; human tracking mobile robot; skin color feature; Agriculture; Brightness; Cameras; Eyes; Face detection; Facial features; Humans; Robotics and automation; Service robots; Skin;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics, 2009. IECON '09. 35th Annual Conference of IEEE
Conference_Location :
Porto
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4648-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1553-572X
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.2009.5415074