• DocumentCode
    756315
  • Title

    A 0.79-mm2 29-mW Real-Time Face Detection Core

  • Author

    Hori, Yuichi ; Kuroda, Tadahiro

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng, Keio Univ., Kanagawa
  • Volume
    42
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    4/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    790
  • Lastpage
    797
  • Abstract
    A 0.79-mm2 29-mW real-time face detection core is fabricated in a 0.13-mum CMOS technology. It consists of 75-kgate logic, 58-kbit SRAM, and an ARM AMBA bus interface. Comprehensive optimization in both algorithm and hardware design improves performance and reduces area and power dissipation. Two kinds of templates with facial features are proposed to achieve high speed and yet accurate face detection. A Steady State Genetic Algorithm is employed for high-speed hardware implementation of template matching. To reduce area and power dissipation, frame memory is optimized at minimum and the detection engine is shared for two kinds of template matching. The core can detect eight faces in each frame of moving pictures at 30 frames/second. Face detection accuracy is 92%
  • Keywords
    CMOS digital integrated circuits; digital signal processing chips; face recognition; genetic algorithms; image matching; 0.13 micron; 29 mW; 58 kbit; 92 percent; ARM AMBA bus interface; CMOS technology; SRAM; face recognition; optimization algorithm; optimized frame memory; real-time face detection core; steady state genetic algorithm; template matching; Algorithm design and analysis; CMOS logic circuits; CMOS technology; Design optimization; Face detection; Facial features; Hardware; Power dissipation; Random access memory; Steady-state; CMOS; face recognition; genetic algorithms; low power;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9200
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JSSC.2007.891675
  • Filename
    4140587