Title :
Facial feature extraction from color images
Author :
Chang, Thomas C. ; Huang, Thomas S. ; Novak, Carol
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
A robust facial feature extraction algorithm is required for many applications. The method proposed in this paper utilizes techniques of color segmentation and color thresholding to isolate and pinpoint the eyes, nostrils, and mouth on a color image
Keywords :
face recognition; color images; color segmentation; color thresholding; facial feature extraction; Background noise; Color; Data mining; Eyes; Face detection; Facial features; Head; Image edge detection; Mouth; Tracking;
Conference_Titel :
Pattern Recognition, 1994. Vol. 2 - Conference B: Computer Vision & Image Processing., Proceedings of the 12th IAPR International. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Jerusalem
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6270-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICPR.1994.576872
