Automatic detection and tracking of human heads using an active stereo vision system

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-166

  Tang, Cheng Yuan ^a,b   Chen, Zen ^a   Hung, Yi Ping ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; STEREO VISION;

FACE DETECTION; HUMAN HEAD TRACKING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD HEAD DETECTOR;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 0033739723     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218001400000118     Document Type: Article

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