Locating human faces in a complex background including non-face skin colors

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 423-430

  Tang, Jinshan ^a   Acton, Scott ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACE LOCATION ALGORITHM; SKIN COLOR MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; EDGE DETECTION; ESTIMATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FACE RECOGNITION;

EID: 0042441122     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1579485     Document Type: Article

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