Robust face tracking by integration of two separate trackers: Skin color and facial shape

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3225-3235

  Lee, Hyung Soo ^a   Kim, Daijin ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Condensation; Face tracking; Facial shape; Importance sampling; Skin color

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DENSITY (OPTICAL); LIGHTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SKIN;

FACE TRACKING; FACIAL SHAPE; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; SKIN COLOR;

FACE RECOGNITION;

EID: 34250855642     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patcog.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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