Ear localization using hierarchical clustering

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7306, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Prakash, Surya ^a   Jayaraman, Umarani ^a   Gupta, Phalguni ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Biometrics; Ear localization; Hierarchical clustering; Skin segmentation

Indexed keywords

EAR BIOMETRICS; EAR LOCALIZATION; FACE IMAGES; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING; HUMAN FACES; HUMAN RECOGNITION; RECOGNITION PROCESS;

SECURITY SYSTEMS; SKIN;

BIOMETRICS;

EID: 69949152280     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.818371     Document Type: Conference Paper

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