Face recognition using thermal infrared images for human-robot interaction applications: A comparative study

2009 6th Latin American Robotics Symposium, LARS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hermosilla, Gabriel ^a   Ruiz del Solar, Javier ^b   Verschae, Rodrigo ^a   Correa, Mauricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Face recognition; Human robot interaction; Thermal infrared images

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; FACE RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTIONS; LONG WAVE INFRARED; RECOGNITION METHODS; THERMAL INFRARED IMAGES;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFRARED IMAGING; INFRARED RADIATION; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS;

FACE RECOGNITION;

EID: 77951004025     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/LARS.2009.5418322     Document Type: Conference Paper

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