An efficient ear localization technique

Image and Vision Computing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-50

  Prakash, Surya ^a   Gupta, Phalguni ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Biometrics; Connected components; Ear localization; Ear recognition; Skin segmentation

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRICS; ROTATION;

AUTOMATIC LOCALIZATION; CONNECTED COMPONENT; EAR LOCALIZATION; EAR RECOGNITION; EDGE MAP; FACE IMAGES; LOCALIZATION TECHNIQUE; SKIN SEGMENTATION; UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 84856445421     PISSN: 02628856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imavis.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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