Predicting human gaze using quaternion DCT image signature saliency and face detection

Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 137-144

  Schauerte, Boris ^a   Stiefelhagen, Rainer ^a,b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER IOSB   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; EVALUATION RESULTS; EYE-TRACKING; GAUSSIAN WEIGHT; IMAGE SIGNATURE; INTEGRATION SCHEME; SALIENCY MAP; TORONTO; VISUAL SALIENCY;

COMPUTER VISION; VISUALIZATION;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 84860679156     PISSN: 21583978     EISSN: 21583986     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WACV.2012.6163035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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