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System and method for detecting and tracking a plurality of faces in real time by integrating visual ques

  • US 7,352,880 B2
  • Filed: 07/18/2003
  • Issued: 04/01/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A face detection and tracking system for detecting and tracking a plurality of faces in real time from an input image, the system comprising:

  • a background removing unit which extracts an area having a motion by removing a background image from the input image;

    a candidate area extracting unit which extracts a candidate area in which a face is possibly located in the area having a motion by using a skin color probability map (Pskin) generated from a face skin color model and a global probability map (Pglobal), wherein the candidate area extracting unit comprises;

    a skin color probability map generation unit which generates the skin color probability map (Pskin) of the area having a motion by using the face skin color model,a global probability map generation unit which extracts a plurality of highest points of the area having a motion, sets central coordinates at a predetermined distance from the plurality of highest points, and calculates a probability that a face is located within a distance from the central coordinates to generate the global probability map (Pglobal), anda multiple scale probability map generation unit which generates a multiple scale probability map about the probability that a face is located, by multiplying the skin color probability map (Pskin) and the global probability map (Pglobal), and extracts an area, in which the probability value of the generated multiple scale probability map is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, as the candidate area where a face is possibly located;

    a face area determination unit which extracts independent component analysis (ICA) features from the candidate area and determines whether the candidate area is a face area; and

    a face area tracking unit which tracks the face area according to a directional kernel indicating a probability that a face is located in a next frame based on the skin color probability map (Pskin).

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