Title :
Face segmentation using fuzzy reasoning
Author :
Chibelushi, C.C. ; Deravi, F. ; Mason, J.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. Electr. and Electron. Eng., Univ. of Wales, Swansea, UK
Abstract :
Presents a face segmentation architecture using fuzzy inference. The head of a talker and two key structural features of his face (eyes and mouth) are located based on temporal and spatial information extracted from a head-and-shoulder image sequence. The architecture is modular and the segmentation uses a coarse-to-fine fuzzy reasoning strategy implemented across a three-level multi-resolution image pyramid. Results illustrating the performance of the system are given
Keywords :
face recognition; feature extraction; fuzzy logic; image resolution; image segmentation; image sequences; inference mechanisms; modules; 3-level multi-resolution image pyramid; coarse-to-fine fuzzy reasoning; eyes; face segmentation architecture; feature extraction; fuzzy inference; head-and-shoulder image sequence; modular architecture; mouth; spatial information; structural features; system performance; temporal information; Eyes; Face detection; Facial features; Fuzzy reasoning; Humans; Image analysis; Image segmentation; Image sequence analysis; Image sequences; Mouth;
Conference_Titel :
Image Processing, 1994. Proceedings. ICIP-94., IEEE International Conference
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6952-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICIP.1994.413752
