Title :
Affine real-time face tracking using Gabor wavelet networks
Author :
Krüger, Volker ; Happe, Alexander ; Sommer, Gerald
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Comput. Sci., Kiel Univ., Germany
Abstract :
We present a method for visual face tracking that is based on a wavelet representation of a face template. The wavelet representation allows: arbitrary affine deformations of the facial image; generalization from an individual face template to a rather general face template; and adapting the computational needs of the tracking algorithm to the computational resources available. The method presented was implemented on a Linux Pentium 450 MHz and runs off-line with 25 Hz, and online using an active camera mount at 22 Hz. We present experimental results on the off-line tests on several common image sequences including the salesman-sequence as well as on the online tests
Keywords :
computer vision; face recognition; generalisation (artificial intelligence); image sequences; neural nets; optimisation; real-time systems; target tracking; Gabor wavelet networks; computer vision; face template; face tracking; generalization; image sequences; optimisation; real-time system; wavelet representation; Active contours; Cameras; Computer science; Face detection; Human computer interaction; Image sequences; Linux; Robustness; Surveillance; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Pattern Recognition, 2000. Proceedings. 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0750-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICPR.2000.905289
