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대한전자공학회 (The Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers)
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색열화 및 부분 은폐에 강인한 ID얼굴 검지

ID Face Detection Robust to Color Degradation and Partial Veiling

  • Kim Dae Sung (Department of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Kim Nam Chul (Department of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National University)
  • 발행 : 2004.01.01
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초록

본 논문에서는 색열화와 부분 은폐에 강인한 특성을 갖는 ID얼굴(identificable face: 신원확인가능 얼굴) 검지방법을 제안한다. 이 방법은 후보영역 분할, 후보창 추출, 은폐여부 판단의 세 단계로 구성된다. 후보영역 분할에서는 입력영상으로부터 피부색영역과 색열화된 얼굴구성요소(눈, 코, 입 영역)를 함께 찾아 E얼굴 후보영역을 분할한다. 후보창 추출에서는 후보영역내의 얼굴일 가능성이 있는 후보창들을 추출한다. 은폐여부 판단에서는 고유얼굴(eigenface)기법을 이용하여 고유얼굴들과 유사도가 가장 큰 후보창 하나가 결정되고, 이 후보창의 각 얼굴구성요소의 은폐되었는지 아닌지가 유사한 방법으로 결정된다. 실험결과, 제안한 검지방법은 색이 심하게 열화된 얼굴들과 은폐된 얼굴들을 포함하고 있는 얼굴 DB에서 색열화와 은폐를 고려하지 않은 얼굴검지방법에 비해 ID얼굴 검지율이 약 $11.4\%$ 향상됨을 확인하였다.

In this paper, we present an identificable face (n face) detection method robust to color degradation and partial veiling. This method is composed of three parts: segmentation of face candidate regions, extraction of face candidate windows, and decision of veiling. In the segmentation of face candidate regions, face candidate regions are detected by finding skin color regions and facial components such as eyes, a nose and a mouth, which may have degraded colors, from an input image. In the extraction of face candidate windows, face candidate windows which have high potentials of faces are extracted in face candidate regions. In the decision of veiling, using an eigenface method, a face candidate window whose similarity with eigenfaces is maximum is determined and whether facial components of the face candidate window are veiled or not is determined in the similar way. Experimental results show that the proposed method yields better the detection rate by about $11.4\%$ in test DB containing color-degraded faces and veiled ones than a conventional method without considering color degradation and partial veiling.

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