• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.9B no.5
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• pp.563-570
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• 2002

Robust extraction of 3D facial features and global motion information from 2D image sequence for the MPEG-4 SNHC face model encoding is described. The facial regions are detected from image sequence using multi-modal fusion technique that combines range, color and motion information. 23 facial features among the MPEG-4 FDP (Face Definition Parameters) are extracted automatically inside the facial region using color transform (GSCD, BWCD) and morphological processing. The extracted facial features are used to recover the 3D shape and global motion of the object using paraperspective camera model and SVD (Singular Value Decomposition) factorization method. A 3D synthetic object is designed and tested to show the performance of proposed algorithm. The recovered 3D motion information is transformed into global motion parameters of FAP (Face Animation Parameters) of the MPEG-4 to synchronize a generic face model with a real face.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.226-229
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• 2011

얼굴검출기술의 발전으로 인하여, 다양한 분야에 얼굴 검출을 활용한 기술이 이용되고 있다. 최근 Viola 와 Jones 의 얼굴검출 방법이 신뢰도 있는 검출률과 빠른 연산속도로 인하여 주로 이용되고 있다. 하지만 고해상도 이미지와 제한된 하드웨어를 사용하는 시스템의 경우, 실시간 처리가 어려워지는 문제가 있다. 본 논문에서는 이와 같은 문제를 해결하고자 거리 정보를 이용한 빠른 얼굴검출방법을 제안한다. 속도 개선을 위해 먼저 거리 정보를 이용하여 영상의 불필요한 부분을 제거하고, 피부색상정보를 이용하여 관심영역을 설정한다. 또 크기에 대응하기 위해 피라미드 이미지를 이용하는 방법 대신, 거리 정보를 이용하여 얼굴의 크기를 추정한다. 마지막으로 검색창 내의 거리 분산을 계산하여, 평평하거나 굴곡이 심한 영역을 제거함으로 얼굴 검출 속도를 개선하였다. 실험결과 기존 방법에 비해 더 빠른 검출속도와 유사한 검출성능을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.16 no.9
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• pp.1031-1043
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• 2013

Extracting hand region from images is the first part in the process to recognize hand posture and gesture interaction. Therefore, a good segmenting method is important because it determines the overall performance of hand recognition systems. Conventional hand segmentation researches were prone to changing illumination conditions or limited to the ability to detect multiple people. In this paper, we propose a robust technique based on the fusion of skin-color data and depth information for hand segmentation process. The proposed algorithm uses skin-color data to localize accurate seed location for region-growing from a complicated background. Based on the seed location, our algorithm adjusts each detected blob to fill up the hole region. A region-growing algorithm is applied to the adjusted blob boundary at the detected depth image to obtain a robust hand region against illumination effects. Also, the resulting hand region is used to train our skin-model adaptively which further reduces the effects of changing illumination. We conducted experiments to compare our results with conventional techniques which validates the robustness of the proposed algorithm and in addition we show our method works well even in a counter light condition.