• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제6권9호
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• pp.2341-2350
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• 2012

Face detection is the first step of vision-based driver fatigue detection method. Traditional face detection methods have problems of high false-detection rates and long detection times. A space-time restrained Adaboost method is presented in this paper that resolves these problems. Firstly, the possible position of a driver's face in a video frame is measured relative to the previous frame. Secondly, a space-time restriction strategy is designed to restrain the detection window and scale of the Adaboost method to reduce time consumption and false-detection of face detection. Finally, a face knowledge restriction strategy is designed to confirm that the faces detected by this Adaboost method. Experiments compare the methods and confirm that a driver's face can be detected rapidly and precisely.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제7권12호
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• pp.1692-1699
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• 2004

Many researchers have developed various techniques for detection of human faces in ordinary still images. Face detection is the first imperative step of human face recognition systems. The two main problems of human face detection are how to cutoff the running time and how to reduce the number of false positives. In this paper, we present frontal and near-frontal face detection algorithm in still gray images using a thick edge image and neural network. We have devised a new filter that gets the thick edge image. Our overall scheme for face detection consists of two main phases. In the first phase we describe how to create the thick edge image using the filter and search for face candidates using a whole face detector. It is very helpful in removing plenty of windows with non-faces. The second phase verifies for detecting human faces using component-based eye detectors and the whole face detector. The experimental results show that our algorithm can reduce the running time and the number of false positives.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2003년도 ICCAS
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• pp.835-838
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• 2003

Computer vision and natural-language dialogue play an important role in friendly human-machine interfaces for service robots. In this paper we describe an integrated face detection and face recognition system for a welfare robot, which has also been combined with the robot's speech interface. Our approach to face detection is to combine neural network (NN) and genetic algorithm (GA): ANN serves as a face filter while GA is used to search the image efficiently. When the face is detected, embedded Hidden Markov Model (EMM) is used to determine its identity. A real-time system has been created by combining the face detection and recognition techniques. When motivated by the speaker's voice commands, it takes an image from the camera, finds the face inside the image and recognizes it. Experiments on an indoor environment with complex backgrounds showed that a recognition rate of more than 88% can be achieved.

• 스마트미디어저널
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.61-69
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• 2018

Multi-tracking of general objects and specific faces is an important topic in the field of computer vision applicable to many branches of industry such as biometrics, security, etc. The rapid development of deep neural networks has resulted in a dramatic improvement in face recognition and object detection problems, which helps improve the multiple-face tracking techniques exploiting the tracking-by-detection method. Our proposed method uses face detection trained with a head dataset to resolve the face deformation problem in the tracking process. Further, we use robust face features extracted from the deep face recognition network to match the tracklets with tracking faces using Hungarian matching method. We achieved promising results regarding the usage of deep face features and head detection in a face tracking benchmark.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2003년도 ICCAS
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• pp.783-788
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• 2003

In this paper, we present a new approach to detect and recognize human face in the image from vision camera equipped on the mobile robot platform. Due to the mobility of camera platform, obtained facial image is small and pose-various. For this condition, new algorithm should cope with these constraints and can detect and recognize face in nearly real time. In detection step, ‘coarse to fine’ detection strategy is used. Firstly, region boundary including face is roughly located by dual ellipse templates of facial color and on this region, the locations of three main facial features- two eyes and mouth-are estimated. For this, simplified facial feature maps using characteristic chrominance are made out and candidate pixels are segmented as eye or mouth pixels group. These candidate facial features are verified whether the length and orientation of feature pairs are suitable for face geometry. In recognition step, pseudo-convex hull area of gray face image is defined which area includes feature triangle connecting two eyes and mouth. And random lattice line set are composed and laid on this convex hull area, and then 2D appearance of this area is represented. From these procedures, facial information of detected face is obtained and face DB images are similarly processed for each person class. Based on facial information of these areas, distance measure of match of lattice lines is calculated and face image is recognized using this measure as a classifier. This proposed detection and recognition algorithms overcome the constraints of previous approach [15], make real-time face detection and recognition possible, and guarantee the correct recognition irregardless of some pose variation of face. The usefulness at mobile robot application is demonstrated.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2012년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.303-304
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• 2012

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.605-606
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• 2009

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제34권2C호
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• pp.194-199
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• 2009

본 논문은 영상의 얼굴과 헤어영역이 가지는 기하학적 정보를 이용한 얼굴 검출 알고리즘을 제안한다. 영상에서 얼굴과 헤어영역은 기하학적으로 인접하는 특성을 가지고 있고, 이러한 특성은 정면을 향하는 얼굴뿐만 아니라 회전된 얼굴이나 옆얼굴에서도 존재한다. 따라서 이러한 특징은 얼굴 검출을 위하여 사용 될 수 있다. 제안한 알고리즘은 우선 영상에서 컬러정보를 이용하여 영상내의 피부영역과 헤어영역을 검출한다. 이렇게 검출된 피부영역의 특징을 분석하여 여러 피부영역 중 얼굴 후보영역을 찾는다. 이후 얼굴 후보영역과 헤어영역 사이의 교차영역을 생성한다. 마지막으로 검출된 여러 얼굴 후보영역 중 교차영역을 포함하고 있는 영역을 얼굴로 판단한다. 실험 결과는 정면 및 측면 얼굴 영상뿐만 아니라 기하학적으로 왜곡된 영상에서도 높은 검출률을 보였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2001년도 ICCAS
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• pp.28.1-28
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• 2001

An automatic face recognition(AFR) of individuals is a significant problem in the development of computer vision. An AFR consists of two major parts which are detection of face region and recognition process, and the overall performance of AFR is determined by each. In this paper, the face region is acquired using chromaticity space, but this face region is a simple rectangle which doesn´t consider the shape information. By applying deformable templates to the face region, we can locate the position of the eyes in images. With the face region and the eye location information, more precise face region can be extract from the image. Because processing time is critical in real-time system, we use simplified eye templates and the modified energy function for the efficiency. We can get a good detection performance in experiments.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.927-933
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• 2013

OpenCV (Open Computer Vision)에서 제공하는 얼굴 인식 알고리즘에서는 Haar 특징(Haar feature)들과 대상 영상의 정합 과정인 Haar 매칭 (Haar Matching)을 통하여 얼굴을 검출하는데, 이때 Haar 특징들은 정면 얼굴로 구성된 훈련 영상을 통해 학습된다. 따라서 OpenCV의 얼굴 검출 방법은 정면 얼굴에 대해서는 높은 얼굴 검출율을 보이지만, 정면을 응시하지 않거나 얼굴의 형태가 변형된 경우에는 얼굴을 정확하게 검출하지 못하는 경우가 빈번히 발생한다. 본 논문에서는 측면 얼굴 혹은 형태가 변형된 얼굴에서도 컬러 히스토그램의 분포 특성은 유사하다고 가정하고, 히스토그램 패턴 매칭(histogram pattern matching)을 이용한 얼굴 검출 방법을 제안한다. 제안한 방법에서는 Haar 매칭 오류가 발생한 프레임에 대하여, 정확하게 검출된 이전 프레임의 얼굴 영역에 대한 히스토그램 패턴 매칭을 통하여 가장 유사한 히스토그램 분포를 갖는 영역을 얼굴로 인식한다. 제안한 방법의 얼굴 검출 알고리즘의 성능을 평가하기 위한 모의실험에서 제안한 얼굴 검출 방법이 OpenCV보다 얼굴 검출율이 8% 정도 향상됨을 확인하였다.