• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.89-96
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• 2010

본 논문은 얼굴을 관심 영역(ROI)으로 사용하는 자동 초점(AF, Auto Focusing) 시스템을 위 한 얼굴 검출 기능(Face Detection)의 얼굴 추적 향상 방법에 관한 것이다. 피부색을 바탕으로 얼굴을 검출하는 기존의 얼굴 검출 기능에서는 얼굴을 추적하기 위하여 이전 프레임에 검출된 얼굴 영역에 대하여 현재 프레임의 스킨 픽셀 비율을 사용한다. 이 방법은 동영상에서 얼굴 영역의 안정성은 뛰어나지만, 얼굴 추적 성능은 다소 떨어진다. 따라서 얼굴 추적 성능을 향상 시키기 위하여, 이전 프레임에 검출된 얼굴 영역과 현재 프레임에 검출된 얼굴 영역의 겹침을 조사하여 겹치는 영역의 면적을 이용하여 얼굴을 추적하는 방법을 제안하였다. 검증을 위하여 FPGA 보드와 모바일 폰 카메라용 CIS를 이용하여 실시간으로 얼굴 검출을 촬영하였고, 검출된 얼굴의 이동 궤적을 이용하여 성능을 검증하였다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.977-984
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• 2007

동영상으로부터 움직임 분석 및 색상정보를 이용한 실시간 얼굴 추적 방법을 제안한다. 시간미분연산에 의하여 실시간으로 입력되는 동영상으로부터 움직임 영역을 검출한 후, 컬러공간 융합 필터링에 의하여 얼굴 영역 후보 화소를 검출하고 눈, 입등 얼굴 구성 요소 검출에 의하여 얼굴 영역의 실시간 추적을 행하였다. 얼굴 구성요소의 참조 템플릿을 구축한 후 신규 입력되는 연속영상의 얼굴 영역으로부터 템플릿 매칭을 행함으로써 추출된 얼굴 영역의 신뢰도를 판정하는 방법으로 얼굴 영역 추적의 안정도를 향상시켰다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제15권8호
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• pp.839-844
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• 2009

In this paper, a real-time eye tracking method using fast face detection is proposed. Most of the current eye tracking systems have operational limitations due to sensors, complicated backgrounds, and uneven lighting condition. It also suffers from slow response time which is not proper for a real-time application. The tracking performance is low under complicated background and uneven lighting condition. The proposed algorithm detects face region from acquired image using elliptic Hough transform followed by eye detection within the detected face region using Haar-like features. In order to reduce the computation time in tracking eyes, the algorithm predicts next frame search region from the information obtained in the current frame. Experiments through simulation show good performance of the proposed method under various environments.

• 정보처리학회논문지:소프트웨어 및 데이터공학
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2017

최근 컴퓨터 기술의 발전과 함께 임베디드 기기 또한 다양한 기능을 갖추기 시작했다. 본 연구에서는 최근 활발하게 진행되고 있는 영상센서를 사용한 임베디드 기기 등 자원이 적은 기기에서 효율적인 얼굴 추적 방식을 제안한다. 정확한 얼굴을 얻기 위하여 MB-LBP 특징을 사용한 얼굴 검출 방식을 사용했으며, 다음 영상에서 얼굴 객체 추적을 위하여 얼굴 검출시 얼굴 주변 영역(Region of Interest)을 지정하였다. 그리고 얼굴을 검출을 못하는 영상에서는 기존의 객체 추적 방식인 CAM-Shift를 사용해 객체를 추적해 객체 정보의 손실 없이 정보를 유지할 수 있도록 하였다. 본 연구는 기존 연구와의 비교를 통하여 객체 추적 시스템의 정확성과 빠른 성능을 확인하였다.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.73-77
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• 2012

This paper reports a combined depth- and model-based face detection and tracking approach. The proposed algorithm consists of four functional modules; i) color-based candidate region extraction, ii) generation of the depth histogram for handling occlusion, iii) rotation-invariant face region detection using ellipse fitting, and iv) face tracking based on motion prediction. This technique solved the occlusion problem under complicated environment by detecting the face candidate region based on the depth-based histogram and skin colors. The angle of rotation was estimated by the ellipse fitting method in the detected candidate regions. The face region was finally determined by inversely rotating the candidate regions by the estimated angle using Haar-like features that were robustly trained robustly by the frontal face.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2003년도 신호처리소사이어티 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.317-320
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• 2003

In this paper, we present real-time, accurate face region detection and tracking technique for an intelligent surveillance system. It is very important to obtain the high-resolution images, which enables accurate identification of an object-of-interest. Conventional surveillance or security systems, however, usually provide poor image quality because they use one or more fixed cameras and keep recording scenes without any clue. We implemented a real-time surveillance system that tracks a moving person using pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras. While tracking, the region-of-interest (ROI) can be obtained by using a low-pass filter and background subtraction. Color information in the ROI is updated to extract features for optimal tracking and zooming. The experiment with real human faces showed highly acceptable results in the sense of both accuracy and computational efficiency.

• 한국IT서비스학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.241-249
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• 2007

This paper describes a real-time face tracking system using effective detector and Kalman filter. In the proposed system, an image is separated into a background and an object using a real-time updated face color for effective face detection. The face features are extracted using the five types of simple Haar-like features. The extracted features are reinterpreted using Principal Component Analysis (PCA), and interpreted principal components are used for Support Vector Machine (SVM) that classifies the faces and non-faces. The moving face is traced with Kalman filter, which uses the static information of the detected faces and the dynamic information of changes between previous and current frames. The proposed system sets up an initial skin color and updates a region of a skin color through a moving skin color in a real time. It is possible to remove a background which has a similar color with a skin through updating a skin color in a real time. Also, as reducing a potential-face region using a skin color, the performance is increased up to 50% when comparing to the case of extracting features from a whole region.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2002년도 ITC-CSCC -1
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• pp.615-618
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• 2002

This paper proposes a real-time face detection and tracking a method in complex backgrounds. The proposed method is based on the principal component analysis (PCA) technique. For the detection of a face, first, we use a skin color model and motion information. And then using the PCA technique the detected regions are verified to determine which region is indeed the face. The tracking of a face is based on the Euclidian distance in eigenspace between the previously tracked face and the newly detected faces. Camera control for the face tracking is done in such a way that the detected face region is kept on the center of the screen by controlling the pan/tilt platform. The proposed method is extensible to other systems such as teleconferencing system, intruder inspection system, and so on.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2005년도 추계종합학술대회
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• pp.347-350
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• 2005

This paper proposes a new tracking algorithm using the Kalman estimator based color SSD algorithm. The Kalman estimator includes the color information as well as the position and size of the face region in its state vector, to take care of the variation of skin color while faces are moving. Based on the estimated face position, the color SSD algorithm finds the face matching with the one in the previous frame even when the color and size of the face region vary. The features of a face region extracted by the color SSD algorithm are used to update the state of the Kalman estimator.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2001년도 합동 추계학술대회 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.438-441
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• 2001

This paper describes a system for tracking a face in a input video sequence using facial convex hull based facial segmentation and a robust hausdorff distance. The algorithm adapts YCbCr color model for classifying face region by [l]. Then, we obtain an initial face model with preprocessing and convex hull. For tracking, a Robust Hausdorff distance is computed and the best possible displacement is selected. Finally, the previous face model is updated using the displacement t. It is robust to some noises and outliers. We provide an example to illustrate the proposed tracking algorithm in video sequences obtained from CCD camera.