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3.5 Summary<br />

We have presented a face detection algorithm <strong>for</strong> color images using a skin-tone color<br />

model <strong>and</strong> facial features.<br />

Our method first corrects the color bias by a lighting<br />

compensation technique that automatically estimates the reference white pixels. We<br />

overcome the difficulty of detecting the low-luma <strong>and</strong> high-luma skin tones by applying<br />

a nonlinear trans<strong>for</strong>m to the Y C b C r color space. Our method detects skin<br />

regions over the entire image, <strong>and</strong> then generates face c<strong>and</strong>idates based on the spatial<br />

arrangement of these skin patches.<br />

It then constructs eye, mouth, <strong>and</strong> boundary<br />

maps <strong>for</strong> detecting the eyes, mouth, <strong>and</strong> face boundary, respectively. The face c<strong>and</strong>idates<br />

are further verified by the presence of these facial features. <strong>Detection</strong> results<br />

on several photo collections have been demonstrated. Our goal is to design a system<br />

that detects faces <strong>and</strong> facial features, allows users to edit detected faces (via the user<br />

interface shown in Fig. 3.24), <strong>and</strong> uses these detected facial features as indices <strong>for</strong><br />

identification <strong>and</strong> <strong>for</strong> retrieval from image <strong>and</strong> video databases.<br />

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