Face Recognition (FR) systems are increasingly gaining more importance. Face detection and tracking in a complex scene forms the first step in building a practical FR system. In this paper, a method to detect and track human faces in color image sequences is described. Skin color classification and morphological segmentation is used to detect face(s) in the first frame. These detected faces are tracked over subsequent frames by using the position of the faces in the first frame as the marker and detecting for skin in the localized region. Specific advantages of this approach are that skin color analysis method is simple and powerful, and the system can be used to detect/track multiple faces. © 2002 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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dc.contributor.authorKuchi, P.
dc.contributor.authorGabbur, P.
dc.contributor.authorSubbanna Bhat, P.
dc.contributor.authorSumam David, S.
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-05T11:00:30Z
dc.date.issuedHuman face detection and tracking using skin color modeling and connected component operators
dc.description.abstract2002
dc.identifier.citationIETE Journal of Research, 2002, 48, 46115, pp. 289-293
dc.identifier.issn3772063
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/03772063.2002.11416288
dc.identifier.urihttps://idr.nitk.ac.in/handle/123456789/28003
dc.subjectFace tracking
dc.subjectColor image processing
dc.subjectComputer simulation
dc.subjectImage analysis
dc.subjectImage segmentation
dc.subjectSkin
dc.subjectFace recognition
dc.titleFace Recognition (FR) systems are increasingly gaining more importance. Face detection and tracking in a complex scene forms the first step in building a practical FR system. In this paper, a method to detect and track human faces in color image sequences is described. Skin color classification and morphological segmentation is used to detect face(s) in the first frame. These detected faces are tracked over subsequent frames by using the position of the faces in the first frame as the marker and detecting for skin in the localized region. Specific advantages of this approach are that skin color analysis method is simple and powerful, and the system can be used to detect/track multiple faces. © 2002 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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