Fast eye localization based on pixel differences

Jianfeng Ren, Xudong Jiang

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Abstract

A novel fast eye localization algorithm based on pixel differences is presented, which is suitable for face recognition system on mobile device. It is based on the fact that eyeball is dark and round. A binary eye map is obtained by choosing those pixels darker than surrounding; then it is filtered by a rank order filter; connected regions in the eye map are then labeled by their geometric centers; best suitable eyeball pair is selected based on a set of geometric constraints. If no eyeball pair is detected, the algorithm is repeated iteratively until one pair is found. The algorithm is fast since it converts the gray level image to a binary eye map at the beginning. The algorithm is tested on our own face database, which consists of 4095 images of size 200x250. Detection rate is 93.04% when the tolerance is 0.7 times of eyeball width.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2009 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2009 - Proceedings
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages2733-2736
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9781424456543
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event2009 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2009 - Cairo, Egypt
Duration: 7 Nov 200910 Nov 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
ISSN (Print)1522-4880

Conference

Conference2009 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2009
Country/TerritoryEgypt
CityCairo
Period7/11/0910/11/09

Keywords

  • Eye localization
  • Geometric constraint
  • Iterative detection
  • Pixel difference
  • Rank order filtering

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Signal Processing

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