Algorithm for detecting human faces based on convex-hull

Opt Express. 2002 Mar 25;10(6):274-9. doi: 10.1364/oe.10.000274.

Abstract

In this paper, we proposed a new method to detect faces in color based on the convex-hull. We detect two kinds of regions that are skin and hair likeness region. After preprocessing, we apply the convex-hull to their regions and can find a face from their intersection relationship. The proposed algorithm can accomplish face detection in an image involving rotated and turned faces as well as several faces. To validity the effectiveness of the proposed method, we make experiment with various cases.