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Precise Eye Detection Using Discriminating HOG Features

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Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns (CAIP 2011)

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We present in this paper a precise eye detection method using Discriminating Histograms of Oriented Gradients (DHOG) features. The DHOG feature extraction starts with a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) followed by a whitening transformation on the standard HOG feature space. A discriminant analysis is then performed on the reduced feature space. A set of basis vectors, based on the novel definition of the within-class and between-class scatter vectors and a new criterion vector, is defined through this analysis. The DHOG features are derived in the subspace spanned by these basis vectors. Experiments on Face Recognition Grand Challenge (FRGC) show that (i) DHOG features enhance the discriminating power of HOG features and (ii) our eye detection method outperforms existing methods.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 323 M.L. King Boulevard, University Height, Newark, NJ, 07032, USA

    Shuo Chen & Chengjun Liu

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  1. Dpto. Matematica Aplicada I, Escuaela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Informática, Universite de Sevilla, Avda. Reina Mercedes, s/n, 41012, Sevilla, Spain

    Pedro Real

  2. Departamento de Matemática Aplicada I, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Informática, University of Seville, Avenida Reina Mercedes s/n, 41012, Sevilla, Spain

    Daniel Diaz-Pernil  & Helena Molina-Abril  & 

  3. Departamento de Didáctica de la Mathemática y de las CC.Experimentales, Universidad del País Vasco-Esukal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Escuela Universitaria de Magisterio, Ramón y Cajal, 72, 48014, Bilbao (Bizcaia), Spain

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    Walter Kropatsch

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Chen, S., Liu, C. (2011). Precise Eye Detection Using Discriminating HOG Features. In: Real, P., Diaz-Pernil, D., Molina-Abril, H., Berciano, A., Kropatsch, W. (eds) Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns. CAIP 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6854. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23672-3_54

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