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On Selecting an Appropriate Colour Space for Skin Detection

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We present a comprehensive and systematic approach for skin detection. We have evaluated each component of several colour models, and then we selected a suitable colour model for skin detection. Such approach is well-known in the machine learning community as attribute selection. After listing the top components, we exemplify that a mixure of colour components can discriminate very well skin in both indoor and outdoor scenes. The spawning space created by such componens is nearly convex, therefore it allow us to use even simple rules to discriminate skin to non-skin points. These simple rules can recognise 96% of skin points with just 11% of false positives. This is a data analysis approach that will help to many skin detection systems.

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  1. Dept. of Computing, ITESM-Morelos, A.P. 99-C, 62050, Morelos, México

    G. Gomez & L. Enrique Sucar

  2. Faculty of Sciences, UAEM, Av. Universidad 1001, Cuernavaca, Morelos

    M. Sanchez

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  1. Computer Science Section, Electrical Engineering Department, CINVESTAV-IPN, Av. IPN 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, D.F. 07300, Mexico, Mexico

    Carlos A. Coello Coello

  2. Computer Science Department, ITESM-Mexico City, Calle del Puente 222, Tlalpan, D.F. 14380, Mexico, Mexico

    Alvaro de Albornoz

  3. Computer Science Department, ITESM-Cuernavaca, Reforma 182-A, Lomas de Cuernavaca, Temixco, 62589, Morelos, Mexico

    Luis Enrique Sucar

  4. Department of Computer Science, ITAM, Rio Hondo 1, Progreso Tizapan, D.F. 01000, Mexico, Mexico

    Osvaldo Cairó Battistutti

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Gomez, G., Sanchez, M., Enrique Sucar, L. (2002). On Selecting an Appropriate Colour Space for Skin Detection. In: Coello Coello, C.A., de Albornoz, A., Sucar, L.E., Battistutti, O.C. (eds) MICAI 2002: Advances in Artificial Intelligence. MICAI 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2313. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46016-0_8

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