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Face Finding in Images

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This chapter describes work undertaken at BT Laboratories to produce a system, based on the use of neural network feature detectors, to robustly locate and track features in digital image sequences. We have concentrated on the location of eyes and mouths in human head-and-shoulders images, although the techniques described should be applicable to determining the position of localised features in other objects.

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  1. BT Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, UK, IP5 7RE

    John M. Vincent

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    Alan F. Murray

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Vincent, J.M. (1995). Face Finding in Images. In: Murray, A.F. (eds) Applications of Neural Networks. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2379-3_2

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