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In this paper, we proposed a robust face and eye detection method based on skin color and the Viola-Jones detector. First the images are segmented into skin region and non-skin region. Then, the faces are detected using a Viola-Jones face detector applied only to the skin regions. Then, in the detected faces we applied a Viol-Jones eye detector on the non-skin regions to localize the position of the eyes. The results obtained show that our method is robust and provides superior performance compared to other recently published methods.
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Zaaraoui, H., Kaddouhi, S.E., Abarkan, M. (2024). Face and Eye Detection Using Skin Color and Viola-Jones Detector. In: Farhaoui, Y., Hussain, A., Saba, T., Taherdoost, H., Verma, A. (eds) Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Applications. ICAISE 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 837. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48465-0_38
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