Face Recognition in Color Images Using Major Color Component and Topological Relations of Facial Features

In this paper, a real time face recognition for color image sequences is presented. The proposed algorithm applies three stages: a head region is estimated by the DCFR(Detection of Candidate for Face Regions) scheme in the first stage, the face region is searched inside the head region using the MCC(major color component) in the second stage and its faceness is tested by the TRFF (Topological Relations of Facial Features) scheme in the third stage. The MCC scheme detects the face region using the features of a face region with reference to the brightness and the lighting environment and the TRFF scheme considers the topological features of a global face region. The experimental results have shown that the proposed algorithm shows the performance superior to the other methods' in recognition of faces in color image. Key-Words: Facial features, Face detection and recognition.