BACKGROUND Facial features are regarded as representative and reliable characteristics for diagnosing a person's Sasang Constitution (SC). However, the description of these features tends to depend on the interpretation and the opinion of the doctor that follows the SC approach. In this paper, we performed a facial feature analysis of SC types in an objective and quantitative manner. Here, site...

Viola and Jones [1] introduced a new and effective face detection algorithm based on simple features trained by the AdaBoost Algorithm, Integral Images and Cascaded Feature sets. This paper attempts to replicate their results. The Feret Face data set is used as the training set. The AdaBoost Algorithm, simple feature set and Integral Images are briefly explained and implemented in our Matlab ba...

Dorvilleids were collected from hydrothermal vents on the Southwest Indian Ridge by manned submersible Jiaolong. These represent a new species of Ophryotrocha that is here described as Ophryotrocha jiaolongisp. n. This is the first dorvilleid described from vents on the Southwest Indian Ridge. It most closely resembles another vent species, Ophryotrocha akessoni Blake, 1985 from the Galapagos R...

In face recognition, one of the most important problems to tackle is a large amount of data and the redundancy of information contained in facial images. There are numerous approaches attempting to reduce this redundancy. One of them is information aggregation based on the results of classifiers built on selected facial areas being the most salient regions from the point of view of classificati...

Accurately and robustly tracking facial features must cope with the large variation in appearance across subjects and the combination of rigid and non-rigid motion. We present a work toward a robust system to detect and track facial features including both permanent (e.g. mouth, eye, and brow) and transient (e.g. furrows and wrinkles) facial features in a nearly frontal image sequence. Multi-st...

We introduce a novel use of 2D barcodes for storing facial biometrics. To accomplish this, we design 2D color barcodes with larger storage capabilities than traditional 2D barcodes. Biometric data are secured through digital signature so as to be protected from malicious tampering. In order to improve the quality of facial recognition, we combine eigenfaces, shape landmarks identified through s...

This paper discusses the experimentation of a robust face recognition descriptor and its implementation in camera based lecture attendance system. The Speeded Up Robust Features (SURF) descriptor used for recognition produced a reliable performance with regard to change in illumination, scale and rotation of the test images used. Experiments were done on various test images with varying conditi...

It is challenging to track multiple facial features simultaneously in video while rich facial expressions are presented in a human face. To accurately predict the positions of multiple facial features’ contours is important and difficult. This paper proposes a multi-cue prediction model based tracking algorithm. In the prediction model, CAMSHIFT is used to track the face in video in advance, an...