Face tracking in meeting room scenarios using omnidirectional views

Frank Wallhoff, Martin Zobl, Gerhard Rigoll, Igor Potucek

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Abstract

The robust localization and tracking of faces in video streams is a fundamental concern for many subsequent multi-modal recognition approaches. Especially in meeting scenarios several independent processing queues often exist that use the position and gaze of faces, such as group action- and face recognizers. The costs for multiple camera recordings of meeting scenarios are obviously higher compared to those of a single omnidirectional camera setup. Therefore it would be desirable to use these easier to acquire omnidirectional recordings. The present work presents an implementation of a robust particle filter based face-tracker using omnidirectional views. It is shown how omnidirectional images have to be unwarped before they can be processed by localization and tracking systems being invented for undistorted material. The performance of the system is evaluated on a part of the PETS-ICVS 2003 Smart Meeting Room dataset.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 17th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, ICPR 2004
EditorsJ. Kittler, M. Petrou, M. Nixon
Pages933-936
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2004
EventProceedings of the 17th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, ICPR 2004 - Cambridge, United Kingdom
Duration: 23 Aug 200426 Aug 2004

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Pattern Recognition
Volume4
ISSN (Print)1051-4651

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the 17th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, ICPR 2004
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityCambridge
Period23/08/0426/08/04

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