Automatic hair detection in the wild

Pauline Julian, Christophe Dehais, Francois Bernard Lauze, Vincent Charvillat, Adrien Bartoli, Ariel Choukroun

24 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

This paper presents an algorithm for segmenting the hair region in uncontrolled, real life conditions images. Our method is based on a simple statistical hair shape model representing the upper hair part. We detect this region by minimizing an energy which uses active shape and active contour. The upper hair region then allows us to learn the hair appearance parameters (color and texture) for the image considered. Finally, those parameters drive a pixel-wise segmentation technique that yields the desired (complete) hair region. We demonstrate the applicability of our method on several real images.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2010 20th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR)
Number of pages4
PublisherIEEE
Publication date2010
Pages4617-4620
ISBN (Print)978-1-4244-7542-1
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-4244-7541-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Event20th International Conference on Pattern Recognition - Istanbul, Turkey
Duration: 23 Aug 201026 Aug 2010

Conference

Conference20th International Conference on Pattern Recognition
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityIstanbul
Period23/08/201026/08/2010

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