@inproceedings{b6a3c8f205104f52a8168eba553b8c7c,
title = "Face detection in intelligent ambiences with colored illumination",
abstract = "Human face detection is an essential step in the creation of intelligent lighting ambiences, but the constantly changing multi-color illumination makes reliable face detection more challenging. Therefore, we introduce a new face detection and localization algorithm, which retains a high performance under various indoor illumination conditions. The method is based on the creation of a robust skin mask, using general color constancy techniques, and the application of the Viola-Jones face detector on the candidate face areas. Extensive experiments, using a challenging state-of-the-art database and a new one with a wider variation in colored illumination and cluttered background, show a significantly better performance for the newly proposed algorithm than for the most widely used face detection algorithms.",
author = "C. Katsimerou and J.A. Redi and I.E.J. Heynderickx",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-00566-9_25",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-319-00566-9",
series = "Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing",
pages = "195--204",
editor = "{Berlo, van}, A. and K. Hallenborg and {Corchado Rodriguez}, J.M. and D.I. Tapia and P. Novais",
booktitle = "Ambient Intelligence : Software and Applications : 4th International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence (ISAml 2013)",
}