Human Head Pose Estimation by Facial Features Location

TL;DR

This paper presents a robust method for estimating human head pose from color images by detecting facial features and head silhouette, effective under various lighting conditions and backgrounds.

Contribution

The novel approach combines silhouette and facial feature detection to accurately estimate head pose in diverse imaging conditions.

Findings

Effective in color and gray-level images

Works with quasi-frontal head views

Robust under variable lighting

Abstract

We describe a method for estimating human head pose in a color image that contains enough of information to locate the head silhouette and detect non-trivial color edges of individual facial features. The method works by spotting the human head on an arbitrary background, extracting the head outline, and locating facial features necessary to describe the head orientation in the 3D space. It is robust enough to work with both color and gray-level images featuring quasi-frontal views of a human head under variable lighting conditions.