Adaptive Haar-like classifier for eye status detection under non-ideal lighting conditions


by Rezaei, M and Klette, R
Abstract:
The paper introduces a novel methodology to enhance the accuracy, performance and effectiveness of Haar-like classifiers, especially for complicated lighting conditions. Performing a statistical intensity analysis on input image sequences, the technique provides a very fast and robust eye-status detection via a low-resolution VGA camera, without application of any infrared illumination or image enhancement. We report about a test for driver monitoring under real-world conditions also featuring challenging lighting conditions such as ‘very bright’ at daytime or ‘very dark’ or ‘artificial lighting’ at night. An adaptive Haar classifier adjusts the detection parameters according to dynamic level-based intensity measurements in given regions of interest. Experimental results and performance evaluation on various datasets show a higher detection rate compared to standard Viola-Jones classifiers. © 2012 ACM.
Reference:
Adaptive Haar-like classifier for eye status detection under non-ideal lighting conditions (Rezaei, M and Klette, R), In ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 2012.
Bibtex Entry:
@inproceedings{rezaei2012adaptiveconditions,
author = "Rezaei, M and Klette, R",
booktitle = "ACM International Conference Proceeding Series",
pages = "521--526",
title = "Adaptive Haar-like classifier for eye status detection under non-ideal lighting conditions",
year = "2012",
abstract = "The paper introduces a novel methodology to enhance the accuracy, performance and effectiveness of Haar-like classifiers, especially for complicated lighting conditions. Performing a statistical intensity analysis on input image sequences, the technique provides a very fast and robust eye-status detection via a low-resolution VGA camera, without application of any infrared illumination or image enhancement. We report about a test for driver monitoring under real-world conditions also featuring challenging lighting conditions such as 'very bright' at daytime or 'very dark' or 'artificial lighting' at night. An adaptive Haar classifier adjusts the detection parameters according to dynamic level-based intensity measurements in given regions of interest. Experimental results and performance evaluation on various datasets show a higher detection rate compared to standard Viola-Jones classifiers. © 2012 ACM.",
doi = "10.1145/2425836.2425934",
isbn = "9781450314732",
keyword = "adaptive Haar-like classifier",
keyword = "challenging lighting conditions",
keyword = "eye detection",
keyword = "face and eye monitoring",
language = "eng",
}