A New Method for Eye Detection in Color Images

The problem of eye detection in face images is very important for a largenumber of applications ranging from face recognition to gaze tracking. In this paperwe propose a new algorithm for eyes detection. First, the face region is extractedfrom the image by skin-color information. Second, horizontal projection in image isused to approximate region of the eye be obtained . At last, the eye center is locatedby a corner detection algorithm. Part of the FACE94 Database has been used forexperiments and benchmarking. Experimental results show that a correct eyedetection rate of 94% can be achieved on 300 FACE94 images with different facialexpressions and lighting conditions.

Keywords:

Eye detection , face region , Eigen value