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RBF Network Methods for Face Detection and Attentional Frames

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In this paper we introduce a set of adaptive vision techniques which could be used, for example, in video-conferencing applications. First, we present methods for finding faces and selecting attentional frames to focus visual processing. Second, we present methods for recognising individual gesture phases for camera control. Finally, we discuss how these techniques can be extended to ‘virtual groups’ of multiple people interacting at multiple sites.

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Howell, A.J., Buxton, H. RBF Network Methods for Face Detection and Attentional Frames. Neural Processing Letters 15, 197–211 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015743231018

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