Journal of Applied Science and Engineering

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Hsin-Hung Chiang1, Wei-Ming Chen This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.2, Chiou-Shan Chou2 and Han-Chieh Chao1,2

1Department of Electrical Engineering, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan 974, R.O.C.
2Institute of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Ilan University, Yilan, Taiwan 260, R.O.C.


 

Received: February 16, 2013
Accepted: June 28, 2013
Publication Date: September 1, 2013

Download Citation: ||https://doi.org/10.6180/jase.2013.16.3.03  


ABSTRACT


This paper will discuss how to track the faces of patients who only lie in bed with real-time manner. We propose a real-time mechanism to extract and track patients’ facial features effectively. When camera facing the patient’s face, we will use our DRK (Dynamic Radial Kernel) mechanism to record and match facial features. Then we will collect the information of the patient’s face. It could be provided to doctors for diagnostic aiding. For patients, this mechanism can bring a track record as well as warning function. We hope that this mechanism can provide valuable features of the health-care application.


Keywords: Face Tracking, Feature Extracting, Feature Matching, Health Care


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