Human head pose estimation based on HF method

Abstract

This Paper addresses the problem of head pose estimation . Driving assistance technology utilizes head pose estimation as an indicator for visual focus and mental attention of the driver. Head pose estimation detects head orientation with respect to the camera. Model based and appearance-based methods are the two approaches in head pose estimation. The first approach uses the facial features to create a face geometrical models whereas the second method only takes into consideration the entire face image. The proposed appearance-based method work is performed using Hough transform and random forest to classify ninety-three classes of Hough values in order to find the exact head pose. The performance of the proposed work is evaluated based on accuracy and the time taken to detect the head pose. The paper outperforms many other previous works.