Pixel-Based Skin Color Classifier: A Review

Vision based computer interface systems provides an easy way for human to communicate with computer or machine. At an early stage of development of these system i.e. detection and tracking of objects, some parameter or feature of human body are utilized for this purpose. Skin color has proven to be the most useful and robust parameter for detection and tracking of objects in real time. Skin color detection is basically divided into two class pixel based and region based. This paper presents an overview of pixel based skin color classifier proposed by various authors with their advantages and disadvantages. The performance assessment of these methods given by various authors is also discussed here.

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