Fast and robust face detection and tracking framework

Face detection and tracking framework is described in the paper. Face detection is based on combined cascade of neural network-classifiers. Tracking is performed using Kalman filter. The framework was experimentally researched on a test video sequence and adjusted to obtain high processing speed.

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