Feature extraction using marker based watershed segmentation on the human face
S. S. Shylaja, K. N. Balasubramanya Murthy, Senthil Kumaran Vijayalakshmi Natarajan, A. Sai Prasad, Atul Modi, Sanjay Harlalka · 2012
In this paper, we propose to segment the human face using marker based watershed segmentation, an improved version of watershed segmentation. This algorithm uses the concept of markers as a pre requisite to determine the segments. The proposed method extracts facial features, most importantly the eyes and the lips. The successful feature extraction of the human face can contribute in a significant way to a face recognition algorithm based on the extracted features. The algorithm has been tested on colored face images of various races, obtained from standard databases and produced positive results.