org.openimaj.image.processing.face.tracking

Interface FaceTracker<I extends Image<?,I>>

Type Parameters:

I - The type of image on which the face tracker will operate

All Known Implementing Classes:

KLTHaarFaceTracker

public interface FaceTracker<I extends Image<?,I>>

An interface for classes that are able to track faces within images.

Author:

David Dupplaw (dpd@ecs.soton.ac.uk)

Created:

13 Oct 2011

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<DetectedFace>	trackFace(I img) Given the image, can a face be tracked on the image.

Method Detail

trackFace

List<DetectedFace> trackFace(I img)

Given the image, can a face be tracked on the image. The implementation must deal with finding the face in the first place, if this is the first frame it's seen, and it must deal with storage of state as the tracking takes place.

Parameters:

img - The image to track a face in

Returns:

A list of detected/tracked faces which could be empty if no faces are found in the image.