Face detection using Viola and Jones method and neural networks

Human face detection and recognition is a hot topic and an active area of research. It is common in several fields such as image processing and computer vision. It is the primary and the first step in wide range of applications such as face recognition, personal identification, identity verification, facial expression extraction, and gender classification [1]. In this paper, a multi stage model for face detection is integrated based on Viola and Jones algorithm, Gabor Filters, Principal Component Analysis, and Artificial Neural Networks (ANN). This model was trained and tested using CMU (Carnegie Mellon University) data set [2]. The model showed an enhanced performance in terms of face detection rate.