Technology | 2015.12.11
Human Skin Detection Technology for Improved Security, Search and Rescue
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Color-image based systems are excellent at locating people in aerial search and rescue operations, but fall short when it comes to discerning between actual human skin and objects with similar hues. To remedy this, researchers at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) have developed a novel two-dimensional feature space which uses the spectral absorption characteristics of melanin, hemoglobin and water to better characterize human skin. Spectral imaging system
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