A model-based approach for human head-and-shoulder segmentation

Object boundary extraction has long been a fundamental research topic, as well as an essential component in many visual computing and communication algorithms, such as computer vision, robotics, pattern recognition and video compression. Under this topic, human head-and-shoulder segmentation is of particular meaning, given the ubiquity of head-and-shoulder type of videos in social media, teleconferencing, and entertainment. Although human …