Self-organized integration of adaptive visual cues for face tracking

Abstract

A mechanism for the self-organized integration of different adaptive cues is proposed. In democratic integration the cues agree on a result and each cue adapts towards the result agreed upon. A technical formulation of this scheme is employed in a face tracking system. The self-organized adaptivity lends itself to suppression and recalibration of discordant cues. Experiments show that the system is robust to sudden changes in the environment as long as the changes disrupt only a minority of cues at the same time, although all cues may be affected in the long run.