Real-Time Face Detection and Human Tracking System on FPGA Cyclone-V

  • Huu Luong Nguyen University of Information Technology and Vietnam National University at Ho Chi Minh City
  • Minh Son Nguyen University of Information Technology and Vietnam National University at Ho Chi Minh City
  • Tri Nhut Do University of Information Technology and Vietnam National University at Ho Chi Minh City

Abstract

Face detection in image sequence (real-time video stream) has been an active research area in the computer vision field in recent years due to its potential applications such as surveillance cameras, human computer interfaces, smart rooms, intelligent robots and biomedical image analysis. Face detection is a process that determines whether an image has a face or not. In this paper, an embedded system for detecting and tracking human faces in real-time video stream implemented on FPGA DE10-Nano is proposed. The system can be divided into two parts: data streaming, data processing. Experimental results show that the system is capable of accurately detecting faces of up to 5 different people at a distance of up to 1.5 meters from the camera, coexisting in the same frame in resolution of 320 × 240 pixels with a detection speed of only several hundred milliseconds prove the feasibility of the system. A comparison with similar existing projects will be discussed for evaluation and conclusion as well.

Author Biographies

Huu Luong Nguyen, University of Information Technology and Vietnam National University at Ho Chi Minh City
Huu-Luong Nguyen received engineer from Hanoi University of Science and Technology, VietNam in 1985 and received Ph.D degree in Computer Modeling for Structural metal processes at The St. Petersburg Polytechnic University in 1993. In currently, Dr. NGUYEN is an Lecturers and Reaseacher of Faculty of Computer Engineering at University of Information Technology – VietNam National University at HCMCity. His research is focussed on fields of Image analysis, AI for IoT.
Minh Son Nguyen, University of Information Technology and Vietnam National University at Ho Chi Minh City
Minh-Son NGUYEN received B.Engr. and M.Engr. in Computer Engineering from HCMCity University of Technology, VietNam in 2001 and 2005 respectively and received Ph.D degree in Electrical Engineering at The University of Ulsan, Korea in 2010. In currently, Dr. NGUYEN is Dean of Faculty of Computer Engineering at University of Information Technology – VietNam National University at HCMCity. Dr. NGUYEN is also Director of Automotive R&D LAB of UIT and Member of Commitee of Science and Technology of SaiGon High-Tech Park. His research is focussed on fields of Wireless Embedded Internet, AI for IoT, Smart System and System-on-Chip Design.
Tri Nhut Do, University of Information Technology and Vietnam National University at Ho Chi Minh City
Tri-Nhut Do received the B.Eng. degree in electrical electronics engineering and the M.Eng. degree in technology cybernetics engineering from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam, in 2002 and 2005, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Ulsan, South Korea, in 2012. From 2013 to 2014, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow under the supervision of Prof. R. Phan with the Security Laboratory, Multimedia University, Malaysia. From 2015 to 2017, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow under the supervision of Prof. U-X. Tan and Prof. C. Yuen with the Robotics Innovation Laboratory,  Pillar of Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore. From 2018 to 2020, he was a lecturer with the Faculty of Technology and Engineering, Thu Dau Mot University, Thu Dau Mot City Vietnam. Since 2021, he has been a lecturer with the Faculty of Computer Engineering, University of Information Technology, HCMC Vietnam. His research interests include indoor localization, human daily activities tracking, robotics, sensor fusion, and human emotion recognition for security. He is a recipient of the Outstanding Paper Award from ICCAS-SICE 2009.
Published
2022-05-16
Section
Regular articles