a new method for eye detection in color images

the problem of eye detection in face images is very important for a large number of applications ranging from face recognition to gaze tracking. in this paper we propose a new algorithm for eyes detection. first, the face region is extracted from the image by skin-color information. second, horizontal projection in image is used to approximate region of the eye be obtained . at last, the eye center is located by a corner detection algorithm. part of the face94 database has been used for experiments and benchmarking. experimental results show that a correct eye detection rate of 94% can be achieved on 300 face94 images with different facial expressions and lighting conditions.