Feature-based detection of facial landmarks from neutral and expressive facial images

Author

Gizatdinova, Yulia ; Surakka, Veikko

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Tampere Univ., Finland

Volume

28

Issue

1

fYear

2006

Firstpage

135

Lastpage

139

Abstract

Feature-based method for detecting landmarks from facial images was designed. The method was based on extracting oriented edges and constructing edge maps at two resolution levels. Edge regions with characteristic edge pattern formed landmark candidates. The method ensured invariance to expressions while detecting eyes. Nose and mouth detection was deteriorated by happiness and disgust.

Keywords

edge detection; face recognition; feature extraction; characteristic edge pattern formed landmark candidates; edge detection; edge map construction; expressive facial images; facial landmarks; feature-based detection; neutral facial images; Computer vision; Face detection; Face recognition; Facial features; Image databases; Image edge detection; Image segmentation; Mouth; Nose; Testing; Index Terms- Computing methodologies; edge and feature detection.; image processing and computer vision; segmentation; Algorithms; Artificial Intelligence; Biometry; Face; Facial Expression; Humans; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Pattern Recognition, Automated; Photography; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Subtraction Technique;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0162-8828

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPAMI.2006.10

Filename

1542037