Title :
A robust algorithm for 3D head pose estimation
Author :
Chen, Qian ; Wu, Haiyuan ; Shioyama, Tadayosi ; Shimada, Tetsuo ; Chihara, Kunihiro
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Syst. Eng., Wakayama Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Presents a method to estimate the 3D pose of a human head in an image. To increase the stableness of the pose estimation, we use continuous representations instead of binary images to describe the skin/hair regions in an image. We use them to calculate the geometrical properties such as area, center, and the axis of least inertia of the skin, the hair, and the head regions. Then we use them to estimate the 3D pose of the head
Keywords :
computer graphics; feature extraction; geometry; gesture recognition; image motion analysis; image texture; 3D head pose estimation; continuous representations; geometrical properties; hair; robust algorithm; skin; Cities and towns; Equations; Face recognition; Facial features; Hair; Head; Humans; Robustness; Skin; Systems engineering and theory;
Conference_Titel :
Pattern Recognition, 1998. Proceedings. Fourteenth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brisbane, Qld.
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8512-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICPR.1998.711953
