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3-D Face Detection, Landmark Localization, and Registration Using a Point Distribution Model

Nair, P., Cavallaro, A.·2009·IEEE Transactions on Multimedia

Abstract

We present an accurate and robust framework for detecting and segmenting faces, localizing landmarks, and achieving fine registration of face meshes based on the fitting of a facial model. This model is based on a 3-D Point Distribution Model (PDM) that is fitted without relying on texture, pose, or orientation information. Fitting is initialized using candidate locations on the mesh, which are extracted from low-level curvature-based feature maps. Face detection is performed by classifying the transformations between model points and candidate vertices based on the upper-bound of the deviation of the parameters from the mean model. Landmark localization is performed on the segmented face by finding the transformation that minimizes the deviation of the model from the mean shape. Face registration is obtained using prior anthropometric knowledge and the localized landmarks. The performance of face detection is evaluated on a database of faces and non-face objects where we achieve an accuracy of 99.6%. We also demonstrate face detection and segmentation on objects with different scale and pose. The robustness of landmark localization is evaluated with noisy data and by varying the number of shapes and model points used in the model learning phase. Finally, face registration is compared with the traditional Iterative Closest Point (ICP) method and evaluated through a face retrieval and recognition framework on the GavabDB dataset, where we achieve a recognition rate of 87.4% and a retrieval rate of 83.9%.

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Authors
Nair, P., & Cavallaro, A.
Affiliations
University of London (GB)
Venue
IEEE Transactions on Multimedia
Published
2009-06
Volume
11
Issue
4
Pages
611-623
ISSN
  • 1520-9210 (ISSN-L)
  • 1941-0077
OpenAlex
W2128258626
Cited by
135
References
46
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FWCI
9.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Research Foundation for the State University of New York
  • Binghamton University
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Face recognition and analysis
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Face and Expression Recognition
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
Keywords
face segmentation, facial landmark detection, point distribution model, facial shape modeling, face recognition, face retrieval

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