Three-Dimensional Face Recognition in the Presence of Facial Expressions: An Annotated Deformable Model Approach

Author

Kakadiaris, Ioannis A. ; Passalis, Georgios ; Toderici, George ; Murtuza, Mohammed N. ; Lu, Yunliang ; Karampatziakis, Nikos ; Theoharis, Theoharis

Author_Institution

Comput. Biomed. Lab, Houston Univ., TX

Volume

29

Issue

4

fYear

2007

fDate

4/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

640

Lastpage

649

Abstract

In this paper, we present the computational tools and a hardware prototype for 3D face recognition. Full automation is provided through the use of advanced multistage alignment algorithms, resilience to facial expressions by employing a deformable model framework, and invariance to 3D capture devices through suitable preprocessing steps. In addition, scalability in both time and space is achieved by converting 3D facial scans into compact metadata. We present our results on the largest known, and now publicly available, face recognition grand challenge 3D facial database consisting of several thousand scans. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest performance reported on the FRGC v2 database for the 3D modality

Keywords

emotion recognition; face recognition; meta data; 3D capture devices; 3D facial scans; 3D modality; FRGC v2 database; advanced multistage alignment algorithms; annotated deformable model approach; compact metadata; computational tools; face recognition grand challenge 3D facial database; facial expressions; hardware prototype; three-dimensional face recognition; Automation; Computer science; Databases; Deformable models; Face recognition; Hardware; Information retrieval; Prototypes; Resilience; Scalability; Face and gesture recognition; information search and retrieval.; Algorithms; Artificial Intelligence; Biometry; Computer Simulation; Face; Facial Expression; Humans; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Models, Biological; Pattern Recognition, Automated; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0162-8828

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPAMI.2007.1017

Filename

4107568