Automatic frame fitting for semantic-based moving image coding using a facial code-book

An entirely new method of automatic wire-frame fitting for semantic-based moving image coding is proposed. The algorithm utilises a code-book of facial images. All elements of the facial data-base are pre-processed and manually fitted with the wire frame model. Both preprocessing and manual fitting are a part of the facial images data-base preparation. As such, they are not a part of on-line processing of an unknown image. Only the pre-processed images (monochrome bitmaps) are used in automatic frame fitting. This allows a reduced space requirement for storage of the reference data-base.