Enhanced 3D Face Processing using an Active Vision System

Morten Lidegaard, Rasmus F. Larsen, Dirk Kraft, Jeppe B. Jessen, Richard Beck, Thiusius R. Savarimuthu, Claus Gramkow, Ole K. Neckelmann, Jonas Haustad, Norbert Krüger

2014

Abstract

We present an active face processing system based on 3D shape information extracted by means of stereo information. We use two sets of stereo cameras with different field of views (FOV): One with a wide FOV is used for face tracking, while the other with a narrow FOV is used for face identification. We argue for two advantages of such a system: First, an extended work range, and second, the possibility to place the narrow FOV camera in a way such that a much better reconstruction quality can be achieved compared to a static camera even if the face had been fully visible in the periphery of the narrow FOV camera. We substantiate these two observations by qualitative results on face reconstruction and quantitative results on face recognition. As a consequence, such a set-up allows to achieve better and much more flexible system for 3D face reconstruction e.g. for recognition or emotion estimation based on the characteristics of a given face.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Lidegaard M., Larsen R., Kraft D., Jessen J., Beck R., Savarimuthu T., Gramkow C., Neckelmann O., Haustad J. and Krüger N. (2014). Enhanced 3D Face Processing using an Active Vision System . In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 3: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2014) ISBN 978-989-758-009-3, pages 466-473. DOI: 10.5220/0004667904660473

in Bibtex Style

@conference{visapp14,
author={Morten Lidegaard and Rasmus F. Larsen and Dirk Kraft and Jeppe B. Jessen and Richard Beck and Thiusius R. Savarimuthu and Claus Gramkow and Ole K. Neckelmann and Jonas Haustad and Norbert Krüger},
title={Enhanced 3D Face Processing using an Active Vision System},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 3: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={466-473},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004667904660473},
isbn={978-989-758-009-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 3: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2014)
TI - Enhanced 3D Face Processing using an Active Vision System
SN - 978-989-758-009-3
AU - Lidegaard M.
AU - Larsen R.
AU - Kraft D.
AU - Jessen J.
AU - Beck R.
AU - Savarimuthu T.
AU - Gramkow C.
AU - Neckelmann O.
AU - Haustad J.
AU - Krüger N.
PY - 2014
SP - 466
EP - 473
DO - 10.5220/0004667904660473