INNER LIP SEGMENTATION BY COMBINING ACTIVE CONTOURS AND PARAMETRIC MODELS

Sebastien Stillittano, Alice Caplier

2008

Abstract

Lip reading applications require accurate information about lip movement and shape, and both outer and inner contours are useful. In this paper, we introduce a new method for inner lip segmentation. From the outer lip contour given by a preexisting algorithm, we use some key points to initialize an active contour called “jumping snake”. According to some optimal information of luminance and chrominance gradient, this active contour fits the position of two parametric models; a first one composed of two cubic curves and a broken line in case of a closed mouth, and a second one composed of four cubic curves in case of an open mouth. These parametric models give a flexible and accurate final inner lip contour. Finally, we present several experimental results demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

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in Harvard Style

Stillittano S. and Caplier A. (2008). INNER LIP SEGMENTATION BY COMBINING ACTIVE CONTOURS AND PARAMETRIC MODELS . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2008) ISBN 978-989-8111-21-0, pages 297-304. DOI: 10.5220/0001077402970304

in Bibtex Style

@conference{visapp08,
author={Sebastien Stillittano and Alice Caplier},
title={INNER LIP SEGMENTATION BY COMBINING ACTIVE CONTOURS AND PARAMETRIC MODELS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2008)},
year={2008},
pages={297-304},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001077402970304},
isbn={978-989-8111-21-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2008)
TI - INNER LIP SEGMENTATION BY COMBINING ACTIVE CONTOURS AND PARAMETRIC MODELS
SN - 978-989-8111-21-0
AU - Stillittano S.
AU - Caplier A.
PY - 2008
SP - 297
EP - 304
DO - 10.5220/0001077402970304