Facial Age Simulation using Age-specific 3D Models and Recursive PCA

Anastasios Maronidis, Andreas Lanitis

2013

Abstract

Facial age simulation is a topic that has been gaining increasing interest in computer vision. In this paper, a novel age simulation method that utilizes age-specific shape and texture models is proposed. During the process of generating age-specific shape models, 3D face measurements acquired from real human faces are used in order to tune a generic 3D face shape model to represent face shapes belonging to certain age groups. A number of diagnostic studies have been conducted in order to validate the compatibility of the tuned shape models with the corresponding age groups. The shape age-simulation process utilizes age-specific shape models that incorporate age-related constraints during a 3D shape reconstruction phase. Age simulation is completed by predicting the texture at the target age based on a recursive PCA method that aims to superimpose age-related texture modifications in a way that preserves identity-related characteristics of the subject in the source image. Preliminary results indicate the potential of the proposed method.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Maronidis A. and Lanitis A. (2013). Facial Age Simulation using Age-specific 3D Models and Recursive PCA . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2013) ISBN 978-989-8565-47-1, pages 663-668. DOI: 10.5220/0004290606630668

in Bibtex Style

@conference{visapp13,
author={Anastasios Maronidis and Andreas Lanitis},
title={Facial Age Simulation using Age-specific 3D Models and Recursive PCA},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2013)},
year={2013},
pages={663-668},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004290606630668},
isbn={978-989-8565-47-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2013)
TI - Facial Age Simulation using Age-specific 3D Models and Recursive PCA
SN - 978-989-8565-47-1
AU - Maronidis A.
AU - Lanitis A.
PY - 2013
SP - 663
EP - 668
DO - 10.5220/0004290606630668