Adapted Active Appearance Models

<p/> <p>Active Appearance Models (AAMs) are able to align efficiently known faces under duress, when face pose and illumination are controlled. We propose Adapted Active Appearance Models to align unknown faces in unknown poses and illuminations. Our proposal is based on the one hand on...

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Main Authors: Le Gallou Sylvain, Breton Gaspard, Garcia Christophe, S&#233;guier Renaud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2009-01-01
Series:EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing
Online Access:http://jivp.eurasipjournals.com/content/2009/945717
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Summary:<p/> <p>Active Appearance Models (AAMs) are able to align efficiently known faces under duress, when face pose and illumination are controlled. We propose Adapted Active Appearance Models to align unknown faces in unknown poses and illuminations. Our proposal is based on the one hand on a specific transformation of the active model texture in an oriented map, which changes the AAM normalization process; on the other hand on the research made in a set of different precomputed models related to the most adapted AAM for an unknown face. Tests on public and private databases show the interest of our approach. It becomes possible to align unknown faces in real-time situations, in which light and pose are not controlled.</p>
ISSN:1687-5176
1687-5281