对表情鲁棒的面部轮廓线3维人脸识别

目的表情变化是3维人脸识别面临的主要问题。为克服表情影响,提出了一种基于面部轮廓线对表情鲁棒的3维人脸识别方法。方法首先,对人脸进行预处理,包括人脸区域切割、平滑处理和姿态归一化,将所有的人脸置于姿态坐标系下;然后,从3维人脸模型的半刚性区域提取人脸多条垂直方向的轮廓线来表征人脸面部曲面;最后,利用弹性曲线匹配算法计算不同3维人脸模型间对应的轮廓线在预形状空间(preshape space)中的测地距离,将其作为相似性度量,并且对所有轮廓线的相似度向量加权融合,得到总相似度用于分类。结果在FRGC v2.0数据库上进行识别实验,获得97.1%的Rank-1识别率。结论基于面部轮廓线的3维人脸识别方法,通过从人脸的半刚性区域提取多条面部轮廓线来表征人脸,在一定程度上削弱了表情的影响,同时还提高了人脸匹配速度。实验结果表明,该方法具有较强的识别性能,并且对表情变化具有较好的鲁棒性。     

基于局部特征的表情不变3维人脸识别算法

为了减少表情变化带来的影响,提出一种基于人脸几何特征和局部描述子的3维人脸识别算法.首先利用多尺度形状变化指数在3维人脸上检测出关键点.然后提出一种基于关键点的2步匹配算法,以提高识别算法的效率:第1步在关键点上提取3维法向量分布直方图描述子,将测试集人脸与库集人脸上的描述子进行匹配,除去匹配程度较低的一部分库集人脸,减少后续匹配的人脸数;第2步在关键点上提取协方差矩阵描述子,再将测试集人脸与剩余的库集人脸在给定的约束条件下进行协方差矩阵描述子匹配.最后用成功匹配的关键点个数衡量人脸的匹配程度,得到分类结果.在Bosphorus, FRGC v2.0和BU-3DFE数据库上进行实验的结果表明,文中算法取得了良好的识别效果,对3维人脸的表情变化有较好的鲁棒性,同时在识别速度上也优于已有的许多算法.     

基于运动传播和Isomap分析的三维人脸动画编辑与合成

提出一种三维人脸动画数据编辑与合成的有效方法,使用户可以在三维人脸模型上选定控制点,并在二维平面上指定表情动作的约束条件.根据人脸动画数据训练一个先验概率模型,将较少的用户约束传播到人脸网格的其他部分,从而生成完整生动的人脸表情;通过Isomap学习算法对三维人脸动画知识进行建模,并结合用户指定的关键帧拟合高维曲面上的平滑测地线,以自动合成新的人脸动画序列.实验结果表明,该方法可以直观地对人脸动画的生成进行交互式控制,并能生成较为逼真的表情动画.     

基于相关型图像传感器3维人脸成像的3维AAMs人脸识别方法的研究

主动外观模型是基于统计分析建立物体2维模型的有效方法,它融合了目标的形状和纹理信息。在基于相关型图像传感器3维人脸成像的基础上,提出了一种建立3维人脸模型的方法,该方法利用由相关型图像传感器得到的深度信息和与之对应的亮度信息将2维AAMs扩展为3维AAMs,融合人脸的形状,纹理和深度信息来构建3维人脸模型。人脸识别实验结果表明,该方法在不同人脸姿态,表情和光照条件下识别效果要优于Eigenface和2维AAMs。     

结合加权局部旋度模式的3维人脸表情识别

目的 3维人脸的表情信息不均匀地分布在五官及脸颊附近,对表情进行充分的描述和合理的权重分配是提升识别效果的重要途径。为提高3维人脸表情识别的准确率,提出了一种基于带权重局部旋度模式的3维人脸表情识别算法。方法 首先,为了提取具有较强表情分辨能力的特征,提出对3维人脸的旋度向量进行编码,获取局部旋度模式作为表情特征;然后,提出将ICNP（interactive closest normal points）算法与最小投影偏差算法结合,前者实现3维人脸子区域的不规则划分,划分得到的11个子区域保留了表情变化下面部五官和肌肉的完整性,后者根据各区域对表情识别的贡献大小为各区域的局部旋度模式特征分配权重;最后,带有权重的局部旋度模式特征被输入到分类器中实现表情识别。结果 基于BU-3DFE 3维人脸表情库对本文提出的局部旋度模式特征进行评估,结果表明其分辨能力较其他表情特征更强;基于BU-3DFE库进行表情识别实验,与其他3维人脸表情识别算法相比,本文算法取得了最高的平均识别率,达到89.67%,同时对易混淆的“悲伤”、“愤怒”和“厌恶”等表情的误判率也较低。结论 局部旋度模式特征对3维人脸的表情有较强的表征能力; ICNP算法与最小投影偏差算法的结合,能够实现区域的有效划分和权重的准确计算,有效提高特征对表情的识别能力。试验结果表明本文算法对3维人脸表情具有较高的识别率,并对易混淆的相似表情仍具有较好的识别效果。     

基于特征点表情变化的3维人脸识别

目的 为克服表情变化对3维人脸识别的影响,提出一种基于特征点提取局部区域特征的3维人脸识别方法。方法 首先,在深度图上应用2维图像的ASM(active shape model)算法粗略定位出人脸特征点,再根据Shape index特征在人脸点云上精确定位出特征点。其次,提取以鼻中为中心的一系列等测地轮廓线来表征人脸形状;然后,提取具有姿态不变性的Procrustean向量特征(距离和角度)作为识别特征;最后,对各条等测地轮廓线特征的分类结果进行了比较,并对分类结果进行决策级融合。结果 在FRGC V2.0人脸数据库分别进行特征点定位实验和识别实验,平均定位误差小于2.36 mm,Rank-1识别率为98.35%。结论 基于特征点的3维人脸识别方法,通过特征点在人脸近似刚性区域提取特征,有效避免了受表情影响较大的嘴部区域。实验证明该方法具有较高的识别精度,同时对姿态、表情变化具有一定的鲁棒性。     

结合曲面局部纹理特征的3维人脸识别

目的 人脸2维图像反映出来的纹理并非是3维人脸曲面真实的纹理,并且受光照和妆容的影响很大,因此探索3维局部纹理特征对于人脸识别任务有着重要的意义。为此详细分析了一种新颖的3维局部纹理特征mesh-LBP对于人脸纹理的描述能力。方法 首先,在特征提取和识别任务之前,进行一系列的预处理：人脸分割、离群点移除和孔洞填补;接着,在预处理后的人脸曲面上,提取原始mesh-LBP特征,以及基于阈值化策略的3种改进特征：mesh-tLBP、mesh-MBP和mesh-LTP;然后,对于上述提取的4种特征,采用不同的统计方法,包括整体直方图、局部分块直方图和整体编码图像,用做人脸纹理的特征描述。最后,针对CASIA3D数据集中不同表情和姿态变化的人脸,采用余弦相似度进行人脸的识别任务。结果 通过对比人脸曲面和普通物体曲面的纹理特征,发现人脸纹理完全不同于普通纹理,不规则并且难以描述;通过对比mesh-LBP两种变体,发现mesh-LBP（α₁）适用于姿态变化,而mesh-LBP（α₂）适用于表情变化;通过对比原始mesh-LBP及其3种改进,发现mesh-tLBP对于人脸不同表情变化下的识别准确率最高有0.5%的提升;通过对比3种不同的统计方法,发现采用整体编码图像进行统计的特征尽管弱于局部分块直方图,但相比整体直方图,识别率在不同表情变化下最高有46.8%的提升。结论 mesh-LBP特征是一种优良的3维局部纹理特征,未来将会在3维医学处理、3维地形起伏检测以及3维人脸识别中得到更多的应用。     

基于局部SVM分类器的表情识别方法

提出了一种新的视频人脸表情识别方法. 该方法将识别过程分成人脸表情特征提取和分类2个部分,首先采用基于点跟踪的活动形状模型(ASM)从视频人脸中提取人脸表情几何特征;然后,采用一种新的局部支撑向量机分类器对表情进行分类. 在Cohn2Kanade数据库上对KNN、SVM、KNN2SVM和LSVM 4种分类器的比较实验结果验证了所提出方法的有效性.     

基于人脸表情特征的情感交互系统*

设计了一套基于人脸表情特征的情感交互系统(情感虚拟人),关键技术分别为情感识别、情感计算、情感合成与输出三个方面。情感识别部分首先采用特征块的方法对面部静态表情图形进行预处理,然后利用二维主元分析(2DPCA)提取特征,最后利用多级量子神经网络分类器实现七类表情识别分类;在情感计算部分建立了隐马尔可夫情感模型(HMM),并且用改进的遗传算法估计模型中的参数;在情感合成与输出阶段,首先采用NURBS曲面和面片相结合的算法,建立人脸三维网格模型,然后采用关键帧技术,实现了符合人类行为规律的连续表情动画。最后完成了基于人脸表情特征的情感交互系统的设计。     

表情识别的图像预处理和特征提取方法研究

表情识别是基于视觉信息将脸部的运动或脸部特征的形变进行分类,包括三部分:脸部定位、脸部特征抽取和表情分类.本文首先使用肤色模型进行脸部定位;对提取出来的人脸进行预处理,然后通过Canny鼻子和人脸形状模型相结合的Canny-AAM方法进行特征点定位;最后利用曲线拟合的方法进行特征提取.基于上述算法建立表情识别平台,经过大样本对实时表情识别验证,结果表明对于不同光照下的实时表情识别具有鲁棒性.     

Matching 2.5D face scans to 3D models

The performance of face recognition systems that use two-dimensional images depends on factors such as lighting and subject's pose. We are developing a face recognition system that utilizes three-dimensional shape information to make the system more robust to arbitrary pose and lighting. For each subject, a 3D face model is constructed by integrating several 2.5D face scans which are captured from different views. 2.5D is a simplified 3D (x,y,z) surface representation that contains at most one depth value (z direction) for every point in the (x, y) plane. Two different modalities provided by the facial scan, namely, shape and texture, are utilized and integrated for face matching. The recognition engine consists of two components, surface matching and appearance-based matching. The surface matching component is based on a modified iterative closest point (ICP) algorithm. The candidate list from the gallery used for appearance matching is dynamically generated based on the output of the surface matching component, which reduces the complexity of the appearance-based matching stage. Three-dimensional models in the gallery are used to synthesize new appearance samples with pose and illumination variations and the synthesized face images are used in discriminant subspace analysis. The weighted sum rule is applied to combine the scores given by the two matching components. Experimental results are given for matching a database of 200 3D face models with 598 2.5D independent test scans acquired under different pose and some lighting and expression changes. These results show the feasibility of the proposed matching scheme.     

Multiple nose region matching for 3D face recognition under varying facial expression

An algorithm is proposed for 3D face recognition in the presence of varied facial expressions. It is based on combining the match scores from matching multiple overlapping regions around the nose. Experimental results are presented using the largest database employed to date in 3D face recognition studies, over 4,000 scans of 449 subjects. Results show substantial improvement over matching the shape of a single larger frontal face region. This is the first approach to use multiple overlapping regions around the nose to handle the problem of expression variation.     

Automatic 3D face recognition from depth and intensity Gabor features

As is well known, traditional 2D face recognition based on optical (intensity or color) images faces many challenges, such as illumination, expression, and pose variation. In fact, the human face generates not only 2D texture information but also 3D shape information. In this paper, we investigate what contributions depth and intensity information makes to face recognition when expression and pose variations are taken into account, and we propose a novel system for combining depth and intensity information to improve face recognition systems. In our system, local features described by Gabor wavelets are extracted from depth and intensity images, which are obtained from 3D data after fine alignment. Then a novel hierarchical selecting scheme embedded in linear discriminant analysis (LDA) and AdaBoost learning is proposed to select the most effective and most robust features and to construct a strong classifier. Experiments are performed on the CASIA 3D face database and the FRGC V2.0 database, two data sets with complex variations, including expressions, poses and long time lapses between two scans. Experimental results demonstrate the promising performance of the proposed method. In our system, all processes are performed automatically, thus providing a prototype of automatic face recognition combining depth and intensity information.     

基于脊谷特征提取的三维人脸识别

针对三维人脸数据庞大及识别效率低的问题,提出采用提取脊点及谷点表征人脸。脊点和谷点作为曲面局部区域内主曲率沿主方向变化的极值点,能够很好地表征三维人脸特征。对三维人脸提取脊点模型和谷点模型,通过对它们栅格化后生成对应的空间分布密度直方图实现人脸粗匹配,采用计算LTS-Hausdorff距离实现人脸的精确匹配。在GavabDB三维人脸库的实验结果表明,该方法具有较高的识别率。     

结合径向线的局部遮挡下的3维人脸识别

目的 3维人脸点云的局部遮挡是影响3维人脸识别精度的一个重要因素。为克服局部遮挡对3维人脸识别的影响,提出一种基于径向线和局部特征的3维人脸识别方法。方法 首先为了充分利用径向线的邻域信息,提出用一组局部特征来表示径向线;其次对于点云稀疏引起的采样点不均匀,提出将部分相邻局部区域合并以减小采样不均匀的影响;然后,利用径向线的邻域信息构造代价函数,进而构造相应径向线间的相似向量。最后,利用相似向量来进行径向线匹配,从而完成3维人脸识别。结果 在FRGC v2.0数据库上进行不同局部特征识别率的测试实验,选取的局部特征Rank-1识别率达到了95.2%,高于其他局部特征的识别率;在Bosphorus数据库上进行不同算法局部遮挡下的人脸识别实验,Rank-1识别率达到了最高的92.0%;进一步在Bosphorus数据库上进行不同算法的时间复杂度对比实验,耗费时间最短,为8.17 s。该算法在准确率和耗时方面均取得了最好的效果。结论 基于径向线和局部特征的3维人脸方法能有效提取径向线周围的局部信息;局部特征的代价函数生成的相似向量有效减小了局部遮挡带来的影响。实验结果表明本文算法具有较高的精度和较短的耗时,同时对人脸的局部遮挡具有一定的鲁棒性。该算法适用于局部遮挡下的3维人脸识别,但是对于鼻尖部分被遮挡的人脸,无法进行识别。     

Pose-invariant face recognition using a 3D deformable model

The paper proposes a novel, pose-invariant face recognition system based on a deformable, generic 3D face model, that is a composite of: (1) an edge model, (2) a color region model and (3) a wireframe model for jointly describing the shape and important features of the face. The first two submodels are used for image analysis and the third mainly for face synthesis. In order to match the model to face images in arbitrary poses, the 3D model can be projected onto different 2D viewplanes based on rotation, translation and scale parameters, thereby generating multiple face-image templates (in different sizes and orientations). Face shape variations among people are taken into account by the deformation parameters of the model. Given an unknown face, its pose is estimated by model matching and the system synthesizes face images of known subjects in the same pose. The face is then classified as the subject whose synthesized image is most similar. The synthesized images are generated using a 3D face representation scheme which encodes the 3D shape and texture characteristics of the faces. This face representation is automatically derived from training face images of the subject. Experimental results show that the method is capable of determining pose and recognizing faces accurately over a wide range of poses and with naturally varying lighting conditions. Recognition rates of 92.3% have been achieved by the method with 10 training face images per person.     

基于双目被动立体视觉的三维人脸重构与识别

提出一种基于双目被动视觉的三维人脸识别方法, 该方法采用非接触式的人脸信息采集技术, 利用图像中弱特征检测方法实现双目视觉中的人脸检测与初步视差估计, 运用基于复小波的相位相关技术对人脸表面进行亚像素级小区域匹配, 重建人脸三维点云信息. 通过可调训练次数的神经网络技术实现多层次人脸曲面重建, 并结合人脸2D图像对重构曲面进行仿射归一, 继而迭代地进行特征提取与识别过程. 实验结果表明, 双目视觉方法使人脸信息采集过程友好隐蔽; 在对应点匹配中, 运用复小波的相位相关算法可获得密集的亚像素精度配准点对, 用神经网络方法可正确重建人脸曲面. 识别过程对环境以及人脸位姿表情等鲁棒性强. 该系统成本十分低廉, 适合在许多领域推广应用.     

Deformation modeling for robust 3D face matching

Face recognition based on 3D surface matching is promising for overcoming some of the limitations of current 2D image-based face recognition systems. The 3D shape is generally invariant to the pose and lighting changes, but not invariant to the non-rigid facial movement, such as expressions. Collecting and storing multiple templates to account for various expressions for each subject in a large database is not practical. We propose a facial surface modeling and matching scheme to match 2.5D facial scans in the presence of both non-rigid deformations and pose changes (multiview) to a 3D face template. A hierarchical geodesic-based resampling approach is applied to extract landmarks for modeling facial surface deformations. We are able to synthesize the deformation learned from a small group of subjects (control group) onto a 3D neutral model (not in the control group), resulting in a deformed template. A user-specific (3D) deformable model is built by combining the templates with synthesized deformations. The matching distance is computed by fitting this generative deformable model to a test scan. A fully automatic and prototypic 3D face matching system has been developed. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed deformation modeling scheme increases the 3D face matching accuracy.     

基于实拍图像的人脸真实感重建

给出了基于实拍人脸图像的三维逼真人脸模型的重建算法,该算法首先在两幅人脸图像上交互标识特征点对和输入摄像机的广角参数来实现摄像机定标,进而匹配出两幅人脸图像上的其它对应点,实现模型的三维重建,作者用半自动垭达到匹配目的。用手工编辑建立的二维对应网格,得到初始人脸外开和鲁棒的最大拟然立体虎法自动匹配出稠密的对应点,重建出表示人脸的散乱三维数据点团;最后利用这些稠密的三维数据点去迭代矫正和自适应细分手