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IMAGE AND VISION COMPUTING
Volume 24, Issue 6, Pages 605-614Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.imavis.2005.08.006
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We propose a novel approach for modeling, tracking, and recognizing facial expressions oil a low-dimensional expression manifold. A modified Lipschitz embedding is developed to embed aligned facial features in a low-dimensional space, while keeping the main structure of the manifold. In the embedded space, a complete expression sequence becomes a path on the expression manifold, emanating from a center that corresponds to the neutral expression. As an offline training stage. facial contour features are first clustered in this space. using a mixture model. For each cluster in the low-dimensional space, a specific ASM model is learned, in order to avoid incorrect matching due to non-linear image variations. A probabilistic model of transitions between the clusters and paths in the embedded space is then learned. Given a new expression sequence. we use ICondensation to track facial features, while recognizing facial expressions Simultaneously, within the common probabilistic framework. Experimental results demonstrate that our probabilistic facial expression model on the manifold significantly improves facial deformation tracking and expression recognition. We also synthesize image sequences of changing expressions through the manifold model. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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