THE SPIRAL FACETS - A Unified Framework for the Analysis and Description of 3D Facial Mesh Surfaces

Naoufel Werghi, Harish Bhaskar, Youssef Meguebli, Haykel Boukadida

2011

Abstract

In this paper, we describe a framework for encoding 3D facial triangular mesh surface. We derive shape information from the triangular mesh surface by exploiting specific arrangements of facets in the model. We describe the foundations of the framework and adapt the framework for several original applications including: face landmark detection, frontal face extraction, face orientation and facial surface representation. We validate the framework through experimentation with raw 3D face mesh surfaces and demonstrate that the model allows simpler implementation, more compact representation and encompasses rich shape information that can be usefully deployed both locally and globally across the face in comparison to other standard representations.

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Werghi N., Bhaskar H., Meguebli Y. and Boukadida H. (2011). THE SPIRAL FACETS - A Unified Framework for the Analysis and Description of 3D Facial Mesh Surfaces . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2011) ISBN 978-989-8425-47-8, pages 30-39. DOI: 10.5220/0003362300300039


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@conference{visapp11,
author={Naoufel Werghi and Harish Bhaskar and Youssef Meguebli and Haykel Boukadida},
title={THE SPIRAL FACETS - A Unified Framework for the Analysis and Description of 3D Facial Mesh Surfaces},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2011)},
year={2011},
pages={30-39},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003362300300039},
isbn={978-989-8425-47-8},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2011)
TI - THE SPIRAL FACETS - A Unified Framework for the Analysis and Description of 3D Facial Mesh Surfaces
SN - 978-989-8425-47-8
AU - Werghi N.
AU - Bhaskar H.
AU - Meguebli Y.
AU - Boukadida H.
PY - 2011
SP - 30
EP - 39
DO - 10.5220/0003362300300039