Facial image method and apparatus for semi-automatically mapping a face on to a wireframe topology
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1. A method for mapping a digitized image of a face on to a reference wireframe topology in a computer system, the image composed of a plurality of pixels, the wireframe composed of a plurality of interconnected nodes, the method comprising the steps of:
- automatically determining a plurality of visible facial features from the plurality of pixels;
automatically determining a plurality of facial landmark points from the plurality of visible facial features using a contour of the image;
based on the determined facial landmark points, computing displacements for each one of the plurality of interconnected nodes, andmanually fine tuning the displacements in response to the step of computing.
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Abstract
A method for mapping a digitized image of a face on to a reference wireframe topology in a computer system is provided, the image composed of pixels, the wireframe composed of interconnected nodes, the method including the steps of determining facial features from the pixels, determining facial landmark points from the facial features, computing displacements for each one of the interconnected nodes, and manually finetuning the displacements in response to the step of computing.
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1. A method for mapping a digitized image of a face on to a reference wireframe topology in a computer system, the image composed of a plurality of pixels, the wireframe composed of a plurality of interconnected nodes, the method comprising the steps of:
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automatically determining a plurality of visible facial features from the plurality of pixels; automatically determining a plurality of facial landmark points from the plurality of visible facial features using a contour of the image; based on the determined facial landmark points, computing displacements for each one of the plurality of interconnected nodes, and manually fine tuning the displacements in response to the step of computing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for mapping a digitized image of a face on to a reference wireframe topology in a computer system, the image composed of a plurality of pixels, the wireframe composed of a plurality of interconnected nodes, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining a plurality of facial features from the plurality of pixels; determining a plurality of facial landmark points from the plurality of facial features by determining a contour of the image by locating a plurality of strong edges parallel to an estimated tangent of an estimated contour to compute a global displacement factor; determining a contour of the digitized image to compute local displacement factors; computing displacements for each one of the plurality of interconnected nodes to transform the reference wireframe to the image, and manually fine tuning the displacements from the step of computing.
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