System and method for detecting drowsy facial expressions of vehicle drivers under changing illumination conditions
First Claim
1. A method of detecting drowsy facial expressions of vehicle drivers under changing illumination conditions comprising:
- capturing an image of a person'"'"'s face using an image sensor;
detecting a face region of the image using a pattern classification algorithm;
performing, using an active appearance model algorithm, local pattern matching to identify a plurality of landmark points on the face region of the image;
generating a 3D face model with facial muscles of the face region;
determining photometric flows from the 3D face model using an extract photometric flow module;
determining geometric flows from the 3D face model using a compute geometric flow module;
determining a noise component generated by varying illuminations by comparing the geometric flows to the photometric flows; and
removing the noise component by subtracting two photometric flows.
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Abstract
The present invention includes a method of detecting drowsy facial expressions of vehicle drivers under changing illumination conditions. The method includes capturing an image of a person'"'"'s face using an image sensor, detecting a face region of the image using a pattern classification algorithm, and performing, using an active appearance model algorithm, local pattern matching to identify a plurality of landmark points on the face region of the image. The method also includes generating a 3D face model with facial muscles of the face region, determining photometric flows from the 3D face model using an extract photometric flow module, determining geometric flows from the 3D face model using a compute geometric flow module, determining a noise component generated by varying illuminations by comparing the geometric flows to the photometric flows, and removing the noise component by subtracting two photometric flows.
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1. A method of detecting drowsy facial expressions of vehicle drivers under changing illumination conditions comprising:
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capturing an image of a person'"'"'s face using an image sensor; detecting a face region of the image using a pattern classification algorithm; performing, using an active appearance model algorithm, local pattern matching to identify a plurality of landmark points on the face region of the image; generating a 3D face model with facial muscles of the face region; determining photometric flows from the 3D face model using an extract photometric flow module; determining geometric flows from the 3D face model using a compute geometric flow module; determining a noise component generated by varying illuminations by comparing the geometric flows to the photometric flows; and removing the noise component by subtracting two photometric flows. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of detecting facial expressions of a person under changing illumination conditions comprising:
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capturing an image of at least a portion of the person'"'"'s face using an image sensor; generating a model based on the image of at least the portion of the person'"'"'s face; determining photometric flows based on the model using an extract photometric flow module; determining geometric flows based on the model using a compute geometric flow module; determining a noise component generated by varying illuminations by comparing the geometric flows to the photometric flows; removing the noise component by subtracting two photometric flows; and determining whether a deformation of the image of at least the portion of the person'"'"'s face exists based at least in part on the removal of the noise component. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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