Facial animation parameters extraction and expression recognition using Hidden Markov Models

Signal Processing: Image Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 675-688

  Pardàs, Montse ^a   Bonafonte, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active contours; Expression recognition; FAP

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANIMATION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; MOTION ESTIMATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE CONTOURS; EXPRESSION RECOGNITION;

FACE RECOGNITION;

EID: 0036796934     PISSN: 09235965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-5965(02)00078-4     Document Type: Article

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