Real-Time Facial Expression Recognition for Natural Interaction

  • Authors:
  • Eva Cerezo;Isabelle Hupont;Cristina Manresa-Yee;Javier Varona;Sandra Baldassarri;Francisco J. Perales;Francisco J. Seron

  • Affiliations:
  • Departamento de Informática e Ingeniería de Sistemas, Instituto de Investigación en Ingeniería de Aragón, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain;Departamento de Informática e Ingeniería de Sistemas, Instituto de Investigación en Ingeniería de Aragón, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain;Departament de Matemàtiques i Informàtica, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain;Departament de Matemàtiques i Informàtica, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain;Departamento de Informática e Ingeniería de Sistemas, Instituto de Investigación en Ingeniería de Aragón, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain;Departament de Matemàtiques i Informàtica, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain;Departamento de Informática e Ingeniería de Sistemas, Instituto de Investigación en Ingeniería de Aragón, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain

  • Venue:
  • IbPRIA '07 Proceedings of the 3rd Iberian conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, Part II
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

The recognition of emotional information is a key step toward giving computers the ability to interact more naturally and intelligently with people. This paper presents a completely automated real-time system for facial expression's recognition based on facial features' tracking and a simple emotional classification method. Facial features' tracking uses a standard webcam and requires no specific illumination or background conditions. Emotional classification is based on the variation of certain distances and angles from the neutral face and manages the six basic universal emotions of Ekman. The system has been integrated in a 3D engine for managing virtual characters, allowing the exploration of new forms of natural interaction.