Using the orthographic projection model to approximate the perspective projection model for 3D facial reconstruction

  • Authors:
  • Jin-Yi Wu;Jenn-Jier James Lien

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC;Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC

  • Venue:
  • PSIVT'07 Proceedings of the 2nd Pacific Rim conference on Advances in image and video technology
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

This study develops a 3D facial reconstruction system, which consists of five modules, using the orthographic projection model to approximate the perspective projection model. The first module identifies a number of feature points on the face and tracks these feature points over a sequence of facial images by the optical flow technique. The second module applies the factorization method to the orthographic model to reconstruct a 3D human face. The facial images are acquired using a pinhole camera, which are based on a perspective projection model. However, the face is reconstructed using an orthographic projection model. To compensate for the difference between these two models, the third module implements a simple and efficient method for approximating the perspective projection model. The fourth module overcomes the missing point problem, commonly arising in 3D reconstruction applications. Finally, the fifth module implements a smoothing process for the 3D surface by interpolating additional vertices.