A person-specific, rigorous aging model of the human face

  • Authors:
  • Catherine M. Scandrett (née Hill);Christopher J. Solomon;Stuart J. Gibson

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NT, UK;School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NT, UK;School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NT, UK

  • Venue:
  • Pattern Recognition Letters
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

We present a statistically rigorous approach to the aging of digitised images of the human face. Our methodology is based on the calculation of optimised aging trajectories in a model space and aged images can be obtained through a fast, semi-automatic procedure. In addition, person-specific information about the subject at previous ages is included, allowing aging to proceed in the most appropriate direction in the model space. The theoretical basis is introduced and experimental results from our implementation are presented and discussed.