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Parametric Representations of Facial Expressions on PDE-Based Surfaces

No / Parameterisation of facial expressions on PDE surface
representations of human faces are presented in this
work. Taking advantage of the boundary-value approach
inherent to Bloor-Wilson PDE method, facial expressions
are achieved by manipulating the original boundary curves.
Such curves are responsible for generating a surface representation
of a human face in its neutral configuration,
so that regions on these curves represent a given facial
expression in a fast and realistic manner. Additionally, the
parameterisation proposed here is carried out by applying
different mathematical transformations to the affected
curves according to the corresponding facial expression.
Full analytic expressions parameterising some of the most
common facial expressions such as smiling and eyebrow
raising are in this work. Some graphical examples of these
facial expressions are used to illustrate the results obtained
using Bloor-Wilson PDE method as the foundations of the
parameterisation scheme proposed here. Thus, it is shown
that an efficient, intuitive and realistic parameterisation of
facial expressions is attainable using Bloor-Wilson PDE
method in along with a suitable mathematical expression.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/898
Date January 2008
CreatorsGonzalez Castro, Gabriela, Ugail, Hassan, Willis, P., Sheng, Y.
Source SetsBradford Scholars
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeConference paper
Rights© 2008 Gonzalez Castro, G. et al. Reproduced by permission from the copyright holder.
Relationhttp://www.actapress.com/Content_Of_Proceeding.aspx?ProceedingID=494

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