• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.117-124
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• 2007

This paper describes methodology that enables animators to create the facial expression animations and to control the facial expressions in real-time by reusing motion capture datas. In order to achieve this, we fix a facial expression state expression method to express facial states based on facial motion data. In addition, by distributing facial expressions into intuitive space using LLE algorithm, it is possible to create the animations or to control the expressions in real-time from facial expression space using user interface. In this paper, approximately 2400 facial expression frames are used to generate facial expression space. In addition, by navigating facial expression space projected on the 2-dimensional plane, it is possible to create the animations or to control the expressions of 3-dimensional avatars in real-time by selecting a series of expressions from facial expression space. In order to distribute approximately 2400 facial expression data into intuitional space, there is need to represents the state of each expressions from facial expression frames. In order to achieve this, the distance matrix that presents the distances between pairs of feature points on the faces, is used. In order to distribute this datas, LLE algorithm is used for visualization in 2-dimensional plane. Animators are told to control facial expressions or to create animations when using the user interface of this system. This paper evaluates the results of the experiment.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• 2000.08a
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• pp.293-296
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 얼굴의 구조적 특성과 누적 히스토그램을 이용하여 다양한 정보를 포함하고 있는 얼굴의 6가지 표정을 인식하는 알고리즘을 기술하였다. 표정 인식을 위해 특징점 추출 전처리 과정으로 입력 영상으로부터 에지 추출, 이진화, 잡음 제거, 모폴로지 기법을 이용한 팽창, 레이블링 순으로 적용한다. 본 논문은 레이블 영역의 크기를 이용해 1차 특징점 영역을 추출하고 가로방향의 누적 히스토그램 값과 대칭성의 구조적인 관계를 이용하여 2차 특징점 추출 과정을 거쳐 정확하게 눈과 입을 찾아낸다. 또한 표정 변화를 정량적으로 측정하기 위해 추출된 특징점들의 눈과 입의 크기, 미간 사이의 거리 그리고 눈에서 입까지의 거리 정보를 이용하여 표정을 인식한다. 1, 2차 특징점 추출 과정을 거치므로 추출률이 매우 높고 특징점들의 표정에 따른 변화 거리를 이용하므로 표정 인식률이 높다. 본 논문은 안경 착용 영상과 같이 복잡한 얼굴 영상에서도 표정 인식이 가능하다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.1-5
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• 2009

This paper suggests to apply mirror-reflected method based 2D emotion recognition database to 3D application. Also, it makes facial expression of fuzzy modeling using probability of emotion. Suggested facial expression function applies fuzzy theory to 3 basic movement for facial expressions. This method applies 3D application to feature vector for emotion recognition from 2D application using mirror-reflected multi-image. Thus, we can have model based on fuzzy nonlinear facial expression of a 2D model for a real model. We use average values about probability of 6 basic expressions such as happy, sad, disgust, angry, surprise and fear. Furthermore, dynimic facial expressions are made via fuzzy modelling. This paper compares and analyzes feature vectors of real model with 3D human-like avatar.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.14B no.4
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• pp.311-320
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• 2007

This paper presents vision-based 3D facial expression animation technique and system which provide the robust 3D head pose estimation and real-time facial expression control. Many researches of 3D face animation have been done for the facial expression control itself rather than focusing on 3D head motion tracking. However, the head motion tracking is one of critical issues to be solved for developing realistic facial animation. In this research, we developed an integrated animation system that includes 3D head motion tracking and facial expression control at the same time. The proposed system consists of three major phases: face detection, 3D head motion tracking, and facial expression control. For face detection, with the non-parametric HT skin color model and template matching, we can detect the facial region efficiently from video frame. For 3D head motion tracking, we exploit the cylindrical head model that is projected to the initial head motion template. Given an initial reference template of the face image and the corresponding head motion, the cylindrical head model is created and the foil head motion is traced based on the optical flow method. For the facial expression cloning we utilize the feature-based method, The major facial feature points are detected by the geometry of information of the face with template matching and traced by optical flow. Since the locations of varying feature points are composed of head motion and facial expression information, the animation parameters which describe the variation of the facial features are acquired from geometrically transformed frontal head pose image. Finally, the facial expression cloning is done by two fitting process. The control points of the 3D model are varied applying the animation parameters to the face model, and the non-feature points around the control points are changed by use of Radial Basis Function(RBF). From the experiment, we can prove that the developed vision-based animation system can create realistic facial animation with robust head pose estimation and facial variation from input video image.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.328-333
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• 2003

This paper did to do with 18 muscle pairs that do fetters in anatomy that influence in facial expression change and mix motion of muscle for face facial animation. After set and change mash and make standard model in individual's image, did mapping to mash using individual facial front side and side image to raise truth stuff. Muscle model who become motive power that can do animation used facial expression creation correcting Waters' muscle model. Created deformed face that texture is dressed using these method. Also, 6 facial expression that Ekman proposes did animation.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.51 no.11
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• pp.193-201
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• 2014

This paper suggests a facial expression recognition system using face detection, face alignment, facial unit extraction, and training and testing algorithms based on AdaBoost classifiers. First, we find face region by a face detector. From the results, face alignment algorithm extracts feature points. The facial units are from a subset of action units generated by combining the obtained feature points. The facial units are generally more effective for smaller-sized databases, and are able to represent the facial expressions more efficiently and reduce the computation time, and hence can be applied to real-time scenarios. Experimental results in real scenarios showed that the proposed system has an excellent performance over 90% recognition rates.

• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.127-133
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• 2007

The present study investigated whether the emotional states reading ability through facial expression changes by age(3-, 5-year-old and university student groups), sex(male, female), facial expression's presenting areas(face, eyes) and the type of emotions(basic emotions, complex emotions). 32 types of emotional state's facial expressions which are linked relatively strong with the emotional vocabularies were used as stimuli. Stimuli were collected by taking photographs of professional actors facial expression performance. Each individuals were presented with stories which set off certain emotions, and then were asked to choose a facial expression that the principal character would have made for the occasion presented in stories. The result showed that the ability of facial expression reading improves as the age get higher. Also, they performed better with the condition of face than eyes, and basic emotions than complex emotions. While female doesn't show any performance difference with the presenting areas, male shows better performance in case of facial condition compared with eye condition. The results demonstrate that age, facial expression's presenting areas and the type of emotions effect on estimation of other people's emotion through facial expressions.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.12B no.7 s.103
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• pp.795-802
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• 2005

In this paper, we present a facial expression recognition-synthesis system that recognizes 7 basic emotion information automatically and renders face with non-photorelistic style in PDA For the recognition of the facial expressions, first we need to detect the face area within the image acquired from the camera. Then, a normalization procedure is applied to it for geometrical and illumination corrections. To classify a facial expression, we have found that when Gabor wavelets is combined with enhanced Fisher model the best result comes out. In our case, the out put is the 7 emotional weighting. Such weighting information transmitted to the PDA via a mobile network, is used for non-photorealistic facial expression animation. To render a 3-D avatar which has unique facial character, we adopted the cartoon-like shading method. We found that facial expression animation using emotional curves is more effective in expressing the timing of an expression comparing to the linear interpolation method.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartA
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• v.11A no.5
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• pp.383-390
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• 2004

This paper propose a method that controls facial expression of 3D avatar by having the user select a sequence of facial expressions in the space of facial expressions. And we setup its system. The space of expression is created from about 2400 frames consist of motion captured data of facial expressions. To represent the state of each expression, we use the distance matrix that represents the distances between pairs of feature points on the face. The set of distance matrices is used as the space of expressions. But this space is not such a space where one state can go to another state via the straight trajectory between them. We derive trajectories between two states from the captured set of expressions in an approximate manner. First, two states are regarded adjacent if the distance between their distance matrices is below a given threshold. Any two states are considered to have a trajectory between them If there is a sequence of adjacent states between them. It is assumed . that one states goes to another state via the shortest trajectory between them. The shortest trajectories are found by dynamic programming. The space of facial expressions, as the set of distance matrices, is multidimensional. Facial expression of 3D avatar Is controled in real time as the user navigates the space. To help this process, we visualized the space of expressions in 2D space by using the multidimensional scaling(MDS). To see how effective this system is, we had users control facial expressions of 3D avatar by using the system. As a result of that, users estimate that system is very useful to control facial expression of 3D avatar in real-time.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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• 1998.11a
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• pp.40-44
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• 1998

사용자에 게 친근감 있는 인터페이스를 제공하기 위해 자연스러운 얼굴 애니메이션에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행 중이다.[5][6] 본 논문에서는 자연스러운 얼굴의 표정 합성을 위한 애니메이션 방법 을 제안하였다. 특정한 사람을 모델로 한 얼굴 애니메이션을 위하여 우선 3차원 메쉬로 구성된 일반 모델(generic model)을 특정 사람에게 정합 하여 특정인의 3차원 얼굴 모델을 얻을 수 있다 본 논문에서는 한국인의 자연스러운 얼굴 표정합성을 위하여, 한국인의 표준얼굴에 관한 연구결과를 토대로 한국인 얼굴의 특징을 반영한 일반모델을 만들고 이를 이용하여 특정인의 3차원 얼굴 모델을 얻을 수 있도록 하였다. 실제 얼굴의 근육 및 피부 조직 등 해부학적 구조에 기반 한 표정 합성방법을 사용하여 현실감 있고 자연스러운 얼굴 애니메이션이 이루어질 수 있도록 하였다.