商品簡介
Automated face analysis techniques have been applied to fields including biometrics, security and surveillance, clinical psychology and psychiatry, and human-computer interaction. This book surveys recent research in areas of the field such as face and eye detection, face modeling, and facial expression recognition, as well as related subjects such as hand-gesture and body-gesture recognition. Each chapter provides introductory theoretical background, reviews techniques, presents experimental results, and considers future research directions. Appendices summarize databases and demonstration systems useful for research. The book is intended for students and practitioners who plan to work in the automated facial analysis field, and for scientists and engineers working in related research fields such as image processing, computer vision, computer graphics, and the computer game industry. The editor is affiliated with Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea. Medical Information Science Reference is an imprint of IGI Global. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
