Accurate and efficient reconstruction of 3D faces from stereo images

Vuong Le, Hao Tang, Liangliang Cao, Thomas S. Huang

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a novel algorithm for reconstructing the 3D shape and texture of human faces from two stereo images, which are captured from calibrated cameras. Our approach works in a sparse to dense manner: we first build a coarse shape estimation based on 3D keypoints, and then use a linear morphable model to efficiently match the detail shape and texture. Compared with the previous works, our algorithm can reconstruct the 3D face shape in a speed comparable with that of the fastest algorithm available, but gives a higher accuracy. It can also recover the texture with more complete, realistic looking. Our results show that the new algorithm possesses significant characteristics of a 3D face model reconstruction system, and is especially useful for face recognition and animation applications in practice.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2010 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2010 - Proceedings
Pages4265-4268
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event2010 17th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2010 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Duration: Sep 26 2010Sep 29 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
ISSN (Print)1522-4880

Other

Other2010 17th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2010
Country/TerritoryHong Kong
CityHong Kong
Period9/26/109/29/10

Keywords

  • 3D face reconstruction
  • Morphable model
  • Multi-view
  • Quantitative evaluation
  • Stereopsis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Signal Processing

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