3d face representation and recognition using spherical harmonics

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Tunçer, Fahri

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In this study, a 3D face representation and recognition method based on spherical harmonics expansion is proposed. The input data to the method is range image of the face. This data is called 2.5 dimensional. Input faces are manually marked on the two eyes, nose and chin points. In two dimensions, using the marker points, the human face is modeled as two concentric half ellipses for the selection of region of interest. These marker points are also used in three dimensions to register the faces so that the nose point tip is at the origin and the line across the two eyes lies parallel to the horizontal plane. A PCA based component analysis is done to further align the faces vertically. The aligned face is stitched and mapped to an ellipsoid and transformed using real spherical harmonics expansion. The real harmonics expansion coefficients are labeled and stored into a gallery. Using these coefficients as input, several classification algorithms are applied and the results are reported.

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Electrical engineering., Computer software.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609917/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/17993

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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F. Tunçer, “3d face representation and recognition using spherical harmonics,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2008.