Title
Recognizing facial expression: machine learning and application to spontaneous behavior
Abstract
We present a systematic comparison of machine learning methods applied to the problem of fully automatic recognition of facial expressions. We report results on a series of experiments comparing recognition engines, including AdaBoost, support vector machines, linear discriminant analysis. We also explored feature selection techniques, including the use of AdaBoost for feature selection prior to classification by SVM or LDA. Best results were obtained by selecting a subset of Gabor filters using AdaBoost followed by classification with support vector machines. The system operates in real-time, and obtained 93% correct generalization to novel subjects for a 7-way forced choice on the Cohn-Kanade expression dataset. The outputs of the classifiers change smoothly as a function of time and thus can be used to measure facial expression dynamics. We applied the system to to fully automated recognition of facial actions (FACS). The present system classifies 17 action units, whether they occur singly or in combination with other actions, with a mean accuracy of 94.8%. We present preliminary results for applying this system to spontaneous facial expressions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1109/CVPR.2005.297
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2005. CVPR 2005. IEEE Computer Society Conference
Keywords
Field
DocType
face recognition,feature extraction,generalisation (artificial intelligence),gesture recognition,image classification,learning (artificial intelligence),support vector machines,AdaBoost,Cohn-Kanade expression dataset,Gabor filter,facial expression recognition,feature selection techniques,image classification,linear discriminant analysis,machine learning method,support vector machines
Feature selection,Computer science,Gabor filter,Artificial intelligence,Facial recognition system,AdaBoost,Pattern recognition,Support vector machine,Speech recognition,Feature extraction,Facial expression,Linear discriminant analysis,Machine learning
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
2
1063-6919
0-7695-2372-2
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
238
11.27
11
Authors
4
Search Limit
100238
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Marian Stewart Bartlett12026183.92
gwen littlewort2115967.40
Mark Frank337520.14
Lainscsek, C.423811.27