Title
Multi-subspace supervised descent method for robust face alignment
Abstract
Supervised Descent Method (SDM) is one of the leading cascaded regression approaches for face alignment with state-of-the-art performance and a solid theoretical basis. However, SDM is prone to local optima and likely averages conflicting descent directions. This makes SDM ineffective in covering a complex facial shape space due to large head poses and rich non-rigid face deformations. In this paper, a novel two-step framework called multi-subspace SDM (MS-SDM) is proposed to equip SDM with a stronger capability for dealing with unconstrained faces. The optimization space is first partitioned with regard to shape variations using k-means. The generated subspaces show semantic significance which highly correlates with head poses. Faces among a certain subspace also show compatible shape-appearance relationships. Then, Naive Bayes is applied to conduct robust subspace prediction by concerning about the relative proximity of each subspace to the sample. This guarantees that each sample can be allocated to the most appropriate subspace-specific regressor. The proposed method is validated on benchmark face datasets with a mobile facial tracking implementation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1007/s11042-019-08129-4
Multimedia Tools and Applications
Keywords
Field
DocType
Unconstrained face alignment, SDM, Subspace learning, Cascaded regression
Shape space,Supervised descent method,Naive Bayes classifier,Regression,Subspace topology,Pattern recognition,Local optimum,Computer science,Linear subspace,Large head,Artificial intelligence
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
78
24
1380-7501
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.36
0
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jianwen Lou161.45
Xiaoxu Cai210.36
Yiming Wang3112.17
Hui Yu4399.98
Shaun Canavan517216.17