ESTIMATING FACIAL ALBEDO FROM A SINGLE IMAGE Export

@article{citeulike:1537969, abstract = {This paper describes how a facial albedo map can be recovered from a single image using a statistical model that captures variations in surface normal direction. We fit the model to intensity data using constraints on the surface normal direction provided by Lambert's law and then use the differences between observed and reconstructed image brightness to estimate the albedo. We show that this process is stable under varying illumination. We then show how eigenfaces trained on albedo maps may provide a better representation for illumination insensitive recognition than those trained on raw image intensity.}, author = {Smith, W. A. P. and Hancock, E. R.}, citeulike-article-id = {1537969}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.worldscinet.com/ijprai/20/2006/S0218001406005071.html}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0218001406005071}, doi = {10.1142/S0218001406005071}, journal = {International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence}, keywords = {albedo, estimation, face, recognition, shape-from-shading}, number = {6}, pages = {955--970}, posted-at = {2007-08-06 13:18:32}, priority = {0}, title = {ESTIMATING FACIAL ALBEDO FROM A SINGLE IMAGE}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0218001406005071}, volume = {20}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1537969 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1537969 N2 - This paper describes how a facial albedo map can be recovered from a single image using a statistical model that captures variations in surface normal direction. We fit the model to intensity data using constraints on the surface normal direction provided by Lambert's law and then use the differences between observed and reconstructed image brightness to estimate the albedo. We show that this process is stable under varying illumination. We then show how eigenfaces trained on albedo maps may provide a better representation for illumination insensitive recognition than those trained on raw image intensity. IS - 6 JF - International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence EP - 970 TI - ESTIMATING FACIAL ALBEDO FROM A SINGLE IMAGE VL - 20 SP - 955 KW - albedo KW - estimation KW - face KW - recognition KW - shape-from-shading AU - Smith, WAP AU - Hancock, ER PY - 2006/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0218001406005071 ER -