Mesh Processing for Computerized Facial Anthropometry

Deo, Dhanannjay and Sen, Dibakar (2010) Mesh Processing for Computerized Facial Anthropometry. In: Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 10 (1).

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Abstract

Understanding of the shape and size of different features of the human body from scanned data is necessary for automated design and evaluation of product ergonomics. In this paper, a computational framework is presented for automatic detection and recognition of important facial feature regions, from scanned head and shoulder polyhedral models. A noise tolerant methodology is proposed using discrete curvature computations, band-pass filtering, and morphological operations for isolation of the primary feature regions of the face, namely, the eyes, nose, and mouth. Spatial disposition of the critical points of these isolated feature regions is analyzed for the recognition of these critical points as the standard landmarks associated with the primary facial features. A number of clinically identified landmarks lie on the facial midline. An efficient algorithm for detection and processing of the midline, using a point sampling technique, is also presented. The results obtained using data of more than 20 subjects are verified through visualization and physical measurements. A color based and triangle skewness based schemes for isolation of geometrically nonprominent features and ear region are also presented. [DOI: 10.1115/1.3330420]

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering
Publisher:	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to The American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Keywords:	mesh processing; computerized anthropometry; facial landmarks; ergonomics
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Centre for Product Design & Manufacturing
Date Deposited:	30 Mar 2010 07:26
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:58
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/26645

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