Automatic Lip Contour Extraction Using Both Pixel-based and Parametric Models

WU Wenchao; KURUOGLU Ercan Engin; WANG Shilin; LI Shenghong; LI Jianhua

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WU Wenchao, KURUOGLU Ercan Engin, WANG Shilin, et al., “Automatic Lip Contour Extraction Using Both Pixel-based and Parametric Models,” Chinese Journal of Electronics, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 76-82, 2013,

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WU Wenchao, KURUOGLU Ercan Engin, WANG Shilin, et al., “Automatic Lip Contour Extraction Using Both Pixel-based and Parametric Models,” Chinese Journal of Electronics, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 76-82, 2013,

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Automatic Lip Contour Extraction Using Both Pixel-based and Parametric Models

1.
School of Information Security Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;
2.
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia 30332, USA;
3.
Institute of Science and Technology of Information, Italian National Council of Research, Via G Moruzzi 1, 56124, Pisa, Italy

Funds: This work was carried out when the first author was with the SJTU-Georgia Tech Graduate Program. This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.60702043, No.61071152).

Received Date: 2012-05-01
Rev Recd Date: 2012-07-01
Publish Date: 2013-01-05

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Lip segmentation, a sub-step of facial analysis, becomes more and more important in the fields of pattern recognition and human-computer interaction. In this paper, a novel algorithm for lip contour extraction that combines the merits of the pixel-based model and the parametric model is presented. Lip corner detection is the first step of this algorithm, utilizing a three-curve lip model to describe lip contour. The improved “Jumping Snake” algorithm is used to extract feature points for lip model implementation, which makes the novel algorithm more accurate and flexible. It is also made more robust with the introduction of geometric constraints. Experiments show that this approach with geometric constraints provides satisfactory results. It can also serve as an initial attempt for further applications.
- Lip contour extraction,
- Lip segmentation,
- Lip modeling,
- Jumping snake,
- Parametric model

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