Realistic Facial Expression Synthesis

Introduction:

Facial expression is one of the primary communication means of the human, and sometimes it is even more expressive than words. Today with the increasing popularity of the advanced communication tools such as emails and short messages, more and more people have been communicating by various means without seeing each other. However, facial expressions are still greatly needed for the most of these conversations.

The object of this project is to synthesize facial expression images from photographs for the devices with limited processing power, network bandwidth and display area, which is referred as “LLL” environment.

Presentation:

• Face Alive Icons, Invited talk in Graduate Research Competition, University of Pittsburgh, Feb. 17, 2005. [Slides]

Updated:04/12/2005