Facial Multi-Characteristics and Applications

By Bob Zhang, Qijun Zhao, David Zhang

What features or information can we observe from a face, and how can these information help us to understand the person concerned, in terms of their well-being and what can we learn about and from each given feature? This book answers these questions by first dividing a face's multiple characteristics into two main categories: original (or physiological) features and features that change over a lifetime. The first category, original features, may be further divided into two sub-classes: features special (or unique) to an individual, and features common to a particular group. The second, changed features, can also be subdivided into two groups: features altered due to disease or features altered by other external factors. From these four sub-categories, four different applications -- facial identification using original and special features; beauty analysis using original common features; facial diagnosis by disease changed features; and expression recognition through affect-changed features -- are identified.The book will benefit researchers, professionals, and graduate students working in the field of computer vision, pattern recognition, security/clinical practice, and beauty analysis, and will also be useful for interdisciplinary research.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9813234571
• ISBN13: 9789813234574
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"