To improve the face recognition performance under different poses, we propose an improved frontal face synthesis method based on binocular stereo vision, which can effectively and quickly synthesize a frontal face. A modified matching algorithm is designed to deal with smoothness of faces. Then 3-D coordinates are generated according to the disparity image, and the pose angle of the face calculated according to the location of eyes. A frontal face is generated according to the pose angle using the method of binocular stereo vision.Experimental results show that the method is precise, practical, and fast.
WANG Jing1,2, SU Guang-da1
. Frontal Face Synthesis Based on Improved Binocular Stereo Vision[J]. Journal of Applied Sciences, 2014
, 32(1)
: 74
-78
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DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0255-8297.2014.01.012
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