Face reorientation in video conferencing by approximating normal distributed depth

Ben Yip; Jesse S. Jin

doi:10.1117/12.526587

18 January 2004 Face reorientation in video conferencing by approximating normal distributed depth

Ben Yip, Jesse S. Jin

Proceedings Volume 5308, Visual Communications and Image Processing 2004; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.526587
Event: Electronic Imaging 2004, 2004, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

The lack of eye contact in video conference degrades the user experience. This problem has been known and studied for many years. There are hardware-based solutions to the eye gaze problem; however, these specialized systems are not generally accessible. This paper assumed the depth of the scene taken from the monocular camera is normal distributed on the XY plane on the real world, the plane parallel to the view plane. The three dimensional normal curve is initially estimated from the face model of the user. By performing rotation operation on the normal curve, the orientation of the face is rectified. The approach suggested in this paper is fast and effective. It has the advantages of 3D modelling, but could save the steps on complex registration, texture mapping and rendering.

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Ben Yip and Jesse S. Jin "Face reorientation in video conferencing by approximating normal distributed depth", Proc. SPIE 5308, Visual Communications and Image Processing 2004, (18 January 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.526587

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