1. On the significance of different facial parts for automatic age estimation
- Author
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Andreas Lanitis
- Subjects
Aging ,Computer and Information Sciences ,Computing and Processing ,Design ,Computer science ,Feature extraction ,Social Sciences ,Facial recognition system ,Task (project management) ,Three-dimensional face recognition ,Computer vision ,Face recognition ,Image resolution ,Biological systems ,business.industry ,Estimation theory ,Biological system modeling ,Shape ,Arts ,Pattern recognition ,Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems ,Magnetic heads ,Age estimation ,Signal Processing and Analysis ,Educational institutions ,Face (geometry) ,Eyes ,Engineering and Technology ,Artificial intelligence ,Human computer interaction ,business - Abstract
In this paper we describe an experimental investigation into the significance of different facial parts in the task of age estimation. For this purpose we use an automatic age estimation algorithm capable of producing an estimate of the age of a subject based on his/her face image. We perform automatic age estimation experiments using different facial parts of varying resolution so that the significance of facial parts in this application can be assessed. According to the results obtained, the internal part of the face and in particular the area around the eyes proved to be the most significant for the task of automatic age estimation.
- Published
- 2002