A Combined Generalized and Subject-Specific 3D Head Pose Estimation

David Joseph Tan, Federico Tombari, Nassir Navab

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Abstract

We propose a real-time method for 3D head pose estimation from RGB-D sequences. Our algorithm relies on a Random Forest framework that is able to regress the head pose at every frame in a temporal tracking manner. Such framework is learned once from a generic dataset of 3D head models and refined online to adapt the forest to the specific characteristics of each subject. Through the qualitative experiments under different conditions, it demonstrates remarkable properties in terms of robustness to occlusions, computational efficiency and capacity of handling a variety of challenging head poses. In addition, it also outperforms the state of the art on the reference benchmark dataset with regards to the accuracy of the estimated head poses.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2015 International Conference on 3D Vision, 3DV 2015
EditorsMichael Brown, Jana Kosecka, Christian Theobalt
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages500-508
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9781467383325
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Nov 2015
Event2015 International Conference on 3D Vision, 3DV 2015 - Lyon, France
Duration: 19 Oct 201522 Oct 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2015 International Conference on 3D Vision, 3DV 2015

Conference

Conference2015 International Conference on 3D Vision, 3DV 2015
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityLyon
Period19/10/1522/10/15

Keywords

  • Accuracy
  • Cameras
  • Head
  • Robustness
  • Solid modeling
  • Three-dimensional displays

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