TY - GEN
T1 - Gender identification bias induced with texture images on a life size retro-projected face screen
AU - Kuratate, Takaaki
AU - Riley, Marcia
AU - Pierce, Brennand
AU - Cheng, Gordon
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - A retro-projected face display system has great advantages in being able to present realistic 3D appearances to users and to easily switch the appearance of the humanoid robot heads animated on the display. Therefore, it is useful to evaluate how effectively users can perceive various information from such devices and what type of animation is suitable for human-robot interaction in particular, face-to-face communication with robots. In this paper, we examine how facial texture images affect people's ability to identify the gender of faces displayed on a retro-projected face screen system known as Mask-bot. In an evaluation study, we use a female face screen as the 3D output surface, and display various face images morphed between male and female. Subjects are asked to rate the gender of each projected face. We found that even though the output 3D mask screen has a female shape, gender identification is strongly determined by texture images, especially in the case of high-quality images.
AB - A retro-projected face display system has great advantages in being able to present realistic 3D appearances to users and to easily switch the appearance of the humanoid robot heads animated on the display. Therefore, it is useful to evaluate how effectively users can perceive various information from such devices and what type of animation is suitable for human-robot interaction in particular, face-to-face communication with robots. In this paper, we examine how facial texture images affect people's ability to identify the gender of faces displayed on a retro-projected face screen system known as Mask-bot. In an evaluation study, we use a female face screen as the 3D output surface, and display various face images morphed between male and female. Subjects are asked to rate the gender of each projected face. We found that even though the output 3D mask screen has a female shape, gender identification is strongly determined by texture images, especially in the case of high-quality images.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84870770625
U2 - 10.1109/ROMAN.2012.6343729
DO - 10.1109/ROMAN.2012.6343729
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84870770625
SN - 9781467346054
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
SP - 43
EP - 48
BT - 2012 IEEE RO-MAN
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 21st IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2012
Y2 - 9 September 2012 through 13 September 2012
ER -