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Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology Synthesizing Neutral Facial Expressions on 3D Faces Agianpuye Samuel Agianpuye Master of Computer Science 2015

Author s Declaration I declare that the work in this thesis was carried out in accordance with the regulations of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. It is original and is the result of my work, unless otherwise indicated or acknowledged as referenced work. This thesis has not been submitted at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak or to any other academic institution or non-academic institutionfor any other degree or qualification. Name of Student : Agianpuye Samuel Agianpuye Student ID : 11021731 Programme Degree : Faculty : Thesis Title : Masters in Computer Science Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology SYNTHESIZING NEUTRAL FACIAL EXPRESSIONS ON 3D FACES Signature of Student : Date : i

Dedication This project is dedicated to God Almighty for his Love and Grace upon my life. Thank you so much, Lord! ii

Acknowledgement I want to thank my parents and siblings for their unconditional love and endless support in numerous ways ever since I was born and specifically through the course of my studies. Without their encouragement, moral and financial support I wouldn t have made it this far. I want to thank my wife Flora for being my closest companion throughout this tough season, encouraging me every time I hit the wall in my research work. I also want to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor, Dr.Jacey-Lynn Minoi for her supervision and support, without which I would not have been able to complete this project. Her intellectual guidance and patience with me was paramount to the successful completion of this project. Finally I want to express my appreciation to my friends in UNIMAS, my in-laws, and Hope Church family. You all have been awesome and have been my loving family away from home. iii

Abstract Facial expression synthesis is a process of generating new face shapes from a given face and still retaining the distinct facial characteristics of the initial face. The generated facial expressions can be used to improve the performance of existing face recognition systems. Earlier work on synthesizing face shapes used 2D face images. As 3D scanners become more improved and widely available, the work has moved from 2D to 3D faces. The advantage of 3D faces over 2D image data is that 3D face holds more geometric shape data and is invariant to poses and illumination. This project presents a new approach to synthesize neutral facial expression on realistic 3D faces called Expression Proportion Distribution (EPD). EPD uses statistical approach to derive a method to neutralise facial expressions. The main challenge is to neutralise facial expressions especially those with jaw dropped and opened mouth. Jaw dropped and opened mouth facial expressions may be generated during articulations, or expressing emotional facial expressions, such as laughing or surprise. Opening of mouth moves both the facial muscles and the mandible, which causes the geometric face shape to deform. Other facial expression with mouth closed is also looked into. The experiments were carried out on two realistic 3D face datasets from Imperial College London and from the Binghamton University - 3D Facial Expression Dataset (BU-3DFED). The proposed neutral expression synthesis approach is evaluated in a face recognition domain. iv

Abstrak Sintesis expresi muka merupakan satu proses penghasilan bentuk muka baru daripada muka sedia ada dengan mengekalkan ciri-ciri asas muka sebenar. Expresi muka yang dihasilkan boleh digunakan untuk meningkatkan prestasi sistem pengenalan muka yang sedia ada sekarang. Kajian yang dahulu mensintesiskan bentuk muka dengan menggunakan 2D imej muka. Setelah mesin pengimbas 3D bertambah dalam keberkesanannya dan mudah untuk diperoleh, kajian sekarang beranjak daripada muka 2D kepada muka 3D. Kelebihan menggunakan muka 3D daripada data imej 2D adalah muka 3D mempunyai lebih banyak data bentuk geometri dan tidak menunjukkan perubahan dari segi posisi dan penggemerlapan. Projek ini menyampaikan satu kaedah baru untuk mensintesiskan expresi muka neutral untuk muka 3D yang realistik, iaitu kaedah Epression Proportion Distribution (EPD). EPD menggunakan kaedah statistik untuk memperoleh satu cara bagi menukar expresi muka menjadi neutral. Cabaran yang utama adalah untuk menukar expresi muka menjadi neutral, terutamanya expresi muka yang menunjukkan rahang terjatuh dan mulut terbuka. Expresi muka yang menunjukkan rahang terjatuh dan mulut terbuka boleh dihasilkan semasa artikulasi atau menunjukkan emosi muka seperti emosi ketawa atau terkejut. Mulut yang terbuka menggerakkan kedua-dua otot muka dan mandibel, dan ini menyebabkan bentuk muka geometrik menjadi cacat. Pelbagai expresi muka dengan mulut tertutup juga dikaji. Eksperimen ini dijalankan ke atas dua set data muka 3D yang realistik daripada Imperial College London dan Universiti Binghamton. Kaedah mensintesiskan expresi neutral yang dicadangkan akan dinilai dalam domain pengenalan muka. v

Table of Content 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Motivation... 2 1.2 Problem Statement... 3 1.3 Objectives... 4 1.4 Scope... 4 1.5 Contribution... 5 1.6 Summary of Chapters... 5 2 Literature Review 7 2.1 Interpolation... 9 2.2 Physics-Based Approach... 10 2.3 Pseudo Muscle Models... 12 2.4 Statistical-based Methods... 13 2.5 Learning Base Method... 14 2.6 Morphing... 15 2.7 MPEG-4 Facial Animation Parameters (FAPS)... 16 2.8 Joint Sparse Learning for 3-D Facial Expression Generation... 16 2.9 Displaced Dynamic Expression Regression for Real-Time Facial Tracking and Animation... 17 2.10 Discussion... 18 2.11 Conclusion... 18 vi

3 Three Dimension Face Data and Pre-processing 20 3.1 Introduction... 20 3.2 Three Dimension Data Acquisition... 20 3.2.1 Binghamton University 3D Face Expression (BU3DFE)... 21 3.2.2 Imperial College 3D Face Data Set... 22 3.3 Pre-processing... 23 3.3.1 Problem in 3D Face Datasets Acquisition... 23 3.3.2 Registration... 24 3.3.2.1 Registration Transformation Types... 25 3.3.2.1.1 Rigid Transformation... 26 3.3.2.1.2 Affine Transformation... 26 3.3.2.1.3 Non-rigid Transformation... 27 3.4 Pre-processing Steps... 27 3.4.1 Rigid Registration... 29 3.4.2 Non-rigid Landmark Registration... 30 3.4.3 Establishing Correspondences... 32 3.5 Pre-processed BU3DFE and Imperial College Data Sets... 34 3.6 Conclusion... 35 4 Method 36 4.1 Statistical Model of Shape... 36 4.1.1 Active Shape Models (ASM)... 37 4.1.1.1 Principal Component Analysis... 37 4.2 Neutral Expression Synthesis... 39 vii

4.2.1 Expression Proportion Distribution (EPD) Based Neutral Expression Synthesis... 40 4.2.1.1 Eigen Vectors... 41 4.2.1.2 Expression Proportion Distribution Process... 42 4.3 Evaluating the Proposed EPD Method... 46 4.3.1 Quantitative Analysis of Neutral Expression Synthesis Method... 46 4.3.1.1 Eigen Method for Face Recognition... 47 4.3.1.2 Fisher Method for Face Recognition... 49 4.4 Conclusion... 50 5 Implementation 52 5.1 Neutral Face Expression Synthesis Experiment... 53 5.2 Expression Synthesis Method Quantitative Evaluation Experiment... 56 5.2.1 Face Recognition Implementation... 57 5.3 Conclusion... 61 6 Results and Analysis 62 6.1 Qualitative Results and Analysis... 62 6.1.1 BH3DFE Qualitative Results and Analysis... 63 6.1.2 Imperial College 3D Data Qualitative Results... 69 6.1.3 Effect of Expression Intensity on EPD Test Results... 70 6.1.3.1 Expression Intensity Adjustment Experiment... 71 6.1.4 Comparison between EPD and ASM Expression Synthesis Approach... 72 6.1.5 Comparison between EPD and Learning Based Method... 74 viii

6.1.6 Comparison with Statistical Discriminant Analysis Method... 74 6.2 Quantitative Results and Analysis... 77 6.2.1 BH3DFE Quantitative Results and Analysis... 78 6.2.1.1 Angry Faces Synthesized to Neutral Expression Faces Quantitative Evaluation... 78 6.2.1.2 Disgust Faces Synthesized to Neutral Expression Faces Quantitative Evaluation... 83 6.2.1.3 Fear Faces Synthesized to Neutral Expression Faces Quantitative Evaluation... 89 6.2.1.4 Happy Faces Synthesized to Neutral Expression Faces Quantitative Evaluation... 94 6.2.1.5 Sad Faces Synthesized to Neutral Expression Faces Quantitative Evaluation... 98 6.2.1.6 Surprise Faces Synthesized to Neutral Expression Faces Quantitative Evaluation... 103 6.2.2 Imperial College 3D Face Data Quantitative Analysis... 108 6.2.2.1 Imperial College Smile Quantitative Results and Analysis... 109 6.2.2.2 Imperial College Frown Quantitative Results and Analysis... 111 6.3 Discussion... 113 6.3.1 Closed Mouth after Neutral Expression Synthesis... 114 6.3.2 Sad Expression Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis Issues... 115 6.4 Conclusion... 115 ix

7 Conclusion 116 7.1 Summary of Contributions... 117 7.2 Limitations... 117 7.3 Future Works... 118 7.3.1 Synthesizing Other Forms of Facial Expression... 118 7.3.2 More Test on Sad and Frown Faces... 118 7.3.3 EPD in Varying Face Surface Conditions... 119 7.3.4 Expression Recognition... 119 x

List of Figures 2.1 Facial Muscles (a) Facial Muscles (b) The Human Skull (Image Source [3])... 7 2.2 (a) Action Units (b) Emotion Facial Action Coding System (c) Happiness Emotion Facial Action Coding (Image Source [3])... 8 2.3 Left: Neutral Pose, Right: A Mouth Shape, Middle: Interpolated Shape (Image Source [25])... 10 2.4 Vector Muscle (a) Deformation Decreases Towards the Direction of the Arrow (B) Water s Linear Muscle [13][14] (Image Source [14])... 11 2.5 Layered Spring (a) Undeformed Geometry of the Skin Layer. (B) Deformed Geometry (Only Epidermis is Displayed for Clarity) (Image Source [15])... 12 2.6 (a) Features Detection (B) Face Models with Synthesized Expressions. Image Source [44]... 16 3.1 3DMD Range Scanner Setup (Image Source [50])... 21 3.2 Raw BH3DFE Face Model (Image Source [45])... 22 3.3 Imperial College London 3D Face Raw and Pre-Processed Data (Image Source [3])... 23 3.4 The Transformation T(A) Transforms Point A in Face A into its Corresponding Location in Face B (Image Source [3])... 25 3.5 An Example of a Non-Linear Transformation (Mage Source [3])... 27 3.6 The 13 Landmark Placements on a Face Surface (Image From [3])... 29 xi

3.7 Rigid Registration Using Landmarks Information. The Top Row Shows the Two Faces Aligned to the Mean Landmarks. The Bottom Row Shows a Frontal 2D Polygon Projection of the Outer Landmarks of the Same Polygon Before and After Registration (Image Source [53])... 29 3.8 The Top Image Shows Point-Pairing Before Non-Rigid Registration and the Bottom Image Shows the Point-Pairing after Non-Rigid Registration (Image Source [53])... 30 3.9 A Free-Form Deformation and the Corresponding Mesh of Control Points (Image Source [53])... 31 3.10 Non-rigid Registration Using Landmarks Information. The Top Row Shows the Two Faces Aligned to the Mean Landmarks. The Bottom Row Shows a Frontal 2D Polygon Projection of the Outer Landmarks of the Same Polygon Before and After Non-Rigid Registration (Image Source [53])... 31 3.11 The Distance Colour Map after Non-Rigid Registration. Image Source [53]... 32 3.12 The Difference between Landmark-based Non-rigid Registration and Non-rigid Surface Registration (Image Source [53])... 33 3.13 The Overall Pre-processing Steps (Image Source [53])... 33 3.14 Example of the Pre-processed BU3DFE Data Set... 34 3.15 Example of the Pre-processed Imperial College Data Set 34 4.1 PCA Applied to a Distribution of Vectors... 39 4.2 Most Discriminant Vector Classification... 42 4.3 Discriminant Expression Feature Vector... 42 xii

4.4 Proposed Expression Proportion Distribution Method for Synthesizing Neutral Expression on 3D Faces... 44 5.1 Experiment Implementation Overview... 52 5.2 Neutral Expression Synthesis Implementation Process on Pre-processed 3D Faces... 54 5.3 Before and After Synthesis, Rendering Window for Qualitative Observation... 56 5.4 Comparing Recognition Rates to Quantitatively Evaluate Neutral Expression Synthesis Method... 57 5.5 Data Preparation for Input into Face Recognition Process... 58 6.1 BH3DFE Happy Face Synthsized to Neutral Expression... 63 6.2 BH3DFE Surprise Face Synthsized to Neutral Expression... 64 6.3 BH3DFE Disgust Face Synthsized to Neutral Expression... 65 6.4 BH3DFE Sad Face Synthsized to Neutral Expression... 66 6.5 BH3DFE Fear Face Synthsized to Neutral Expression... 67 6.6 BH3DFE Angry Face Synthsized to Neutral Expression... 68 6.7 Imperial Smile Face Synthsized to Neutral Expression... 69 6.8 Imperial Frown Face Synthsized to Neutral Expression... 70 6.9 Adjusting Expression Intensity; Synthesis of Neutral Facial Expression on Combined Training Set of Happy and Neutral Facial Expression Groups... 71 6.10 Reconstruction of the First Six Largest PCA Modes on the BU3DFE Datasets Using Original ASM Algorithm... 73 6.11 Synthesis of Neutral Facial Expression on Different BH3DFE Test Subject of Same Facial Expression Group... 73 xiii

6.12 Some Results of Expression Removal for Six Expressions. Each Row is for One Expression, in the Top-Down Order of Anger, Disgust, Fear, Happy, Sadness, and Surprise. (A) and (D): Expressional Faces of Input; (B) and (E): Neutral Faces of Ground Truth; (C) and (F): The Expression Removal Results (Image Source [8])... 75 6.13 Illustration of (A) Original BH3DFE Faces with Expressions (B) Exaggerated and Neutralized Examples of Those Faces (Image Source [3])... 76 6.14 Original Neutral Expression as Training and Test Sample to Evaluate the Developed Face Recognition Application... 77 6.15 BU3DFE Angry Expression Intensity Level 1, Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Angry Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 78 6.16 BU3DFE Angry Expression Intensity Level 2, Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Angry Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 79 6.17 BU3DFE Angry Expression Intensity Level 3 Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Angry Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 79 6.18 BU3DFE Angry Expression Intensity Level 4 Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Angry Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces And Original Neutral Faces... 80 6.19 BU3DFE Angry Expression Intensity Level 1, Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Angry Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 81 xiv

6.20 BU3DFE Angry Expression Intensity Level 2 Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Angry Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 81 6.21 BU3DFE Angry Expression Intensity Level 3 Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Angry Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 82 6.22 BU3DFE Angry Expression Intensity Level 4 Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Angry Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 82 6.23 BU3DFE Disgust Expression Intensity Level 1 Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Disgust Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 83 6.24 BU3DFE Disgust Expression Intensity Level 2 Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Disgust Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 84 6.25 BU3DFE Disgust Expression Intensity Level 3 Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Disgust Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 85 6.26 BU3DFE Disgust Expression Intensity Level 4 Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Disgust Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 85 6.27 BU3DFE Disgust Expression Intensity Level 1 Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Disgust Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 86 xv

6.28 BU3DFE Disgust Expression Intensity Level 2 Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Disgust Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 87 6.29 BU3DFE Disgust Expression Intensity Level 3 Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Disgust Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 87 6.30 BU3DFE Disgust Expression Intensity Level 4 Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Disgust Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 88 6.31 BU3DFE Fear Expression Intensity Level 1 Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Fear Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 89 6.32 BU3DFE Fear Expression Intensity Level 2 Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Fear Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 89 6.33 BU3DFE Fear Expression Intensity Level 3 Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Fear Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 90 6.34 BU3DFE Fear Expression Intensity Level 4 Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Fear Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 90 6.35 BU3DFE Fear Expression Intensity Level 1 Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Fear Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 91 xvi

6.36 BU3DFE Fear Expression Intensity Level 2 Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Fear Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 92 6.37 BU3DFE Fear Expression Intensity Level 3 Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Fear Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 92 6.38 BU3DFE Fear Expression Intensity Level 4 Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Fear Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 93 6.39 BU3DFE Happy Expression Intensity Level 1 Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Happy Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 94 6.40 BU3DFE Happy Expression Intensity Level 2 Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Happy Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 94 6.41 BU3DFE Happy Expression Intensity Level 3 Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Happy Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 95 6.42 BU3DFE Happy Expression Intensity Level 4 Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Happy Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 95 6.43 BU3DFE Happy Expression Intensity Level 1 Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Happy Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 96 xvii

6.44 BU3DFE Happy Expression Intensity Level 2 Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Happy Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 97 6.45 BU3DFE Happy Expression Intensity Level 3 Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Happy Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 97 6.46 BU3DFE Happy Expression Intensity Level 4 Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Happy Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 98 6.47 BU3DFE Sad Expression Intensity Level 1 Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Sad Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 99 6.48 BU3DFE Sad Expression Intensity Level 2 Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Sad Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 99 6.49 BU3DFE Sad Expression Intensity Level 3 Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Sad Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 100 6.50 BU3DFE Sad Expression Intensity Level 4 Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Sad Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 100 6.51 BU3DFE Sad Expression Intensity Level 1 Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Sad Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 101 xviii

6.52 BU3DFE Sad Expression Intensity Level 2 Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Sad Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 102 6.53 BU3DFE Sad Expression Intensity Level 3 Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Sad Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 102 6.54 BU3DFE Sad Expression Intensity Level 4 Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Sad Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 103 6.55 BU3DFE Surprise Expression Intensity Level 1 Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Surprise Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 104 6.56 BU3DFE Surprise Expression Intensity Level 2 Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Surprise Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 104 6.57 BU3DFE Surprise Expression Intensity Level 3 Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Surprise Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 105 6.58 BU3DFE Surprise Expression Intensity Level 4 Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Surprise Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 105 6.59 BU3DFE Surprise Expression Intensity Level 1 Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Surprise Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 106 xix

6.60 BU3DFE Surprise Expression Intensity Level 2 Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Surprise Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 107 6.61 BU3DFE Surprise Expression Intensity Level 3 Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Surprise Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 107 6.62 BU3DFE Surprise Expression Intensity Level 4 Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Surprise Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 108 6.63 Imperial College 3D Data Smile Expression Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Smile Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 109 6.64 Imperial College 3D Data Smile Expression Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Smile Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 110 6.65 Imperial College 3D Data Frown Expression Eigen Face Recognition Rate for Original Frown Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 111 6.66 Imperial College 3D Data Frown Expression Fisher Face Recognition Rate for Original Frown Faces, Newly Synthesized Neutral Faces and Original Neutral Faces... 112 xx

List of Tables 2.1 Summary of Methods used in Synthesizing Facial Expression on 3D faces... 19 3.1 The 13 Anatomical Landmark Points... 28 5.1 EPD Quantitative Evaluation Procedure... 59 6.1 Eigen Face Recognition Applied on Angry Expression... 80 6.2 Fisher Face Recognition Applied on Angry Expression... 83 6.3 Eigen Face Recognition Applied on Disgust Expression... 86 6.4 Fisher Face Recognition Applied on Disgust Expression... 88 6.5 Eigen Face Recognition Applied on Fear Expression... 91 6.6 Fisher Face Recognition Applied on Fear Expression... 93 6.7 Eigen Face Recognition Applied on Happy Expression... 96 6.8 Fisher Face Recognition Applied on Happy Expression... 98 6.9 Eigen Face Recognition Applied on Sad Expression... 101 6.10 Fisher Face Recognition Applied on Sad Expression... 103 6.11 Eigen Face Recognition Applied on Surprise Expression... 106 6.12 Fisher Face Recognition Applied on Surprise Expression... 108 6.13 Eigen Face Recognition Applied on Smile Expression... 109 6.14 Fisher Face Recognition Applied on Smile Expression... 110 6.15 Eigen Face Recognition Applied on Frown Expression... 111 xxi

6.16 Fisher Face Recognition Applied on Frown Expression... 112 6.17 Bh3dfe Maximum Face Recognition Rate (%)... 113 6.18 Imperial College Maximum Face Recognition Rate (%)... 113 xxii

List of Publications Conference Papers: - Agianpuye, Agianpuye Samuel; Minoi, Jacey-Lynn, "Synthesizing Neutral Facial Expression on 3D Faces Using Active Shape Models," Region 10 Symposium, 2014 IEEE, vol., no., pp.600,605, 14-16 April 2014 doi: 10.1109/TENCONSpring.2014.6863105 - Agianpuye, S.; Minoi, J.-L., "3D Facial Expression Synthesis: A Survey," Information Technology in Asia (CITA), 2013 8th International Conference on, vol., no., pp.1,7, 1-4 July 2013 doi: 10.1109/CITA.2013.6637552 xxiii