Emotion recognition using PHOG and LPQ features

Abhinav Dhall, Akshay Asthana, Roland Goecke, Tom Gedeon

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Abstract

We propose a method for automatic emotion recognition as part of the FERA 2011 competition. The system extracts pyramid of histogram of gradients (PHOG) and local phase quantisation (LPQ) features for encoding the shape and appearance information. For selecting the key frames, K-means clustering is applied to the normalised shape vectors derived from constraint local model (CLM) based face tracking on the image sequences. Shape vectors closest to the cluster centers are then used to extract the shape and appearance features. We demonstrate the results on the SSPNET GEMEP-FERA dataset. It comprises of both person specific and person independent partitions. For emotion classification we use support vector machine (SVM) and largest margin nearest neighbour (LMNN) and compare our results to the pre-computed FERA 2011 emotion challenge baseline.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition and Workshops, FG 2011
PublisherIEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages878-883
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781424491407
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Jun 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event2011 IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition and Workshops, FG 2011 - Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America
Duration: 21 Mar 201125 Mar 2011

Publication series

Name2011 IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition and Workshops, FG 2011

Conference

Conference2011 IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition and Workshops, FG 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States of America
CitySanta Barbara, CA
Period21/03/1125/03/11

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