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The computer expression recognition toolbox (CERT)

  • Gwen Littlewort
  • , Jacob Whitehill
  • , Tingfan Wu
  • , Ian Fasel
  • , Mark Frank
  • , Javier Movellan
  • , Marian Bartlett
    • University of California at San Diego
    • University of Arizona

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    482 Scopus citations

    Abstract

    We present the Computer Expression Recognition Toolbox (CERT), a software tool for fully automatic real-time facial expression recognition, and officially release it for free academic use. CERT can automatically code the intensity of 19 different facial actions from the Facial Action Unit Coding System (FACS) and 6 different protoypical facial expressions. It also estimates the locations of 10 facial features as well as the 3-D orientation (yaw, pitch, roll) of the head. On a database of posed facial expressions, Extended Cohn-Kanade (CK [1]), CERT achieves an average recognition performance (probability of correctness on a two-alternative forced choice (2AFC) task between one positive and one negative example) of 90.1% when analyzing facial actions. On a spontaneous facial expression dataset, CERT achieves an accuracy of nearly 80%. In a standard dual core laptop, CERT can process 320 240 video images in real time at approximately 10 frames per second.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication2011 IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition and Workshops, FG 2011
    Pages298-305
    Number of pages8
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2011
    Event2011 IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition and Workshops, FG 2011 - Santa Barbara, CA, United States
    Duration: Mar 21 2011Mar 25 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
    CitySanta Barbara, CA
    Period03/21/1103/25/11

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