A Real-Time Facial Expression Recognition System for Online Games

Joint Authors

Safaei, Farzad
Zhan, Ce
Ogunbona, Philip
Li, Wanqing

Source

International Journal of Computer Games Technology

Issue

Vol. 2008, Issue 2008 (31 Dec. 2008), pp.1-7, 7 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2008-03-25

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

7

Main Subjects

Information Technology and Computer Science

Abstract EN

Multiplayer online games (MOGs) have become increasingly popular because of the opportunity they provide for collaboration, communication, and interaction.

However, compared with ordinary human communication, MOG still has several limitations, especially in communication using facial expressions.

Although detailed facial animation has already been achieved in a number of MOGs, players have to use text commands to control the expressions of avatars.

In this paper, we propose an automatic expression recognition system that can be integrated into an MOG to control the facial expressions of avatars.

To meet the specific requirements of such a system, a number of algorithms are studied, improved, and extended.

In particular, Viola and Jones face-detection method is extended to detect small-scale key facial components; and fixed facial landmarks are used to reduce the computational load with little performance degradation in the recognition accuracy.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Zhan, Ce& Li, Wanqing& Ogunbona, Philip& Safaei, Farzad. 2008. A Real-Time Facial Expression Recognition System for Online Games. International Journal of Computer Games Technology،Vol. 2008, no. 2008, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-480146

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Zhan, Ce…[et al.]. A Real-Time Facial Expression Recognition System for Online Games. International Journal of Computer Games Technology No. 2008 (2008), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-480146

American Medical Association (AMA)

Zhan, Ce& Li, Wanqing& Ogunbona, Philip& Safaei, Farzad. A Real-Time Facial Expression Recognition System for Online Games. International Journal of Computer Games Technology. 2008. Vol. 2008, no. 2008, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-480146

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-480146