FACIAL MULTICHARACTERISTICS AND APPLICATIONS

What features or information can we observe from a face and how can these information help us to understand the person concerned in terms of their wellbeing and what can we learn about and from each given feature This book answers these questions by first dividing a face39s multiple characteristics into two main categories original or physiological features and features that change over a lifetime The first category original features may be further divided into two subclasses features special or unique to an individual and features common to a particular group The second changed features can also be subdivided into two groups features altered due to disease or features altered by other external factors From these four subcategories four different applications facial identification using original and special features beauty analysis using original common features facial diagnosis by disease changed features and expression recognition through affectchanged features are identifiedThis classification system is summarized in the diagram below The book will benefit researchers professionals and graduate students working in the field of computer vision pattern recognition securityclinical practice and beauty analysis and will also be useful for interdisciplinary research