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Grigorios G Chrysos¹, Epameinondas Antonakos¹, Patrick Snape¹

¹1Department of Computing, Imperial College London, 180 Queen's Gate, London, SW7 2AZ UK.

International Journal of Computer Vision

|January 28, 2020

Summary

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This study provides the first thorough evaluation of deformable face tracking "in-the-wild" using the 300VW benchmark. It compares various methods, revealing key insights for future research in facial tracking technology.

Keywords:

Deformable face tracking Face detection Facial landmark localisation Long-term tracking Model free tracking

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Area of Science:

Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Biometrics

Background:

Facial analysis technologies like detection, landmark localization, and recognition have advanced significantly for
in-the-wild
conditions.
Deformable face tracking "in-the-wild" remains less evaluated, with performance often assessed qualitatively.

Purpose of the Study:

To conduct the first comprehensive evaluation of state-of-the-art deformable face tracking pipelines on the 300VW benchmark.
To analyze different on-line deformable face tracking strategies.

Main Methods:

Evaluation of generic face detection with generic facial landmark localization.
Assessment of generic model-free tracking with generic facial landmark localization.
Comparison of hybrid approaches integrating advanced face detection, model-free tracking, and facial landmark localization.

Main Results:

The study systematically evaluates multiple architectures for on-line deformable face tracking.
Comparative analysis highlights the performance differences between generic and hybrid tracking strategies.

Conclusions:

The research provides a thorough benchmark-driven evaluation of deformable face tracking "in-the-wild".
Findings identify critical areas and future research directions for improving facial tracking accuracy and robustness.