使用自动化面部动作编码自发面部仿真检测的电肌图验证
1Psychological Process Research Team, Guardian Robot Project, RIKEN, Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-0288, Japan.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|November 25, 2023
概括
自动面部动作编码系统 (FACS) 软件显示了检测自发面部模仿的潜力,与电肌图 (EMG) 相对应,但精度较低. 研究人员应谨慎使用自动化FACS,特别是在临床人群中.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
- 计算机科学 计算机科学
背景情况:
- 电肌图 (EMG) 是测量面部模仿的黄金标准.
- 自动化面部动作编码系统 (FACS) 软件越来越多地用于此目的,但其有效性尚未得到充分证实.
- 自发的面部模仿是社会互动和情绪处理的关键指标.
研究的目的:
- 为了验证自动化FACS软件与黄金标准的面部EMG进行验证,以检测自发的面部模仿.
- 评估自动化FACS在识别特定面部动作单元方面的准确性和灵敏性.
- 为了比较不同自动化FACS软件 (FaceReader,Py-Feat,OpenFace) 的性能.
主要方法:
- 参与者观看实时和预先录制的面部表情.
- 同时获得了面部电磁共振 (zygomaticus大 - ZM) 和面部视频录像.
- 用FaceReader,Py-Feat和OpenFace分析了面部视频,用于行动单元12 (AU12,唇角拉拉器).
- 自动化FACS AU12估计与ZM EMG信号进行了比较.
主要成果:
- 自动化FACS软件检测到与ZM EMG反应相关的自发面部模仿 (AU12).
- 所有经过测试的软件都检测到与预先录制的视频相比,在现场表演期间有增强的模仿.
- 自动化FACS表现出比面部EMG更低的灵敏度和准确性,延迟时间为100-300 ms.
- 在自动化FACS AU12和ZM EMG信号之间发现了显著的相关性.
结论:
- 自动化FACS软件可以检测自发的面部模仿,但不能取代面部EMG.
- 该软件适用于在面部模拟中检测大效果大小.
- 建议在使用自动化FACS时谨慎使用,特别是在临床人群中.
- 应将EMG验证视为自动化FACS开发和应用的基准.
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