We list some face databases widely used for head pose related
studies, and summarize the specifications of these databases as below.
1. Gaze Interaction For Everybody (GI4E) dataset.
o Source:
The GI4E dataset is built by
o Purpose: The GI4E dataset contains facial videos with continuous head pose annotations.
o Properties:
Properties |
Descriptions |
# of subjects |
10 |
# of images/videos |
120 videos. |
Static/Videos |
Videos. |
Single/Multiple faces |
Single |
Gray/Color |
color |
Resolution |
- |
Face pose |
Various poses |
Facial expression |
- |
Illumination |
- |
3D data |
- |
Ground truth |
head pose annotations |
o Reference: refer to the paper: Mikel Ariz, Jose J. Bengoechea, Arantxa Villanueva, Rafael Cabeza, A novel 2D/3D database with automatic face annotation for head tracking and pose estimation, Computer Vision and Image Understanding, Volume 148, July 2016, Pages 201-210
2. Boston University (BU) head tracking dataset.
o Source:
The BU head tracking dataset is built by
o Purpose: The BU head tracking dataset contains facial videos with continuous head pose annotations.
o Properties:
Properties |
Descriptions |
# of subjects |
7 |
# of images/videos |
70+ videos |
Static/Videos |
Videos |
Single/Multiple faces |
Single |
Gray/Color |
color |
Resolution |
320*240 |
Face pose |
Various poses |
Facial expression |
- |
Illumination |
Uniform and varying lighting subsets |
3D data |
- |
Ground truth |
Continuous head pose annotations |
o Reference: refer to the paper: M. La Cascia, S. Sclaroff, and V. Athitsos, "Fast, Reliable Head Tracking under Varying Illumination: An Approach Based on Robust Registration of Texture-Mapped 3D Models", IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI), 22(4), April, 2000.
o
Source: this
database is obtained from http://www-prima.inrialpes.fr/Pointing04/data-face.html
.
o
Purpose: this
database is primarily used for face pose estimation task. It may also be used
for face recognition.
o
Properties:
Properties |
Descriptions |
# of subjects |
15 |
# of images/videos |
2790 |
Static/Videos |
Static |
Single/Multiple
faces |
Single |
Gray/Color |
Color |
Resolution |
384*288 |
Face pose |
Vertical: -90, -60,
-30, -15, 0, +15, +30, +60 +90 Horizontal: -90,
-75, -60, -45, -30, -15, 0, +15, +30, +45, +60, +75, +90 |
Facial expression |
Neutral |
Illumination |
N/A |
Accessories |
Glasses |
3D data |
N/A |
Ground truth |
Identifications of
subjects Face pose angles |
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Reference: Please
refer to the paper: N. Gourier, D. Hall, and J. L. Crowley,
Estimating Face Orientation from Robust Detection of Salient Facial Features,
Proc. of Pointing 2004, ICPR, International Workshop on Visual Observation
of Deictic Gestures.