An eye for an eye: A single camera gaze-replacement method

The camera in video conference systems is typically positioned above, or below, the screen, causing the gaze of the users to appear misplaced. We propose an effective solution to this problem that is based on replacing the eyes of the user. This replacement, when done accurately, is enough to achiev...

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Published in2010 IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition pp. 817 - 824
Main Authors Wolf, L, Freund, Z, Avidan, S
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.06.2010
Subjects
Cameras
Eyelids
Eyes
Face detection
Head
Infrared detectors
Iris
Object detection
Teleconferencing
Videoconference
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Summary:The camera in video conference systems is typically positioned above, or below, the screen, causing the gaze of the users to appear misplaced. We propose an effective solution to this problem that is based on replacing the eyes of the user. This replacement, when done accurately, is enough to achieve a natural looking video. At an initialization stage the user is asked to look straight at the camera. We store these frames, then track the eyes accurately in the video sequence and replace the eyes, taking care of illumination and ghosting artifacts. We have tested the system on a large number of videos demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed solution.
ISBN:1424469848
9781424469840
ISSN:1063-6919
1063-6919
DOI:10.1109/CVPR.2010.5540133