Facial motion captureFacial motion capture is the process of electronically converting the movements of a person's face into a digital database using cameras or laser scanners. This database may then be used to produce computer graphics (CG), computer animation for movies, games, or real-time avatars. Because the motion of CG characters is derived from the movements of real people, it results in a more realistic and nuanced computer character animation than if the animation were created manually.
Blob detectionIn computer vision, blob detection methods are aimed at detecting regions in a that differ in properties, such as brightness or color, compared to surrounding regions. Informally, a blob is a region of an image in which some properties are constant or approximately constant; all the points in a blob can be considered in some sense to be similar to each other. The most common method for blob detection is convolution.
TrackingVideo tracking is the process of locating a moving object (or multiple objects) over time using a camera. It has a variety of uses, some of which are: human-computer interaction, security and surveillance, video communication and compression, augmented reality, traffic control, medical imaging and video editing. Video tracking can be a time-consuming process due to the amount of data that is contained in video. Adding further to the complexity is the possible need to use object recognition techniques for tracking, a challenging problem in its own right.
Scale-invariant feature transform[[Fichier:Matching of two images using the SIFT method.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Exemple de mise en correspondance de deux images par la méthode SIFT : des lignes vertes relient entre eux les descripteurs communs à un tableau et une photo de ce même tableau, de moindre qualité, ayant subi des transformations. |Exemple de résultat de la comparaison de deux images par la méthode SIFT (Fantasia ou Jeu de la poudre, devant la porte d’entrée de la ville de Méquinez, par Eugène Delacroix, 1832).
Finger trackingIn the field of gesture recognition and , finger tracking is a high-resolution technique developed in 1969 that is employed to know the consecutive position of the fingers of the user and hence represent objects in 3D. In addition to that, the finger tracking technique is used as a tool of the computer, acting as an external device in our computer, similar to a keyboard and a mouse. The finger tracking system is focused on user-data interaction, where the user interacts with virtual data, by handling through the fingers the volumetric of a 3D object that we want to represent.
Ridge detectionIn , ridge detection is the attempt, via software, to locate ridges in an , defined as curves whose points are local maxima of the function, akin to geographical ridges. For a function of N variables, its ridges are a set of curves whose points are local maxima in N − 1 dimensions. In this respect, the notion of ridge points extends the concept of a local maximum. Correspondingly, the notion of valleys for a function can be defined by replacing the condition of a local maximum with the condition of a local minimum.
Nystagmusvignette|Effet d'un nystagmus horizontal. En médecine, le nystagmus est un mouvement d'oscillation involontaire et saccadé du globe oculaire causé par une perturbation de la coordination des muscles de l'œil. Cette perturbation peut être causée par une affection, des mouvements très rapides ou l'abus de certaines substances. Les oscillations peuvent se produire dans un plan vertical, horizontal, de torsion ou dans une combinaison de ceux-ci. L'œil se dirige lentement vers une direction, puis revient brutalement à sa position d'origine grâce à une saccade oculaire.
Œil humainvignette|Un œil humain. vignette|Anatomie externe de l'œil humain. vignette|Coupe d'un œil humain. vignette|upright=2|Schéma anatomique de l'œil humain. Lœil humain' est l'organe de la vision de l'être humain ; il lui permet de capter la lumière, pour ensuite l'analyser et interagir avec son environnement. L'œil humain permet de distinguer les formes et les couleurs. La science qui étudie l'œil s'appelle l'ophtalmologie.
Corner detectionCorner detection is an approach used within computer vision systems to extract certain kinds of features and infer the contents of an image. Corner detection is frequently used in motion detection, , video tracking, image mosaicing, panorama stitching, 3D reconstruction and object recognition. Corner detection overlaps with the topic of interest point detection. A corner can be defined as the intersection of two edges. A corner can also be defined as a point for which there are two dominant and different edge directions in a local neighbourhood of the point.
Système visuel humainLe est l'ensemble des organes participant à la perception visuelle humaine, de la rétine au système sensori-moteur. Son rôle est de percevoir et d'interpréter deux images en deux dimensions en une image en trois dimensions. Il est principalement constitué de l'œil (et plus particulièrement la rétine), des nerfs optiques, du chiasma optique, du tractus optique, du corps genouillé latéral, des radiations optiques et du cortex visuel. En première approximation, l'œil peut être assimilé à un appareil photographique.
