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Micro-expressions (MEs) are brief, involuntary facial movements that reveal genuine emotions, offering valuable insights for psychological assessment and criminal investigations. Despite significant progress in automatic ME recognition…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-08-06 Xinglong Mao , Shifeng Liu , Sirui Zhao , Tong Xu , Hanchao Wang , Baozhi Jia , Enhong Chen

Unlike macro-expression, micro-expression does not follow a strictly consistent mapping rule between emotions and Action Units (AUs). As a result, some micro-expressions share identical AUs yet represent completely opposite emotional…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Chenxing Hu , Kun Xie , Qiguang Miao , Ruyi Liu , Quan Wang , Zongkai Yang

Micro-expression recognition is one of the most challenging topics in affective computing. It aims to recognize tiny facial movements difficult for humans to perceive in a brief period, i.e., 0.25 to 0.5 seconds. Recent advances in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-07 Xuan-Bac Nguyen , Chi Nhan Duong , Xin Li , Susan Gauch , Han-Seok Seo , Khoa Luu

Micro-expressions (MEs) are subtle, fleeting nonverbal cues that reveal an individual's genuine emotional state. Their analysis has attracted considerable interest due to its promising applications in fields such as healthcare, criminal…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-13 Chuang Ma , Yu Pei , Jianhang Zhang , Shaokai Zhao , Bowen Ji , Liang Xie , Ye Yan , Erwei Yin

Micro-expression, for its high objectivity in emotion detection, has emerged to be a promising modality in affective computing. Recently, deep learning methods have been successfully introduced into the micro-expression recognition area.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-08-28 Chongyang Wang , Min Peng , Tao Bi , Tong Chen

The rapid aging of the global population has highlighted the need for technologies to support elderly, particularly in healthcare and emotional well-being. Facial expression recognition (FER) systems offer a non-invasive means of monitoring…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-06 F. Xavier Gaya-Morey , Jose M. Buades-Rubio , Philippe Palanque , Raquel Lacuesta , Cristina Manresa-Yee

Facial Micro-Expressions (MEs) are spontaneous, involuntary facial movements when a person experiences an emotion but deliberately or unconsciously attempts to conceal his or her genuine emotions. Recently, ME recognition has attracted…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-09-18 Chengyu Guo , Jingyun Liang , Geng Zhan , Zhong Liu , Matti Pietikäinen , Li Liu

Emotion Recognition (ER) is the process of identifying human emotions from given data. Currently, the field heavily relies on facial expression recognition (FER) because facial expressions contain rich emotional cues. However, it is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-20 Yuanyuan Liu , Lin Wei , Kejun Liu , Yibing Zhan , Zijing Chen , Zhe Chen , Shiguang Shan

Micro-expressions (MEs) are infrequent and uncontrollable facial events that can highlight emotional deception and appear in a high-stakes environment. This paper propose an algorithm for spatiotemporal MEs spotting. Since MEs are unusual…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-03-12 Dawood Al Chanti , Alice Caplier

Understanding the facial expressions of our interlocutor is important to enrich the communication and to give it a depth that goes beyond the explicitly expressed. In fact, studying one's facial expression gives insight into their hidden…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-12-07 Rim EL Cheikh , Hélène Tran , Issam Falih , Engelbert Mephu Nguifo

Facial expression is an essential factor in conveying human emotional states and intentions. Although remarkable advancement has been made in facial expression recognition (FER) task, challenges due to large variations of expression…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-07-28 Jie Lei , Zhao Liu , Zeyu Zou , Tong Li , Xu Juan , Shuaiwei Wang , Guoyu Yang , Zunlei Feng

Facial expressions play a fundamental role in human communication. Indeed, they typically reveal the real emotional status of people beyond the spoken language. Moreover, the comprehension of human affect based on visual patterns is a key…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-03-11 Fabio Valerio Massoli , Donato Cafarelli , Giuseppe Amato , Fabrizio Falchi

Micro-expression recognition (MER) in low-resolution (LR) scenarios presents an important and complex challenge, particularly for practical applications such as group MER in crowded environments. Despite considerable advancements in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-17 Ling Zhou , Mingpei Wang , Xiaohua Huang , Wenming Zheng , Qirong Mao , Guoying Zhao

Facial micro-expression recognition (MER) is a challenging problem, due to transient and subtle micro-expression (ME) actions. Most existing methods depend on hand-crafted features, key frames like onset, apex, and offset frames, or deep…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-18 Zhiwen Shao , Yifan Cheng , Feiran Li , Yong Zhou , Xuequan Lu , Yuan Xie , Lizhuang Ma

Micro-Expression Recognition (MER) is a challenging task as the subtle changes occur over different action regions of a face. Changes in facial action regions are formed as Action Units (AUs), and AUs in micro-expressions can be seen as the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-03-24 Ling Zhou , Qirong Mao , Ming Dong

Facial expression recognition has gained significance as a means of imparting social robots with the capacity to discern the emotional states of users. The use of social robotics includes a variety of settings, including homes, nursing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-05 F. Xavier Gaya-Morey , Silvia Ramis , Jose M. Buades-Rubio , Cristina Manresa-Yee

Micro-expressions (MEs) are involuntary and subtle facial expressions that are thought to reveal feelings people are trying to hide. ME spotting detects the temporal intervals containing MEs in videos. Detecting such quick and subtle…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-10 Yini Fang , Didan Deng , Liang Wu , Frederic Jumelle , Bertram Shi

Micro-expressions (MEs) are regarded as important indicators of an individual's intrinsic emotions, preferences, and tendencies. ME analysis requires spotting of ME intervals within long video sequences and recognition of their…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Zizheng Guo , Bochao Zou , Junbao Zhuo , Huimin Ma

The Complex Emotion Recognition System (CERS) deciphers complex emotional states by examining combinations of basic emotions expressed, their interconnections, and the dynamic variations. Through the utilization of advanced algorithms, CERS…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-13 Javad Hassannataj Joloudari , Mohammad Maftoun , Bahareh Nakisa , Roohallah Alizadehsani , Meisam Yadollahzadeh-Tabari

Emotion Recognition (ER) is the process of analyzing and identifying human emotions from sensing data. Currently, the field heavily relies on facial expression recognition (FER) because visual channel conveys rich emotional cues. However,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Kejun Liu , Yuanyuan Liu , Lin Wei , Chang Tang , Yibing Zhan , Zijing Chen , Zhe Chen