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Talking head generation is to generate video based on a given source identity and target motion. However, current methods face several challenges that limit the quality and controllability of the generated videos. First, the generated face…

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Recent advances in diffusion models bring new vitality to visual content creation. However, current text-to-video generation models still face significant challenges such as high training costs, substantial data requirements, and…

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Facial micro-expression recognition (MER) is a challenging task, due to the transience, subtlety, and dynamics of micro-expressions (MEs). Most existing methods resort to hand-crafted features or deep networks, in which the former often…

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Unlike the conventional facial expressions, micro-expressions are involuntary and transient facial expressions capable of revealing the genuine emotions that people attempt to hide. Therefore, they can provide important information in a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-02-17 Xianye Ben , Yi Ren , Junping Zhang , Su-Jing Wang , Kidiyo Kpalma , Weixiao Meng , Yong-Jin Liu

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

We study the problem of facial analysis in videos. We propose a novel weakly supervised learning method that models the video event (expression, pain etc.) as a sequence of automatically mined, discriminative sub-events (eg. onset and…

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Owing to the development and advancement of artificial intelligence, numerous works were established in the human facial expression recognition system. Meanwhile, the detection and classification of micro-expressions are attracting…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-04 Sze-Teng Liong , Y. S. Gan , Danna Zheng , Shu-Meng Lic , Hao-Xuan Xua , Han-Zhe Zhang , Ran-Ke Lyu , Kun-Hong Liu

Facial expression detection involves two interrelated tasks: spotting, which identifies the onset and offset of expressions, and recognition, which classifies them into emotional categories. Most existing methods treat these tasks…

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This paper presents baseline results for the Third Facial Micro-Expression Grand Challenge (MEGC 2020). Both macro- and micro-expression intervals in CAS(ME)$^2$ and SAMM Long Videos are spotted by employing the method of Main Directional…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-03-23 Ying He , Su-Jing Wang , Jingting Li , Moi Hoon Yap

Critical obstacles in training classifiers to detect facial actions are the limited sizes of annotated video databases and the relatively low frequencies of occurrence of many actions. To address these problems, we propose an approach that…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-22 Koichiro Niinuma , Itir Onal Ertugrul , Jeffrey F Cohn , László A Jeni

Facial micro-expressions (MEs) are involuntary facial motions revealing peoples real feelings and play an important role in the early intervention of mental illness, the national security, and many human-computer interaction systems.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-08-22 Hanting Li , Mingzhe Sui , Zhaoqing Zhu , Feng Zhao

Talking head video generation aims to generate a realistic talking head video that preserves the person's identity from a source image and the motion from a driving video. Despite the promising progress made in the field, it remains a…

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Facial expression spotting, identifying periods where facial expressions occur in a video, is a significant yet challenging task in facial expression analysis. The issues of irrelevant facial movements and the challenge of detecting subtle…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Yicheng Deng , Hideaki Hayashi , Hajime Nagahara

Facial micro-expressions are sudden involuntary minute muscle movements which reveal true emotions that people try to conceal. Spotting a micro-expression and recognizing it is a major challenge owing to its short duration and intensity.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-22 Sauradip Nag , Ayan Kumar Bhunia , Aishik Konwer , Partha Pratim Roy

Micro-expressions are spontaneous, unconscious facial movements that show people's true inner emotions and have great potential in related fields of psychological testing. Since the face is a 3D deformation object, the occurrence of an…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-04-21 Fengping Wang , Jie Li , Siqi Zhang , Chun Qi , Yun Zhang , Danmin Miao

Facial expression is temporally dynamic event which can be decomposed into a set of muscle motions occurring in different facial regions over various time intervals. For dynamic expression recognition, two key issues, temporal alignment and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-11-23 Mengyi Liu , Shiguang Shan , Ruiping Wang , Xilin Chen

Facial micro-expressions, characterized by their subtle and brief nature, are valuable indicators of genuine emotions. Despite their significance in psychology, security, and behavioral analysis, micro-expression recognition remains…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-16 Luu Tu Nguyen , Vu Tram Anh Khuong , Thi Bich Phuong Man , Thi Duyen Ngo , Thanh Ha Le

A micro-expression is a spontaneous unconscious facial muscle movement that can reveal the true emotions people attempt to hide. Although manual methods have made good progress and deep learning is gaining prominence. Due to the short…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-01-12 Fengping Wang , Jie Li , Chun Qi , Lin Wang , Pan Wang

Facial micro-expressions indicate brief and subtle facial movements that appear during emotional communication. In comparison to macro-expressions, micro-expressions are more challenging to be analyzed due to the short span of time and the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-12-22 Hong-Xia Xie , Ling Lo , Hong-Han Shuai , Wen-Huang Cheng

Human motion generation is a challenging task that aims to create realistic motion imitating natural human behaviour. We focus on the well-studied behaviour of priming an object/location for pick up or put down - that is, the spotting of an…

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