3D FACIAL MODEL CREATION USING GENERIC MODEL AND FRONT AND SIDE VIEWSOF FACE

This paper presents an automatic creation method of 3D facial models w hich are needed for facial image generation by 3D computer graphics. A 3D facial model of a specific person is obtained from just the front and side view images without any human operation. The method has two p arts; feature extraction and generic model modification. In the featur e extraction part, the regions or edges which express the facial featu res such as eyes, nose, mouth or chin outline are extracted from the f ront and side view images. A generic head model is then modified based on the position and shape of the extracted facial features in the gen eric model modification part. As a result, a 3D model for persons is o btained. By using the specific model and the front and side view image s, texture-mapped facial images can be generated easily.