FacialFlowNet: Advancing Facial Optical Flow Estimation with a Diverse Dataset and a Decomposed Model

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2409.05396v1
• Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2024 07:49:13 GMT
• Title: FacialFlowNet: Advancing Facial Optical Flow Estimation with a Diverse Dataset and a Decomposed Model
• Authors: Jianzhi Lu, Ruian He, Shili Zhou, Weimin Tan, Bo Yan,
• Abstract summary: This paper proposes FacialFlowNet (FFN), a novel large-scale facial optical flow dataset, and the Decomposed Facial Flow Model (DecFlow) FFN comprises 9,635 identities and 105,970 image pairs, offering unprecedented diversity for detailed facial and head motion analysis. DecFlow features a facial semantic-aware decoder, excelling in accurately decomposing facial flow into head and expression components.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Facial movements play a crucial role in conveying altitude and intentions, and facial optical flow provides a dynamic and detailed representation of it. However, the scarcity of datasets and a modern baseline hinders the progress in facial optical flow research. This paper proposes FacialFlowNet (FFN), a novel large-scale facial optical flow dataset, and the Decomposed Facial Flow Model (DecFlow), the first method capable of decomposing facial flow. FFN comprises 9,635 identities and 105,970 image pairs, offering unprecedented diversity for detailed facial and head motion analysis. DecFlow features a facial semantic-aware encoder and a decomposed flow decoder, excelling in accurately estimating and decomposing facial flow into head and expression components. Comprehensive experiments demonstrate that FFN significantly enhances the accuracy of facial flow estimation across various optical flow methods, achieving up to an 11% reduction in Endpoint Error (EPE) (from 3.91 to 3.48). Moreover, DecFlow, when coupled with FFN, outperforms existing methods in both synthetic and real-world scenarios, enhancing facial expression analysis. The decomposed expression flow achieves a substantial accuracy improvement of 18% (from 69.1% to 82.1%) in micro-expressions recognition. These contributions represent a significant advancement in facial motion analysis and optical flow estimation. Codes and datasets can be found.

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