Real-time face tracking on the Nokia N900 mobile phone

This prototype from the University of Manchester (UK) shows an Active Appearance Model - pioneered at Manchester by Tim Cootes and Chris Taylor - tracking 22 facial features (superimposed in yellow and red) in real-time on a Nokia N900 mobile phone. This demo was developed for the EU-funded 'Mobile Biometrics' (MoBio) project as part of a face verification system for access control (e.g. instead of a password to access your social networking profile) on mobile devices such as smartphones.

For more information on this video, see http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/philip.tresadern/proj_facerec.htm or contact philip.tresadern@manchester.ac.uk

For a detailed description of the system see "Real-Time Facial Feature Tracking on a Mobile Device", Tresadern et al., IJCV (to appear, available online at http://www.springerlink.com/content/a0h707650870942h/)

For more information on the MoBio project, visit http://www.mobioproject.org

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Science & Technology

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• face tracking
• mobile
• n900
• active appearance model

[ssjtoma]

is there source code available somewhere? I worked with AAM and ASM before so this is quite fascinating for me to see on the N900 =)

[ptresadern]

@ssjtoma I'm afraid not at this stage. There are some licensing issues to work out first :o(

[UltimateAnonymous]

Being a long time Nokia and symbian user...this is all they could come up with? Some stupid biometrics gimmick?

[ptresadern]

@UltimateAnonymous The focus of our project is specifically to see how reliable and efficient biometric authentication can be on a modern mobile phone - nothing more. We chose the N900 purely because it was easy to program and had a camera on the front (unlike the iPhone 3G for example), making it the most appropriate mobile platform for our research. I don't doubt that it can do much more than what we've shown.

[360NextLevel]

nice work guys! Any idea as to when this will be available for users to try out?

[ptresadern]

@360NextLevel Not sure at the moment - this is very much a prototype. Maybe when it's a bit more polished...

[faz0]

Another fine example of the power and flexibility of the N900.

[maltemer]

You're all so fooled. He actually look like that. :p

[000vortex]

In Google: Identifier of personality ID by Volodya Vashchyshyn-is a global biological radar-tracking implant document-storage device of the personal data with function of e-purse-bank account (the connection with Central bank of the Earth).

[JaanUNLTD]

how to get the front camera work?

[nexthacker007]

where is the app????????

[DJDopeB]

Make a beta version for android : )

[smeghead666]

@ptresadern

Didn't they tell you Colonel?

That's what the Mobile Nfantry is for ;)

[adil1111111111111ify]

good work guys .cant wait to use the app when it comes out ?

[herefordmsv]

@ptresadern Awesome work...very exciting. If you need a tester pick me!

[herefordmsv]

@UltimateAnonymous A) Its not a gimmick, its a research project, and, B) Its not Symbian, its Maemo which is essentially Linux, which is why developers like it so much. Plus its got some serious hardware inside it, one of which is a Arm A8, which is running at tick over (600mhz) but which can be overclocked to over 1Ghz (1.15). Its seriously capable and seriously the dark horse of the smart phone world. All apps are free. See maemo.org for some indication of apps.