Monash University, Computer Science Department

Honours Project

VIDEO COMPRESSION

via

MORPHING

by

Lai Khen SIEW

Supervisor : Dr. Damian Conway

Second Examiner : Dr. Peter Tischer

Acknowledgments

I wish to thank my supervisor, Dr. Damian Conway, for his support, advice, guidance and patience all through the year.

Also, I would like to thank Eng Chuan Per, Hsiu Lin Li, Andrew Tie and Andrew Humphrey for proofreading my final report, and all my friends who provided their photos for testing.

Table of contents

1.0 INTRODUCTION

2.0 MORPHING
	2.1 What is Morphing ?
	2.2 Where has morphing been used and seen ?

3.0 HOW IS MORPHING RELATED TO VIDEO COMPRESSION ?

4.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
	4.1 Assumptions
		4.1.1 Assume images are front views of faces
		4.1.2 Eyes, nose and mouth are important features of faces
		4.1.3 High speed machines are used
	4.2 The Problem
		4.2.1 Methods investigated and rejected
		4.2.2 Method used for locating facial features
	4.3 Achievements
	4.4 Other Considerations

5.0 IMPLEMENTATION
	5.1 Stages for feature detection
	5.2 Mouth Detection
		5.2.1 The area for locating the mouth
		5.2.2 The method used to locate seeds at the mouth
	5.3 Nose Detection
		5.3.1 The area for locating the nose
		5.3.2 The method used to locate seeds at the nose
	5.4 Eyes Detection
		5.4.1 The areas for locating the eyes
		5.4.2 Methods attempted to locate seeds at the eyes but rejected
	5.4.3 Methods used to locate seeds at the eyes

6.0 TESTING
	6.1 General comments on the input images
	6.2 The results of the final test

7.0 FUTURE DIRECTIONS
8.0 CONCLUSION
9.0 REFERENCES

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