org.openimaj.image.processing.face.alignment

Interface FaceAligner<T extends DetectedFace>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of DetectedFace

All Superinterfaces:

ReadableBinary, ReadWriteableBinary, WriteableBinary

All Known Implementing Classes:

AffineAligner, CLMAligner, IdentityAligner, MeshWarpAligner, RotateScaleAligner, ScalingAligner

public interface FaceAligner<T extends DetectedFace>
extends ReadWriteableBinary

A FaceAligner produces aligned face patches (i.e. with the eyes aligned or more). These can be used for building features for recognition, etc.

Author:

Jonathon Hare (jsh2@ecs.soton.ac.uk)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
FImage	align(T face) For the provided face detection, return an aligned version of the face.
FImage	getMask() Return a mask image for aligned faces.

Methods inherited from interface org.openimaj.io.ReadableBinary

binaryHeader, readBinary

Methods inherited from interface org.openimaj.io.WriteableBinary

binaryHeader, writeBinary

Method Detail

align

FImage align(T face)

For the provided face detection, return an aligned version of the face.

Parameters:

face - the face to align

Returns:

aligned face

getMask

FImage getMask()

Return a mask image for aligned faces. 0 pixels mark background pixels that should be ignored in further processing of aligned faces produced by this aligner.

Returns:

a mask image, or null if masking isn't required