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Vision Based Facial Action Recognition System for People with Disabilities

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNBI,volume 7339))

Abstract

Human-computer interaction (HCI) is an emerging field of science aimed at providing natural ways for humans to use computers. There are various approaches to build mouse alternatives. Unfortunatelly, many existing solutions are not designed for people with severe physical disabilities.

The work presented here is part of the larger project and focusses on facial action recognition framework and its components. It uses only optical observation - camera and image analysis and recognition algorithms. Proposed system gives possibility to serve the special needs of people with various disabilities, especially to use computers and possibly other devices. Consequently, in our opinion, it can offer disabled people access to a wide range of services which help them to participate more fully in society.

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  1. AGH University of Science and Technology, al. A. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059, Kraków, Poland

    Jaromir Przybyło

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Przybyło, J. (2012). Vision Based Facial Action Recognition System for People with Disabilities. In: Piętka, E., Kawa, J. (eds) Information Technologies in Biomedicine. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7339. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31196-3_58

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