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Overview

The face image assessment module provides metrics including head pose, smile detection, inter-eye distance, closed eyes, etc.

Face image quality issues to investigate:

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Input

  • BQAT-CLI: Create a folder named data under your working directory and put your face images in this folder.

  • BQAT-API / BQAT-Stateless: Upload images via web API.

  • BQAT-GUI: Upload images via web page interface.

Supported file type: JPG, JPEG, JP2, BMP, PNG


Output

BQAT will produce quality metrics generated by processing engine selected in addition to input file metadata. The outputs will be stored as CSV via BQAT-CLI or JSON via BQAT-API.

Optional processing engines:


BQAT:

Column Description
file Path to the input file
ipd Inter-pupillary distance
confidence Confidence level of face dectection (not quality score)
bbox_left Left border of the face bounding box coordinates in pixels
bbox_upper Upper border of the face bounding box coordinates in pixels
bbox_right Right border of the face bounding box coordinates in pixels
bbox_bottom Bottom border of the face bounding box coordinates in pixels
eye_closed_left Left eye close or not
eye_closed_right Right eye close or not
pupil_right_x X coordinates of right pupil in pixels
pupil_right_y Y coordinates of right pupil in pixels
pupil_left_x X coordinates of left pupil in pixels
pupil_left_y Y coordinates of left pupil in pixels
yaw_pose Yaw in head pose direction
yaw_degree Yaw in head pose degree
pitch_pose Pitch in head pose direction
pitch_degree Pitch in head pose degree
roll_pose Roll in head pose direction
roll_degree Roll in head pose degree
smile Smile detected or not
glasses Glasses detected or not
image_width Width of the input image in pixels
image_height Height of the input image in pixels

OFIQ:

OFIQ engine is still in early stage of development, might be unstable, use with care.

Column Description
file Filename of the input
quality MagFace-based unified quality score measure
background_uniformity Gradient-based background uniformity
illumination_uniformity Illumination unformity by summing up the minima of the histograms of the left and the right side of the face
luminance_mean Luminance mean measure computed from the luminance histogram
luminance_variance Luminance variance measure computed from the luminance histogram
under_exposure_prevention Under-exposure prevention by computing the proportion of low-intensity pixels in the luminance image to assess the abscence of under-exposure
over_exposure_prevention Over-exposure prevention by computing the proportion of high-intensity pixels in the luminance image to assess the abscence of over-exposure
dynamic_range Dynamic range computed from the luminance histogram
sharpness Sharpness assessment based on a random forest classifier trained by the OFIQ development team
compression_artifacts Assessment of the absence of compression artifact (both JPEG and JPEG2000) based on a CNN trained by the OFIQ development team
natural_colour Assessment of the naturalness of the colour based on the conversion of the RGB presentation of the image to the CIELAB colour space
single_face_present Assessment of the uniqueness of the most dominant face detected by comparing its size with the size of the second largest face detected
eyes_open Eyes openness assessment based on computing eyes aspect ratio from eye landmarks
mouth_closed Mouth closed assessment based on computing a ratio from mouth landmarks
eyes_visible Eyes visibility assessment by measuring the coverage of the eye visibility zone with the result of face occlusion segmentation computed during pre-processing
mouth_occlusion_prevention Assessment of the absence of mouth occlusion by measuring the coverage of the mouth region from mouth landmarks with the result of face occlusion segmentation computed on pre-processing
face_occlusion_prevention Assessment of the absence of face occlusion by measuring the coverage of the landmarked region with the result of face occlusion segmentation computed during pre-processing
inter_eye_distance Inter-eye distance assessment based on computing the Euclidean length of eyes’ centres and multiplication with the secant of the yaw angle computed during pre-processing
head_size Size of the head based on computing the height of the face computed from facial landmarks with the height of the image
leftward_crop_of_the_face_image Left of the face image crop
rightward_crop_of_the_face_image Right of the face image crop
downward_crop_of_the_face_image Bottom of the face image crop
upward_crop_of_the_face_image Top of the face image crop
head_pose_yaw Pose angle yaw frontal alignment based on the 3DDFAV2
head_pose_pitch Pose angle pitch frontal alignment based on the 3DDFAV2
head_pose_roll Pose angle roll frontal alignment based on the 3DDFAV2
expression_neutrality Expression neutrality estimation based on a fusion of HSEMotion with Efficient-Expression-Neutrality-Estimation
no_head_coverings Assessment of the absence of head coverings by counting the pixels being labeled as head covers in the mask output by the face parsing computed during pre-processing

OFIQ Project


BIQT:

Column Description
file Path to the input file
background_deviation Image background deviation
background_grayness Image background grayness
blur Overall image blurriness
blur_face Face area blurriness
focus Overall image focus
focus_face Face area focus
openbr_IPD Inter eye distance from openbr
openbr_confidence confidence value from openbr
opencv_IPD Inter eye distance from opencv
opencv_eye_count Eye count from opencv
opencv_face_found Face count
opencv_face_height Height of face detected
opencv_face_width Width of face detected
opencv_frontal_face_found Number of front facing head found
opencv_landmarks_count Landmarks of face detected
opencv_mouth_count Number of mouth detected
opencv_nose_count Number of nose detected
opencv_profile_face_found Number of side profile of head
over_exposure Overall image exposure value
over_exposure_face Face area exposure value
quality Overall quality score
sap_code Sap code
skin_ratio_face Skin to face area ratio
skin_ratio_full Skin to fill image area ratio
image_area Image area
image_channels Number of image colour channels
image_width Width of the input image in pixels
image_height Height of the input image in pixels
image_ratio Image aspect ratio
openbr_left_eye_x Left eye x coordinate in pixels
openbr_left_eye_y Left eye y coordinate in pixels
openbr_left_eye_x Right eye x coordinate in pixels
openbr_left_eye_x Right eye y coordinate in pixels
opencv_face_center_of_mass_x Face center of mass x coordinate in pixels
opencv_face_center_of_mass_y Face center of mass y coordinate in pixels
opencv_face_offset_x Face offset x coordinate in pixels
opencv_face_offset_y Face offset y coordinate in pixels
opencv_face_x Face x coordinate in pixels
opencv_face_y Face y coordinate in pixels
opencv_left_eye_x Left eye x coordinate in pixels
opencv_left_eye_y Left eye y coordinate in pixels
opencv_right_eye_x Right eye x coordinate in pixels
opencv_right_eye_y Right eye y coordinate in pixels
opencv_mouth_x Mouth x coordinate in pixels
opencv_mouth_y Mouth y coordinate in pixels
opencv_nose_x Nose x coordinate in pixels
opencv_nose_y Nose y coordinate in pixels

Not all the columns are included in the table above for simplicity, for instance, there are normalized or scalar value of the same metrics.