Emotion pattern detection on facial videos using functional statistics

There is an increasing scientific interest in automatically analysing and understanding human behavior, with particular reference to the evolution of facial expressions and the recognition of the corresponding emotions. In this paper we propose a technique based on Functional ANOVA to extract significant patterns of face muscles movements, in order to identify the emotions expressed by actors in recorded videos. We determine if there are time-related differences on expressions among emotional groups by using a functional F-test. Such results are the first step towards the construction of a reliable automatic emotion recognition system