Curvelet transform is a promising tool for multi-resolution analysis on images. This paper explains a new approach for facial expression recognition based on curvelet features extracted using curvelet transform. Curvelet transform is applied on the database images and curvelet coefficients are obtained for selected scale for image analysis. Facial curvelet features are compressed using singular value decomposition (SVD) approach. Back propagation neural network (BPNN) and Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) are used as classifiers for classifying expressions into one of the seven categories like angry, disgust, fear, happy, neutral, sad and surprise. Experimentation is carried out on JAFFE database. The experimental results show that the novel approach is a better option for extracting feature values and classifying facial expressions.
Facial Expression Recognition via Kernel Sparse Representation
