In this paper, a saliency estimation technique for omni-directional images is presented. Traditional approaches for estimating 360° image saliency rely on the exploitation of low and high-level image features, along with auxiliary data, such as head movement or eye-gazes. However, the image content plays an important role in saliency estimation. Based on this evidence, in the proposed method low-level features are combined with the detection of human faces. In this way it is possible to refine the saliency estimation based on the low-level features by assigning a larger weight to the regions containing faces. Experimental results on 360° image dataset show the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

Mazumdar, P., Arru, G., Carli, M., Battisti, F. (2019). Face-aware saliency estimation model for 360° images. In European Signal Processing Conference (pp.1-5). European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO [10.23919/EUSIPCO.2019.8902556].

Face-aware saliency estimation model for 360° images

Mazumdar P.;Arru G.;Carli M.;Battisti F.
2019-01-01

Abstract

In this paper, a saliency estimation technique for omni-directional images is presented. Traditional approaches for estimating 360° image saliency rely on the exploitation of low and high-level image features, along with auxiliary data, such as head movement or eye-gazes. However, the image content plays an important role in saliency estimation. Based on this evidence, in the proposed method low-level features are combined with the detection of human faces. In this way it is possible to refine the saliency estimation based on the low-level features by assigning a larger weight to the regions containing faces. Experimental results on 360° image dataset show the effectiveness of the proposed approach.
2019
978-9-0827-9703-9
Mazumdar, P., Arru, G., Carli, M., Battisti, F. (2019). Face-aware saliency estimation model for 360° images. In European Signal Processing Conference (pp.1-5). European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO [10.23919/EUSIPCO.2019.8902556].
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