{"id":170911,"date":"2012-02-23T22:27:02","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T06:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/microsoft-research-face-sdk-beta\/"},"modified":"2016-06-24T09:01:55","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T16:01:55","slug":"microsoft-research-face-sdk-beta","status":"publish","type":"msr-project","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/microsoft-research-face-sdk-beta\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Research Face SDK Beta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"asset-content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/microsoft-research-face-sdk-beta-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" \/>Microsoft Research Face SDK integrates the latest face technologies from Microsoft research teams. It provides state-of-the-art algorithms to process face images, like face detection, alignment, tracking, and cartoon generation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Details<\/h1>\n<p>Major\u00a0features are:<\/p>\n<h3>Detection<\/h3>\n<p>Given an image, this module tries to detect all faces from it and returns a list of rectangles indicating the face positions. The detection algorithm automatically handles the illumination changes as well as different face view angles.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"2d734291-ca27-4f0f-9444-5d86c14c9325\" class=\"ImageBlock fn\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"Image2d734291-ca27-4f0f-9444-5d86c14c9325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/facesdk-facedet.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span id=\"ImageCaption2d734291-ca27-4f0f-9444-5d86c14c9325\" class=\"ImageCaptionCoreCss ImageCaption\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* If you find a situation where\u00a0the detector cannot detect human faces\u00a0under reasonable conditions, you&#8217;re welcome to send <a title=\"\" href=\"mailto:msrawp7%40microsoft.com?subject=Microsoft Research Face SDK Beta QA\" target=\"_self\">us <\/a>the photo (or the link to the photo).<\/p>\n<h3>Alignment<\/h3>\n<p>This module tries to locate the face components (eyes, brows, mouth, nose, etc) and return either component centers or component outlines.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"18ebdc45-5b06-4fbf-94fa-cf33d63d6268\" class=\"ImageBlock fn\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"Image18ebdc45-5b06-4fbf-94fa-cf33d63d6268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/facesdk-alignment-asm.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span id=\"ImageCaption18ebdc45-5b06-4fbf-94fa-cf33d63d6268\" class=\"ImageCaptionCoreCss ImageCaption\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Cartoon<\/h3>\n<p>This module creates a personalized cartoon portrait from a single image. User can customize the portrait by selecting different styles or applying different templates.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"c07e8a70-4679-458b-99e9-a510d1f9564a\" class=\"ImageBlock fn\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"Imagec07e8a70-4679-458b-99e9-a510d1f9564a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/facesdk-cartoon-all.png\" alt=\"\" \/><span id=\"ImageCaptionc07e8a70-4679-458b-99e9-a510d1f9564a\" class=\"ImageCaptionCoreCss ImageCaption\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Tracking<\/h3>\n<p>This module locates the face position in real-time in\u00a0a live\u00a0video stream. User can use the head movement (turning left\/right, etc.)\u00a0to interact with a Windows Phone.<\/p>\n<h1>2012 May Release<\/h1>\n<p>Microsoft Research Face SDK Beta for Windows Phone is available for download. Any comments or suggestions, please contact us at <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/social.microsoft.com\/Forums\/en-US\/facesdk\/\">Microsoft Research Face SDK forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"moray-accordion\" data-show=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"group\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-mount=\"collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-target=\"#accordion-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-link m-0\" aria-disabled=\"false\" aria-pressed=\"false\" data-action=\"expand\" type=\"button\" data-bi-cN=\"Expand all\">Expand all<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-link m-0\" aria-disabled=\"false\" aria-pressed=\"false\" data-action=\"collapse\" type=\"button\" data-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\">Collapse all<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"accordion\" id=\"accordion-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-mount=\"collapse\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-target=\"#collapse-2\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded=\"false\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"collapse-2\">\n\t\tRelated Links\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse\" id=\"collapse-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/download\/microsoft-research-face-sdk-beta-for-windows-phone\/\">Download<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/social.microsoft.com\/Forums\/en-US\/facesdk\/\">Forum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/social.microsoft.com\/Forums\/en-US\/facesdk\/thread\/9eda0b68-a7d2-45dd-881e-24d961a5c1c5\">FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/facesdk-facesdk_manual_zh_cn.zip\" target=\"_self\">FaceSDK Reference Manual (Chinese)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/facesdk-microsoft_research_facesdk_jp.pdf\" target=\"_self\">FaceSDK Reference Manual (Japanese)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Research Face SDK integrates the latest face technologies from Microsoft research teams. It provides state-of-the-art algorithms to process face images, like face detection, alignment, tracking, and cartoon generation. &nbsp; Details Major\u00a0features are: Detection Given an image, this module tries to detect all faces from it and returns a list of rectangles indicating the face [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"research-area":[13562,13551],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-impact-theme":[],"msr-pillar":[],"class_list":["post-170911","msr-project","type-msr-project","status-publish","hentry","msr-research-area-computer-vision","msr-research-area-graphics-and-multimedia","msr-locale-en_us","msr-archive-status-active"],"msr_project_start":"2012-02-23","related-publications":[],"related-downloads":[169231],"related-videos":[],"related-groups":[],"related-events":[],"related-opportunities":[],"related-posts":[235489],"related-articles":[],"tab-content":[],"slides":[],"related-researchers":[{"type":"user_nicename","value":"chazhang","display_name":"Cha Zhang","author_link":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/chazhang\/\" aria-label=\"Visit the profile page for Cha Zhang\">Cha Zhang<\/a>","is_active":false,"user_id":31379,"last_first":"Zhang, Cha","people_section":0,"alias":"chazhang"},{"type":"user_nicename","value":"qfyin","display_name":"Qiufeng Yin","author_link":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/qfyin\/\" aria-label=\"Visit the profile page for Qiufeng Yin\">Qiufeng Yin<\/a>","is_active":false,"user_id":33296,"last_first":"Yin, Qiufeng","people_section":0,"alias":"qfyin"}],"msr_research_lab":[199560],"msr_impact_theme":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-project\/170911"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/msr-project"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-project\/170911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242111,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-project\/170911\/revisions\/242111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"msr-research-area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-area?post=170911"},{"taxonomy":"msr-locale","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-locale?post=170911"},{"taxonomy":"msr-impact-theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-impact-theme?post=170911"},{"taxonomy":"msr-pillar","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-pillar?post=170911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}