Table of contents

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
face_ratio Ratio of face area to the whole image
brightness Average brightness of the image
dynamic_range Dynamic range of the image
sharpness Sharpness of the image
contrast Contrast of the image
face_offset_x Horizontal offset of the face from image centre
face_offset_y Vertical offset of the face from image centre
background_colour_name Background colour name
background_colour_rgb Background colour RGB values
background_colour_variance Background colour variance
hair_coverage Coverage ratio of detected hair area to whole face bounding box
brightness_variance Estimation of image brightness variance
blurriness Blur effect metric. An estimate strength of perceptual blurriness
gaze_right_x Right eyeball gazing direction offset percentage horizontal
gaze_right_y Right eyeball gazing direction offset percentage vertical
gaze_left_x Left eyeball gazing direction offset percentage horizontal
gaze_left_y Left eyeball gazing direction offset percentage vertical
pupil_colour_right_name Right pupil colour name
pupil_colour_right_rgb Right pupil colour RGB values
pupil_colour_left_name Left pupil colour name
pupil_colour_left_rgb Left pupil colour RGB values
head_top Top border of head location estimation
head_bottom Bottom border of head location estimation
head_right Right border of head location estimation
head_left Left border of head location estimation

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 uniformity 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 labelled 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.