Detection of lies by facial thermal imagery analysis

An artificial vision system is presented for lie detection by analyzing face thermal image sequences. This system represents an alternative technique to the polygraph. Some of its features are: 1) it has no physical contact with the examinee, 2) it is non-intrusive, 3) it has a potential for private...

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Main Authors: Sebastián Bedoya-Echeverry, Hernán Belalcázar-Ramírez, Humberto Loaiza-Correa, Sandra Esperanza Nope-Rodríguez, Carlos Rafael Pinedo-Jaramillo, Andrés David Restrepo-Girón
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Published: Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2017-01-01
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Online Access:http://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/5771
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author Sebastián Bedoya-Echeverry
Hernán Belalcázar-Ramírez
Humberto Loaiza-Correa
Sandra Esperanza Nope-Rodríguez
Carlos Rafael Pinedo-Jaramillo
Andrés David Restrepo-Girón
author_facet Sebastián Bedoya-Echeverry
Hernán Belalcázar-Ramírez
Humberto Loaiza-Correa
Sandra Esperanza Nope-Rodríguez
Carlos Rafael Pinedo-Jaramillo
Andrés David Restrepo-Girón
author_sort Sebastián Bedoya-Echeverry
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description An artificial vision system is presented for lie detection by analyzing face thermal image sequences. This system represents an alternative technique to the polygraph. Some of its features are: 1) it has no physical contact with the examinee, 2) it is non-intrusive, 3) it has a potential for private use, and 4) it can simultaneously analyze several persons. The proposed system is based on the detection of physiological changes in temperature in the lacrimal puncta area caused by the subtle increase in blood flow through the nearby vascular network. These changes take place when anxiety appears as a consequence of deception. Thus, the system segments the periorbital area, and tracks consecutive frames using the Kanade-Lucas-Tomasi algorithm. The results show a success rate of 79.2 % in detecting lies using a simple classification based on the comparison between the estimated temperatures in control questions, and the rest of the interrogation procedure. The performance of this system is comparable with previous works, where cameras with better specifications were used.
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spelling doaj.art-41fb664c38cd4b049eae64f1c2e75e4b2022-12-21T19:53:19ZengUniversidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de ColombiaRevista Facultad de Ingeniería0121-11292357-53282017-01-012644475910.19053/01211129.v26.n44.2017.57715771Detection of lies by facial thermal imagery analysisSebastián Bedoya-Echeverry0Hernán Belalcázar-Ramírez1Humberto Loaiza-Correa2Sandra Esperanza Nope-Rodríguez3Carlos Rafael Pinedo-Jaramillo4Andrés David Restrepo-Girón5Universidad del Valle (Cali-Valle del Cauca, Colombia).Universidad del Valle (Cali-Valle del Cauca, Colombia).Ph.D. Universidad del Valle (Cali-Valle del Cauca, Colombia).Ph.D. Universidad del Valle (Cali-Valle del Cauca, Colombia).M.Sc. Universidad del Valle (Cali-Valle del Cauca, Colombia).Ph.D. Universidad del Valle (Cali-Valle del Cauca, Colombia).An artificial vision system is presented for lie detection by analyzing face thermal image sequences. This system represents an alternative technique to the polygraph. Some of its features are: 1) it has no physical contact with the examinee, 2) it is non-intrusive, 3) it has a potential for private use, and 4) it can simultaneously analyze several persons. The proposed system is based on the detection of physiological changes in temperature in the lacrimal puncta area caused by the subtle increase in blood flow through the nearby vascular network. These changes take place when anxiety appears as a consequence of deception. Thus, the system segments the periorbital area, and tracks consecutive frames using the Kanade-Lucas-Tomasi algorithm. The results show a success rate of 79.2 % in detecting lies using a simple classification based on the comparison between the estimated temperatures in control questions, and the rest of the interrogation procedure. The performance of this system is comparable with previous works, where cameras with better specifications were used.http://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/5771face anthropometric measurementsKLT algorithmlie detectionperiorbital areathermography
spellingShingle Sebastián Bedoya-Echeverry
Hernán Belalcázar-Ramírez
Humberto Loaiza-Correa
Sandra Esperanza Nope-Rodríguez
Carlos Rafael Pinedo-Jaramillo
Andrés David Restrepo-Girón
Detection of lies by facial thermal imagery analysis
Revista Facultad de Ingeniería
face anthropometric measurements
KLT algorithm
lie detection
periorbital area
thermography
title Detection of lies by facial thermal imagery analysis
title_full Detection of lies by facial thermal imagery analysis
title_fullStr Detection of lies by facial thermal imagery analysis
title_full_unstemmed Detection of lies by facial thermal imagery analysis
title_short Detection of lies by facial thermal imagery analysis
title_sort detection of lies by facial thermal imagery analysis
topic face anthropometric measurements
KLT algorithm
lie detection
periorbital area
thermography
url http://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/5771
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