Automatic blush detection in ‘concealed information’ test using visual stimuli
Shigang Yue, Karl Harmer, Kun Guo, Karen Husted Adams, Andrew Hunter · Lincoln Repository (University of Lincoln) · 2014
Blushing has been identified as an indicator of deception, shame, anxiety and embarrassment. Although normally associated with the skin coloration of the face, a blush response also affects skin surface temperature. In this paper, an approach to detect a blush response automatically is presented using the Argus P7225 thermal camera from e2v. The algorithm was tested on a sample population of 51 subjects, while using visual stimuli to elicit a response, and achieved recognition rates of ~77% TPR and ~60% TNR, indicating a thermal image sensor is the prospective device to pick up subtle temperature change synchronised with stimuli.