The FABO Database
As an integral part of our research on
multimodal affective state recognition,
we created The Bimodal Face and Body Gesture Database (FABO)
for Automatic Analysis of Human Nonverbal Affective Behavior
at University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) in 2005. Posed
visual data was collected from volunteers in a laboratory
setting by asking and directing the participants on the
required actions and movements. The FABO database contains
videos of face and body expressions recorded by the face and
body cameras, simultaneously, as shown in the figures below.
This database is the first to date to combine face and body
displays in a truly bimodal manner, hence enabling significant
future progresses in affective computing research.
The goal of the FABO Database is to provide
a data source for the research in Affective Multi-modal Human
Computer Interaction. This database aims to help researchers
develop new techniques, technology, and algorithms for
automatic bimodal/multimodal recognition of human nonverbal
behaviour and affective states.
To advance the state-of-the-art in
multimodal affect recognition the FABO Database will be made
available to researchers in affective computing field on a
case by case basis only. All requests for the FABO Database
must be submitted in writing to Hatice Gunes (hgunes@imperial.ac.uk). Prior to obtaining the database the researchers are required to sign the
FABO Database Release Agreement.
