CH-Unicamp
Expressive Visemes Images Database
CH-Unicamp is an annotated database of expressive visemes images played by a female face. In the context of CH-Unicamp, visemes (or visual phonemes) are photographic images of the face producing different phones of the Brazilian Portuguese language. The visemes of Brazilian Portuguese language are common to other languages. CH-Unicamp contains photographic samples of visemes extracted from speech accompanied by the expression of emotions. The database comprehends the twenty-two emotions of the Ortony, Clore and Collins (OCC) model of emotions. The structure of the database is described here.
Free copies of CH-Unicamp are provided for research and private study only.
A copy of the database can be requested through e-mail sent to:
Prof. Paula Dornhofer Paro Costa, PhD
Department of Computer Engineering and Industrial Automation
School of Eletrical and Computer Engineering
University of Campinas
The e-mail message must contain s a description of the envisioned use of the database and an statement
of agreement with the following “Terms and Conditions of Use”. A download link will be provided after the analysis of the request. Requests can be denied.
All responsibility for possible infringement of copyright or other rights, including the invasion of privacy arising from use of reproductions is assumed by the user.
Copies are provided for research and private study only. Permission to use images in any publication, exhibition, film, video or TV broadcast, or on any CD or website, etc. must be explicitly granted by the Prof. Paula Dornhofer Paro Costa, PhD , that can be reached through the following contact information:
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)
Depto. de Eng. de Computação e Automação Industrial (DCA)
Fac. de Eng. Elétrica e de Computação (FEEC)
Av. Albert Einstein, 400
Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz
Distrito Barão Geraldo - Campinas-SP Brasil
CEP: 13083-852
Permission is granted for a one-time use only. Permission for reproduction and use is limited to the applicant only and is not transferable. The permission for any subsequent change should be requested through the contact above.
Unicamp must be credited for each image used. Please use the following format: Costa, P.D.P; De Martino, J.M., “CH-Unicamp Expressive Visemes Images Database”, 2011.
If the image is manipulated in any way, an accompanying caption must indicate that the image has been altered and how it has been altered (significant cropping, manipulation, superimposing, tinting, etc.)
The user may not reproduce, resell or permit others to reproduce the photographic copy or any facsimile of it.
One complimentary copy of each publication or CD ROM in which the photographic copy appears must be sent to the Prof. José Mario De Martino, PhD (use the contact information above).
In authorizing the publication of images, Unicamp does not surrender its own right to publish it, or to grant permission to others to do so.