Presentation 2017-10-20
Estimating the attractiveness of a food photo using a Convolutional Neural Network
Akinori Sato, Keisuke Doman, Takatsugu Hirayama, Ichiro Ide, Yasutomo Kawanishi, Daisuke Deguchi, Hiroshi Murase,
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Abstract(in English) We have previously proposed a method for estimating the attractiveness of a food photo in order to assist a user to shoot attractive food photos. In this method, image features were extracted from food photos with attractiveness scores, and the attractiveness score of an input food photo was estimated in a regression framework. In this report, we describe the result of constructing an attractiveness estimator using a convolutional neural network (CNN) as a new approach to this method. Specifically, CNNs which transfer-learned each of the pre-trained models of VGG16, ResNet50 and Inception-v3 is constructed and used as an attractiveness estimator. From the results compared with the previous method, we confirmed that the attractiveness estimator based on the VGG16 pre-trained model was effective.
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Keyword(in English) Food photo / shooting support / attractiveness / convolutional neural networks
Paper # MVE2017-32
Date of Issue 2017-10-12 (MVE)

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Committee MVE
Conference Date 2017/10/19(2days)
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Place (in English) KitamiInstitute of Technology
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Chair Yoshinari Kameda(Univ. of Tsukuba)
Vice Chair Kenji Mase(Nagoya Univ.)
Secretary Kenji Mase(Kyoto Univ.)
Assistant Takatsugu Hirayama(Nagoya Univ.) / Ryosuke Aoki(NTT)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Media Experience and Virtual Environment
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Estimating the attractiveness of a food photo using a Convolutional Neural Network
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Keyword(1) Food photo
Keyword(2) shooting support
Keyword(3) attractiveness
Keyword(4) convolutional neural networks
1st Author's Name Akinori Sato
1st Author's Affiliation Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Keisuke Doman
2nd Author's Affiliation Chukyo University(Chukyo Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Takatsugu Hirayama
3rd Author's Affiliation Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ.)
4th Author's Name Ichiro Ide
4th Author's Affiliation Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ.)
5th Author's Name Yasutomo Kawanishi
5th Author's Affiliation Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ.)
6th Author's Name Daisuke Deguchi
6th Author's Affiliation Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ.)
7th Author's Name Hiroshi Murase
7th Author's Affiliation Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ.)
Date 2017-10-20
Paper # MVE2017-32
Volume (vol) vol.117
Number (no) MVE-252
Page pp.pp.107-111(MVE),
#Pages 5
Date of Issue 2017-10-12 (MVE)