The invention relates to a method of face detection and determination of face pose from a three-dimensional mesh comprising the steps of:determining (200) a curvature map of the three-dimensional surface, according to an average curvature or a Gaussian curvature,detecting (300), within the curvature map, a facial nose tip (B) where the three-dimensional facial surface has a predetermined curvature,determining (400) a face pose defined by coordinates of the nose tip (B) and by three angles of rotation of the face around three axes,delineating a face zone and comparison (450) between the delineated face zone and a reference face template, in order to validate the detection of a real face in the three-dimensional mesh.The invention also relates to a method for checking the identity of an individual, using a frontalized shot of their face obtained via the method for face detection and determination of pose applied to a not necessarily frontalized shot.
Method for determining pose and for identifying a three-dimensional view of a face