Background/Motivation:
For the detection of erotic and pornographic images, models that can recognise human skin, body parts, or scenes are often used. With the help of appropriate datasets [1], classification and object detection models can be trained. However, there are also images that are obviously erotic or pornographic, but cannot be recognised by conventional methods. This applies, for example, to images in which erotic poses or partial sections of pornographic scenes can be recognised. Here, poses and facial expressions can be used for classification, among other things [2].


Objective: The aim of this master's thesis is to investigate whether and to what extent poses and facial expressions can be used to recognise erotic and pornographic imagery. First, it...