Summary of the Call for Consensus (CfC) on the Face Detection API contained in PR 78 of the Mediacapture-Extensions document

The Call for Consensus (CfC) on the Face Detection API contained in PR 78 of the Mediacapture-Extensions document concluded  on January 16, 2023.

The original announcement is here:
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webrtc/2023Jan/0003.html


5 "Support" responses were received:

Silvia Pfeiffer: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webrtc/2023Jan/0004.html

Harald Alvestrand: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webrtc/2023Jan/0029.html

Tim Panton: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webrtc/2023Jan/0041.html

Youenn Fablet: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webrtc/2023Jan/0042.html

Jan-Ivar: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webrtc/2023Jan/0045.html


One objection was noted:

Bernard Aboba: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webrtc/2023Jan/0047.html

Riju's response: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webrtc/2023Jan/0057.html


The following issues were raised in the responses:

Issue 79: Face Detection: Segmentation Metadata (https://github.com/w3c/mediacapture-extensions/issues/79)
Issue 84: Face Detection: Scope of Applicability (https://github.com/w3c/mediacapture-extensions/issues/84)
Issue 85: Face Detection: Variance of Results (https://github.com/w3c/mediacapture-extensions/issues/85)

Responses also referred to comments included in PR 78:
https://github.com/w3c/mediacapture-extensions/pull/78

Previously filed issues relating to Face Detection include:

Issue 70: Face Detection: How metadata should be tied to MediaStreamTrack video frames (https://github.com/w3c/mediacapture-extensions/issues/70)
Issue 71: Face Detection: How metadata should be tied to requestVideoFrameCallback (https://github.com/w3c/mediacapture-extensions/issues/71)

The Chairs will meet to discuss next steps.

Bernard Aboba

For the Chairs