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Yaw

In facial identification, an intrinsic rotation of the head about a vertical (longitudinal) axis measured in degrees. DISCUSSIONFrontal poses have a yaw angle of 0. Positive angles represent faces looking to their left (a counter-clockwise rotation around the axis). The yaw axis is typically defined as the Y-axis (positive up).

Committee

Facial and Iris Identification

Date Added to Lexicon

06/12/2023

Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)

ANSI/ASTM E2916-19e1 Standard Terminology for Digital and Multimedia Evidence Examination. ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, 2019. Source link

Reprinted, with permission, from ASTM, copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. A copy of the complete standard may be purchased from ASTM International, https://www.astm.org