Ansiktsram

Ansiktsram is a Swedish term used primarily in image processing, computer vision, and photography to describe the frame around a face within an image or video. The most common meaning is the bounding box that surrounds a detected face, used to localize and track faces across frames after a face detection step.

In computer vision, an ansiktsram is typically defined by coordinates and size, such as x, y, width, and height, or by the four corner points of a rectangle. This frame enables subsequent processing, including alignment, recognition, and tracking of the face as it moves. The term is not universally standardized; in practice, you may also encounter other Swedish terms like ansiktsavgränsning or simply bounding box in technical contexts.

In photography and cinematography, ansiktsram can refer more generally to the framing of a subject’s face within a shot. Here, it concerns composition—how much space the face occupies, its position within the frame, and how the frame guides visual emphasis and storytelling.

Etymology: the word combines ansikte (face) and ram (frame). While the concept is widely used in imaging disciplines, the exact term ansiktsram may appear more frequently in Swedish-language tutorials, documentation, or informal discussion than in formal standards.

See also: face detection, bounding box, image framing, cinematography, composition.