Abstract
Face Recognition under uncontrolled illumination conditions is partly an unsolved problem. There are two categories of illumination normalization methods. The first category performs a local preprocessing, where they correct a pixel value based on a local neighborhood in the images. The second category performs a global preprocessing step, where the illumination conditions and the face shape of the entire image are estimated. We use two illumination normalization methods from both categories, namely Local Binary Patterns and Model-based Face Illumination Correction. The preprocessed face images of both methods are individually classified with a face recognition algorithm which gives us two similarity scores for a face image. We combine the similarity scores using score-level fusion, decision-level fusion and hybrid fusion. In our previous work, we show that combining the similarity score of different methods using fusion can improve the performance of biometric systems. We achieved a significant performance improvement in comparison with the individual methods.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Advances in biometrics |
Subtitle of host publication | Third International Conference, ICB 2009, Alghero, Italy, June 2-5, 2009. Proceedings |
Editors | Massimo Tistarelli, Mark S. Nixon |
Place of Publication | Berlin |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 404-413 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-3-642-01792-6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 4 Jun 2009 |
Event | 3rd IAPR International Conference on Biometrics, ICB 2009 - University of Sassari, Alghero, Italy Duration: 2 Jun 2009 → 5 Jun 2009 Conference number: 3 |
Publication series
Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
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Publisher | Springer Verlag |
Volume | 5558 |
ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
Conference
Conference | 3rd IAPR International Conference on Biometrics, ICB 2009 |
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Abbreviated title | ICB |
Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Alghero |
Period | 2/06/09 → 5/06/09 |
Keywords
- METIS-263914
- Face Recognition
- Illumination Normalization
- Decision level fusion
- Model-based Face Illumination Correction
- EWI-15683
- hybrid fusion
- Score-level fusion
- Local Binary Patterns
- SCS-Safety
- IR-67800