Facial recognition/verification using Gabor wavelets and Kernel methods

Linlin Shen, Li Bai, Phil Picton

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Abstract

A novel Gabor-Kernel face classification method is proposed in this paper. This involves convolving a face image with a series of Gabor kernels at different scales, locations, and orientations to obtain feature vectors. Kernel methods such as Kernel Principal Component Analysis (KPCA) and Kernel Discriminant Analysis (KDA) are then applied to the feature vectors for dimension reduction as well as class separability enhancement. The method has been applied to both face recognition and verification for performance evaluation. Two standard databases: FERET and BANCA database are used for testing. Both results show the robustness of the method: Gabor + KDA against the variance of expression, illumination and pose.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2004 International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2004
Pages1433-1436
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes
Event2004 International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2004 - , Singapore
Duration: 18 Oct 200421 Oct 2004

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
Volume3
ISSN (Print)1522-4880

Conference

Conference2004 International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2004
Country/TerritorySingapore
Period18/10/0421/10/04

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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