Robust face recognition using color information

Zhiming Liu, Chengjun Liu

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Abstract

This paper presents a robust face recognition method using color information with the following three-fold contributions. First, a novel hybrid color space, the RCrQ color space, is constructed out of three different color spaces: the RGB, YCbCrand YIQ color spaces. The RCrQ hybrid color space, whose component images possess complementary characteristics, enhances the discriminating power for face recognition. Second, three effective image encoding methods are proposed for the component images in the RCrQ hybrid color space: (i) a patch-based Gabor image representation for the R component image, (ii) a multi-resolution LBP feature fusion scheme for the Cr component image, and (iii) a component-based DCT multiple face encoding for the Q component image. Finally, at the decision level, the similarity matrices generated using the three component images in the RCrQ hybrid color space are fused using a weighted sum rule. The most challenging Face Recognition Grand Challenge (FRGC) version 2 Experiment 4 shows that the proposed method, which achieves the face verification rate of 92.43% at the false accept rate of 0.1%, performs better than the state-of-the-art face recognition methods

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAdvances in Biometrics - Third International Conference, ICB 2009, Proceedings
Pages122-131
Number of pages10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd International Conference on Advances in Biometrics, ICB 2009 - Alghero, Italy
Duration: Jun 2 2009Jun 5 2009

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume5558 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

Other3rd International Conference on Advances in Biometrics, ICB 2009
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityAlghero
Period6/2/096/5/09

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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