Infrared face recognition: A literature review

Reza Shoja Ghiass, Ognjen Arandjelovic, Hakim Bendada, Xavier Maldague

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Abstract

Automatic face recognition (AFR) is an area with immense practical potential which includes a wide range of commercial and law enforcement applications, and it continues to be one of the most active research areas of computer vision. Even after over three decades of intense research, the state-of-the-art in AFR continues to improve, benefiting from advances in a range of different fields including image processing, pattern recognition, computer graphics and physiology. However, systems based on visible spectrum images continue to face challenges in the presence of illumination, pose and expression changes, as well as facial disguises, all of which can significantly decrease their accuracy. Amongst various approaches which have been proposed in an attempt to overcome these limitations, the use of infrared (IR) imaging has emerged as a particularly promising research direction. This paper presents a comprehensive and timely review of the literature on this subject.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event2013 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, IJCNN 2013 - Dallas, TX, United States
Duration: 4 Aug 20139 Aug 2013

Conference

Conference2013 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, IJCNN 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDallas, TX
Period4/08/139/08/13

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