scholarly journals Researching a machine learning algorithm for a face recognition system

Author(s):  
Serhii Yevseiev ◽  
Anna Goloskokova ◽  
Olexander Shmatko

This article investigated the problem of using machine learning algorithms to recognize and identify a user in a video sequence. The scientific novelty lies in the proposed improved Viola-Jones method, which will allow more efficient and faster recognition of a person's face. The practical value of the results obtained in the work is determined by the possibility of using the proposed method to create systems for human face recognition. A review of existing methods of face recognition, their main characteristics, architecture and features was carried out. Based on the study of methods and algorithms for finding faces in images, the Viola-Jones method, wavelet transform and the method of principal components were chosen. These methods are among the best in terms of the ratio of recognition efficiency and work speed. Possible modifications of the Viola-Jones method are presented. The main contribution presented in this article is an experimental study of the impact of various types of noise and the improvement of company security through the development of a computer system for recognizing and identifying users in a video sequence. During the study, the following tasks were solved: – a model of face recognition is proposed, that is, the system automatically detects a person's face in the image (scanned photos or video materials); – an algorithm for analyzing a face is proposed, that is, a representation of a person's face in the form of 68 modal points; – an algorithm for creating a digital fingerprint of a face, which converts the results of facial analysis into a digital code; – development of a match search module, that is, the module compares the faceprint with the database until a match is found

Author(s):  
CHING-WEN CHEN ◽  
CHUNG-LIN HUANG

This paper presents a face recognition system which can identify the unknown identity effectively using the front-view facial features. In front-view facial feature extractions, we can capture the contours of eyes and mouth by the deformable template model because of their analytically describable shapes. However, the shapes of eyebrows, nostrils and face are difficult to model using a deformable template. We extract them by using the active contour model (snake). After the contours of all facial features have been captured, we calculate effective feature values from these extracted contours and construct databases for unknown identities classification. In the database generation phase, 12 models are photographed, and feature vectors are calculated for each portrait. In the identification phase if any one of these 12 persons has his picture taken again, the system can recognize his identity.


Author(s):  
Fatema Tuz Zohra ◽  
Andrei D. Gavrilov ◽  
Omar A. Zatarain ◽  
Marina L. Gavrilova

Nowadays, biometric technologies became reliable and widespread means of unobtrusive user authentication in a variety of real-world applications. The performance of an automated face recognition system has a strong relationship with the quality of the biometric samples. The facial samples can be affected by various quality factors, such as uneven illumination, low or high contrast, excessive brightness, blurriness, etc. In this article, the authors propose a quality estimation method based on linear regression analysis to characterize the relationship between different quality factors and the performance of a face recognition system. The regression model can predict the overall quality of a facial sample which reflects the effects of various quality factors on that sample. The weights assigned to the different quality factors by the linear regression model reflect the impact of those quality factors on the performance of the recognition system. Therefore, the prediction scores generated from the model is a strong indicator of the overall quality of the facial images. The authors evaluated the quality estimation model on the Extended Yale Database B. They also performed a study to understand which quality factors affect the face recognition the most.


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