scholarly journals The fusion of original and symmetric virtual images for image preprocessing in face recognition and collaborative representation based classification

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Zhaojie Liu ◽  
Yirui Liu
Keyword(s):  
Face Recognition ◽  
Facial Expressions ◽  
Test Sample ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Collaborative Representation ◽  
Image Preprocessing ◽  
Weighted Fusion ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Fusion Approach ◽  
Virtual Face

Various poses, facial expressions and illuminations are the biggest challenges in the fields of face recognition. To overcome these challenges, we propose a simple yet novel method in this paper by using the approximately symmetrical virtual face. Firstly, based on the symmetrical characteristics of faces, we present the method to generate the virtual faces for all samples in detail. Secondly, the collaborative representation based classification method is performed on both of the original set and virtual set individually. In this way, two kinds of representation residuals of every class can be obtained. Thirdly, an adaptive weighted fusion approach is presented and utilized to integrate those two kinds of representation residuals for face recognition. Lastly, we can obtain the label of the test sample by assigning it to the class with the minimum fused residual. Several experiments are conducted which show that the proposed method not only can greatly improve the classification accuracy, but also can effectively reduce the negative influence of various poses, illuminations, and facial expressions.

scholarly journals Histogram-Based CRC for 3D-Aided Pose-Invariant Face Recognition

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Shi ◽  
Xiaoning Song ◽  
Tao Zhang ◽  
Yuquan Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Face Recognition ◽  
Metric Learning ◽  
Test Sample ◽  
Data Uncertainty ◽  
Collaborative Representation ◽  
Face Images ◽  
Virtual Samples ◽  
Pruning Strategy ◽  
Morphable Model ◽  
3D Shapes

Traditional Collaborative Representation-based Classification algorithms for face recognition (CRC) usually suffer from data uncertainty, especially if it includes various poses and illuminations. To address this issue, in this paper, we design a new CRC method using histogram statistical measurement (H-CRC) combined with a 3D morphable model (3DMM) for pose-invariant face classification. First, we fit a 3DMM to raw images in the dictionary to reconstruct the 3D shapes and textures. The fitting results are used to render numerous virtual samples of 2D images that are frontalized from arbitrary poses. In contrast to other distance-based evaluation algorithms for collaborative (or sparse) representation-based methods, the histogram information of all the generated 2D face images is subsequently exploited. Second, we use a histogram-based metric learning to evaluate the most similar neighbours of the test sample, which aims to obtain ideal result for pose-invariant face recognition using the designed histogram-based 3DMM model and online pruning strategy, forming a unified 3D-aided CRC framework. The proposed method achieves desirable classification results that are conducted on a set of well-known face databases, including ORL, Georgia Tech, FERET, FRGC, PIE and LFW.

Nonnegative Sparse Probabilistic Estimation for Single Sample Face Recognition

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (12) ◽  
pp. 2056008
Author(s):  
Shuhuan Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Face Recognition ◽  
Sparse Representation ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Test Sample ◽  
Single Sample ◽  
Collaborative Representation ◽  
Adaptive Variation ◽  
Training Set ◽  
Probabilistic Estimation ◽  
Training Samples

Face recognition (FR) is a hotspot in pattern recognition and image processing for its wide applications in real life. One of the most challenging problems in FR is single sample face recognition (SSFR). In this paper, we proposed a novel algorithm based on nonnegative sparse representation, collaborative presentation, and probabilistic graph estimation to address SSFR. The proposed algorithm is named as Nonnegative Sparse Probabilistic Estimation (NNSPE). To extract the variation information from the generic training set, we first select some neighbor samples from the generic training set for each sample in the gallery set and the generic training set can be partitioned into some reference subsets. To make more meaningful reconstruction, the proposed method adopts nonnegative sparse representation to reconstruct training samples, and according to the reconstruction coefficients, NNSPE computes the probabilistic label estimation for the samples of the generic training set. Then, for a given test sample, collaborative representation (CR) is used to acquire an adaptive variation subset. Finally, the NNSPE classifies the test sample with the adaptive variation subset and probabilistic label estimation. The experiments on the AR and PIE verify the effectiveness of the proposed method both in recognition rates and time cost.

Using the Original and Symmetrical Face Test Samples to Perform Two-Step Collaborative Representation for Face Recognition

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (02) ◽  
pp. 1956001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhonghua Liu ◽  
Lin Zhang ◽  
Jiexin Pu ◽  
Gang Liu ◽  
Sen Liu
Keyword(s):  
Face Recognition ◽  
Sparse Representation ◽  
Classification Scheme ◽  
Test Sample ◽  
Collaborative Representation ◽  
Score Level Fusion ◽  
Face Classification ◽  
The Face ◽  
Number Of Classes ◽  
Level Fusion

Face recognition using sparse representation-based classification (SRC) is a new hot technique in recent years. However, the research indicates that it is the collaborative representation but not the [Formula: see text]-norm sparsity that makes SRC powerful for face classification. Consequently, we propose a simple yet much more efficient face classification scheme, namely two-step collaborative representation-based classification (TSCRC) method. First, we exploit the symmetry of the face to generate new images of each test sample. Then, the original and new generated test samples are, respectively, used to perform TSCRC, which ultimately uses a small number of classes that are near to the test sample to represent and classify it. Finally, the score level fusion is taken to perform classification recognition. The experimental results clearly show that the proposed method has very competitive classification results.

Representations of Face Images and Collaborative Representation Classification for Face Recognition

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (01) ◽  
pp. 1850017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hansheng Fang ◽  
Jian Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Face Recognition ◽  
Facial Expressions ◽  
Previous Method ◽  
Collaborative Representation ◽  
Linear Combinations ◽  
Accuracy Improvement ◽  
Special Situation ◽  
Face Images ◽  
Training Samples ◽  
Mirror Training

Collaborative representation classification (CRC) was firstly proposed by Zhang et al. [L. Zhang, M. Yang, X. Feng, Y. Ma and D. Zhang, Collaborative Representation based Classification for Face Recognition, Computer Science, 2014]. It was an excellent algorithm for solving face recognition problems. The method suggests that the combination of all original training samples can approach the test samples accurately. But in fact, this does not mean it can well solve complex face recognition problems in some special situation, such as face recognition with varying illuminations and facial expressions. In the paper, we proposed an improvement to previous CRC method. By using a dedicated algorithm to combine the linear combinations of the original and their mirror training samples to represent the test samples, we can get more accurate recognition of test samples. The experimental results show that the proposed method does obtain notable accuracy improvement in comparison with the previous method.

Robust video-based face recognition via M-estimator and image set collaborative representation

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (02) ◽  
pp. 1840011
Author(s):  
Lei Deng ◽  
Jing Shi ◽  
Yulong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Face Recognition ◽  
Classification Problem ◽  
Collaborative Representation ◽  
Query Image ◽  
M Estimator ◽  
Video Based Face Recognition ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Image Set ◽  
Special Case ◽  
Gallery Image

This paper presents a novel method for video-based face recognition (VFR) based on M-estimator and image set collaborative representation. Since a video is essentially an image set, the VFR problem can be cast as a special case of the image set-based face recognition (FR) problem. To measure the distance between the query image set and the gallery image set, we develop an M-estimator-based image set collaborative representation (MISCR) model. To implement MISCR, we devise an efficient half-quadratic-based optimization algorithm to tackle the complicated optimization problem. We also establish the convergence property of the devised algorithm. Our other contribution is to propose an MISCR-based classifier for the general image set classification problem, including VFR as a special case. The experiments using real-world benchmark databases demonstrate the efficacy and robustness of the proposed method for VFR.

Research on Improved Gamma Transform Face Image Preprocessing Fusion Algorithm under Complex Lighting Conditions

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaolin Tang ◽  
Xiaogang Wang ◽  
Jin Hou ◽  
Huafeng Wu ◽  
Ping He
Keyword(s):  
Edge Detection ◽  
Face Image ◽  
Light Sources ◽  
Fusion Algorithm ◽  
Edge Information ◽  
Image Preprocessing ◽  
Lighting Conditions ◽  
Weighted Fusion ◽  
The Face ◽  
Sobel Edge Detection

Introduction: Under complex illumination conditions such as poor light sources and light changes rapidly, there are two disadvantages of current gamma transform in preprocessing face image: one is that the parameters of transformation need to be set based on experience; the other is the details of the transformed image are not obvious enough. Objective: Improve the current gamma transform. Methods: This paper proposes a weighted fusion algorithm of adaptive gamma transform and edge feature extraction. First, this paper proposes an adaptive gamma transform algorithm for face image preprocessing, that is, the parameter of transformation generated by calculation according to the specific gray value of the input face image. Secondly, this paper uses Sobel edge detection operator to extract the edge information of the transformed image to get the edge detection image. Finally, this paper uses the adaptively transformed image and the edge detection image to obtain the final processing result through a weighted fusion algorithm. Results: The contrast of the face image after preprocessing is appropriate, and the details of the image are obvious. Conclusion: The method proposed in this paper can enhance the face image while retaining more face details, without human-computer interaction, and has lower computational complexity degree.

Integrating Sparse and Collaborative Representation Classifications for Image Classification

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (02) ◽  
pp. 1750007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunwei Tian ◽  
Guanglu Sun ◽  
Qi Zhang ◽  
Weibing Wang ◽  
Teng Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sparse Representation ◽  
Image Classification ◽  
Linear Combination ◽  
Image Recognition ◽  
Test Sample ◽  
Collaborative Representation ◽  
Training Samples ◽  
Sparse Representation Classification ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Representation Method

Collaborative representation classification (CRC) is an important sparse method, which is easy to carry out and uses a linear combination of training samples to represent a test sample. CRC method utilizes the offset between representation result of each class and the test sample to implement classification. However, the offset usually cannot well express the difference between every class and the test sample. In this paper, we propose a novel representation method for image recognition to address the above problem. This method not only fuses sparse representation and CRC method to improve the accuracy of image recognition, but also has novel fusion mechanism to classify images. The implementations of the proposed method have the following steps. First of all, it produces collaborative representation of the test sample. That is, a linear combination of all the training samples is first determined to represent the test sample. Then, it gets the sparse representation classification (SRC) of the test sample. Finally, the proposed method respectively uses CRC and SRC representations to obtain two kinds of scores of the test sample and fuses them to recognize the image. The experiments of face recognition show that the combination of CRC and SRC has satisfactory performance for image classification.

scholarly journals Hybrid Collaborative Representation for Remote-Sensing Image Scene Classification

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bao-Di Liu ◽  
Wen-Yang Xie ◽  
Jie Meng ◽  
Ye Li ◽  
Yanjiang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Test Sample ◽  
Remote Sensing Image ◽  
Image Features ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Collaborative Representation ◽  
Great Success ◽  
Specific Class ◽  
Remote Sensing Images ◽  
Training Samples

In recent years, the collaborative representation-based classification (CRC) method has achieved great success in visual recognition by directly utilizing training images as dictionary bases. However, it describes a test sample with all training samples to extract shared attributes and does not consider the representation of the test sample with the training samples in a specific class to extract the class-specific attributes. For remote-sensing images, both the shared attributes and class-specific attributes are important for classification. In this paper, we propose a hybrid collaborative representation-based classification approach. The proposed method is capable of improving the performance of classifying remote-sensing images by embedding the class-specific collaborative representation to conventional collaborative representation-based classification. Moreover, we extend the proposed method to arbitrary kernel space to explore the nonlinear characteristics hidden in remote-sensing image features to further enhance classification performance. Extensive experiments on several benchmark remote-sensing image datasets were conducted and clearly demonstrate the superior performance of our proposed algorithm to state-of-the-art approaches.

Face Recognition Algorithm Based on Kernel Collaborative Representation

2013 ◽  
Vol 756-759 ◽  
pp. 3590-3595
Author(s):  
Liang Zhang ◽  
Ji Wen Dong
Keyword(s):  
Face Recognition ◽  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Recognition Algorithm ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Collaborative Representation ◽  
Nonlinear Structures ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
Kernel Principal Components Analysis ◽  
The Relationship

Aiming at solving the problems of occlusion and illumination in face recognition, a new method of face recognition based on Kernel Principal Components Analysis (KPCA) and Collaborative Representation Classifier (CRC) is developed. The KPCA can obtain effective discriminative information and reduce the feature dimensions by extracting faces nonlinear structures features, the decisive factor. Considering the collaboration among the samples, the CRC which synthetically consider the relationship among samples is used. Experimental results demonstrate that the algorithm obtains good recognition rates and also improves the efficiency. The KCRC algorithm can effectively solve the problem of illumination and occlusion in face recognition.

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