Local descriptors in application to the aging problem in face recognition

Local descriptors are widely used in face recognition due to their robustness to changes in expression or occlusion in facial images. In this paper, a comparison of local descriptors commonly used in face recognition methods is presented in the context of age changes of individuals. We quantify abil...

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Published in:Pattern recognition 2013-10, Vol.46 (10), p.2634-2646
Main Authors: Bereta, Michał, Karczmarek, Paweł, Pedrycz, Witold, Reformat, Marek
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Aging process
Applied sciences
Classification
Exact sciences and technology
Face detection
Face recognition
Gabor wavelets
Image processing
Information, signal and communications theory
Local binary patterns
Local descriptors
Pattern recognition
Robustness
Signal processing
Similarity
Telecommunications and information theory
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Summary:Local descriptors are widely used in face recognition due to their robustness to changes in expression or occlusion in facial images. In this paper, a comparison of local descriptors commonly used in face recognition methods is presented in the context of age changes of individuals. We quantify abilities of local descriptors used in face recognition in the context of age discrimination. The performance of the descriptors is evaluated by experimenting with the FG-NET database. We present the results for different age groups and for various age differences of individuals present in the training and testing images. The values of recognition accuracy are reported in combination with various similarity measures used for classification purposes. Moreover, the performance of the descriptors combined with Gabor wavelet images is tested. •We compare local descriptors used in face recognition in the context of aging.•We present the results for different age groups.•Various similarity measures are used for classification purposes.•Descriptors combined with Gabor wavelet images are tested.
ISSN:0031-3203
1873-5142
DOI:10.1016/j.patcog.2013.03.010