Face recognition by elastic bunch graph matching

Laurenz Wiskott, Jean Marc Fellous, Norbert Krüger, Christoph Von der Malsburg

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Abstract

We present a system for recognizing human faces from single images out of a large database with one image per person. The task is difficult because of image variation in terms of position, size, expression, and pose. The system collapses most of this variance by extracting concise face descriptions in the form of image graphs. In these, fiducial points on the face (eyes, mouth etc.) are described by sets of wavelet components (jets). Image graph extraction is based on a novel approach, the bunch graph, which is constructed from a small set of sample image graphs. Recognition is based on a straight-forward comparison of image graphs. We report recognition experiments on the FERET database and the Bochum database, including recognition across pose.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationComputer Analysis of Images and Patterns - 7th International Conference, CAIP 1997, Proceedings
EditorsGerald Sommer, Kostas Daniilidis, Josef Pauli
PublisherSpringer-Verlag
Pages456-463
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)3540634606, 9783540634607
DOIs
StatePublished - 1997
Externally publishedYes
Event7th International Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns, CAIP 1997 - Kiel, Germany
Duration: Sep 10 1997Sep 12 1997

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume1296
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

Other7th International Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns, CAIP 1997
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityKiel
Period9/10/979/12/97

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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