Title :
An application of nonlinear wavelet approximation to face recognition
Author :
Yang, L.H. ; Bui, T.D. ; Suen, C.Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Sci. Comput. & Comput. Application, Zhongshan Univ., Guangzhou, China
Abstract :
In this paper we present an application of the nonlinear wavelet approximation to recognize faces. The advantages of the nonlinear wavelet approximation are compared with its linear counterpart. An efficient scheme in applying the nonlinear wavelet transform to face recognition is presented. Experiments using the Yale Face Library show very encouraging recognition results and demonstrate that this method has the desirable property of being insensitive to facial expressions.
Keywords :
face recognition; nonlinear functions; wavelet transforms; Yale Face Library; face recognition; facial expression insensitivity; nonlinear wavelet approximation; recognition results; Application software; Databases; Face detection; Face recognition; Fourier transforms; Humans; Image reconstruction; Linear approximation; Pattern recognition; Wavelet transforms;
Conference_Titel :
Pattern Recognition, 2002. Proceedings. 16th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1695-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICPR.2002.1048233
