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Improved face representation by nonuniform multilevel selection of Gabor convolution features.

Shan Du1, Rabab Kreidieh Ward

  • 1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. shand@ece.ubc.ca

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. Part B, Cybernetics : a Publication of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
|April 16, 2009
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Summary

This study introduces a novel face recognition method using nonuniform Gabor feature selection. It achieves higher accuracy with significantly reduced data dimensions compared to traditional uniform sampling.

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Area of Science:

  • Computer Science
  • Image Processing
  • Biometrics

Background:

  • Gabor wavelets are crucial for face representation, decomposing images into spatial-frequency domains.
  • Traditional Gabor wavelet transforms yield high-dimensional data, often reduced via uniform sampling.
  • Uniform sampling can discard vital features and retain irrelevant ones, impacting recognition accuracy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a new face representation method using nonuniform multilevel selection of Gabor features.
  • To address the high dimensionality and potential information loss associated with traditional Gabor feature extraction.
  • To improve face recognition rates through more efficient and discriminative feature selection.

Main Methods:

  • Proposed a nonuniform multilevel selection strategy for Gabor features based on local statistics.
  • Implemented a coarse-to-fine hierarchical approach for feature extraction.
  • Utilized Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and/or Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) for classification of selected features.

Main Results:

  • Achieved significantly higher face recognition rates compared to original grayscale images and uniform sampling methods.
  • Reduced data dimensionality substantially, from 4096 or 2560 dimensions to around 700.
  • Demonstrated effectiveness with both multiple and single training samples per person.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed nonuniform Gabor feature selection method offers a low-complexity, low-dimensionality, and high-discriminance approach to face representation.
  • This method enhances face recognition accuracy while managing high-dimensional data effectively.
  • It provides a robust solution for face recognition systems, adaptable to varying training data availability.