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Face recognition using sparse approximated nearest points between image sets.

Yiqun Hu1, Ajmal S Mian, Robyn Owens

  • 1School of Computer Science & Software Engineering (M002), University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia. yiqun@csse.uwa.edu.au

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This study introduces a new method for image set classification using a joint representation and Sparse Approximated Nearest Points (SANP). This approach efficiently handles unseen appearances and outperforms existing methods.

Area of Science:

  • Computer Science
  • Machine Learning
  • Computer Vision

Background:

  • Image set classification is crucial for tasks like face recognition.
  • Existing methods struggle with variations and unseen appearances within image sets.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose an efficient and robust solution for image set classification.
  • To develop a novel representation and distance metric for image sets.

Main Methods:

  • A joint representation incorporating image samples and their affine hull model.
  • Introduction of Sparse Approximated Nearest Points (SANP) for inter-set distance calculation.
  • A convex formulation and accelerated proximal gradient method for optimization, including a kernel extension with dynamic RBF parameter tuning.

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Main Results:

  • The proposed SANP method effectively accounts for unseen appearances through affine combinations.
  • The optimization framework efficiently finds optimal SANPs and their sparse approximations.
  • Experimental validation on benchmark datasets (UCSD/Honda, CMU MoBo, YouTube Celebrities) demonstrates superior performance.

Conclusions:

  • The developed method provides an efficient and robust approach to image set classification.
  • The SANP metric and its kernel extension offer significant improvements over state-of-the-art techniques.
  • This work advances the field of image set analysis and recognition.