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Partial face recognition: alignment-free approach.

Shengcai Liao1, Anil K Jain, Stan Z Li

  • 1National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and the Center for Biometrics and Security Research, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. scliao@nlpr.ia.ac.cn

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This study introduces a novel partial face recognition method that works without alignment. The approach effectively recognizes both complete and partial faces using Multi-Keypoint Descriptors and Gabor Ternary Patterns.

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Area of Science:

  • Computer Vision
  • Biometrics
  • Pattern Recognition

Background:

  • Holistic face recognition methods are well-established, but recognizing partial faces, common in unconstrained environments, remains challenging.
  • Existing methods often require precise facial feature alignment, limiting their applicability with real-world data from surveillance or mobile devices.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a general and alignment-free approach for partial face recognition.
  • To introduce a novel face representation and keypoint descriptor for robust recognition of both holistic and partial faces.

Main Methods:

  • Developed an alignment-free face representation using Multi-Keypoint Descriptors (MKD), where descriptor size adapts to image content.
  • Introduced a new Gabor Ternary Pattern (GTP) keypoint descriptor for enhanced discriminative power.
  • Utilized sparse representation to match probe face images against a large dictionary of gallery descriptors.

Main Results:

  • The proposed method demonstrated superior performance in recognizing both holistic and partial faces across four public databases (FRGCv2.0, AR, LFW, PubFig).
  • Achieved strong results in both open-set identification and verification scenarios without requiring face alignment.
  • Outperformed leading commercial face recognition SDKs (PittPatt, FaceVACS) and baseline algorithms (PCA+LDA, LBP) in partial face recognition tasks.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed alignment-free method offers a robust and effective solution for partial face recognition in unconstrained scenarios.
  • The Multi-Keypoint Descriptors (MKD) and Gabor Ternary Pattern (GTP) are key innovations enabling superior performance.
  • This approach significantly advances the field by addressing the limitations of alignment-dependent face recognition systems.