Encrypted face recognition algorithm based on Ridgelet-DCT transform and THM chaos

With the popularization and application of face recognition technology, a large number of face image data are spread and used on the Internet. It has brought great potential safety hazard for personal privacy. Combined with the characteristics of tent chaos and Henon chaos, a THM (tent-Henon map) chaotic encrypted face algorithm based on Ridgelet-DCT transform is proposed in this paper. Different from conventional face recognition methods, this new approach encryptes the face images by means of using the homomorphic encryption method to extract their visual robust features in the first place, and then uses the proposed neural network model to design the encrypted face recognition algorithm. This paper selects the ORL face database of Cambridge University to verify the algorithm. Experimental results show that the algorithm has a good performance in encryption effect, security and robustness, and has a broad application prospect.