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Occlusion-Aware Face Recognition via Adaptive Local Feature Fusion and Identity-Guided Contrastive Learning.

Kexin Zhu1, Guoqing Ma1,2

  • 1School of Mechatronic Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|July 15, 2026
PubMed
Summary

This study introduces an occlusion-aware face recognition framework to improve accuracy under partial occlusion. The novel method enhances robustness by adaptively fusing local features and optimizing joint loss, achieving 92.3% recognition accuracy.

Keywords:
adaptive weightingcontrastive learninglocal feature fusionocclusion perceptionpartial occlusion facial recognition

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Area of Science:

  • Computer Science
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Biometrics

Background:

  • Partial occlusion significantly degrades face recognition system performance.
  • Occluded regions obscure identity cues and introduce noise, challenging existing methods.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a robust face recognition framework that effectively handles partial occlusion.
  • To enhance accuracy and stability in face recognition systems under occluded conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Proposed an occlusion-aware framework integrating lightweight feature extraction, local-region reliability modeling, adaptive feature fusion, and joint loss optimization.
  • Utilized an MLP-based module to estimate region reliability and adaptively fuse local features.
  • Implemented a joint loss combining ArcFace and InfoNCE for improved class separability and feature consistency.

Main Results:

  • Achieved a recognition accuracy of 92.3% under various occlusion conditions (masks, hats, sunglasses, random).
  • Significantly improved accuracy compared to ArcFace (9.9%), CurricularFace (6.5%), and AdaFace (4.1%).
  • Demonstrated reductions in False Acceptance Rate (FAR) and False Rejection Rate (FRR) compared to baseline methods.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed occlusion-aware framework effectively enhances face recognition robustness under partial occlusion.
  • Adaptive feature fusion and joint loss optimization are key to improving performance on occluded faces.
  • The method offers a promising solution for real-world face recognition applications where occlusion is common.