A hybrid face recognition method using Markov random fields

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Abstract

We propose a hybrid face recognition method that combines holistic and feature analysis-based approaches using a Markov random field (MRF) model. The face images are divided into small patches, and the MRF model is used to represent the relationship between the image patches and the patch ID's. The MRF model is first learned from the training image patches, given a test image. The most probable patch ID's are then inferred using the belief propagation (BP) algorithm. Finally, the ID of the test image is determined by a voting scheme from the estimated patch ID's. Experimental results on several face datasets indicate the significant potential of our method.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 17th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, ICPR 2004
EditorsJ. Kittler, M. Petrou, M. Nixon
Pages157-160
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2004
EventProceedings of the 17th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, ICPR 2004 - Cambridge, United Kingdom
Duration: Aug 23 2004Aug 26 2004

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Pattern Recognition
Volume3
ISSN (Print)1051-4651

Other

OtherProceedings of the 17th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, ICPR 2004
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityCambridge
Period8/23/048/26/04

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

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