Face recognition is one of the most active research fields of computer vision and pattern
recognition, with many practical and commercial applications including identification, access …

Since 2005, human and computer performance has been systematically compared as part of
face recognition competitions, with results being reported for both still and video imagery …

Face recognition has been a long standing problem in computer vision. Recently,
Histograms of Oriented Gradients (HOGs) have proven to be an effective descriptor for …

A close relationship exists between the advancement of face recognition algorithms and the
availability of face databases varying factors that affect facial appearance in a controlled …

This paper presents a novel and efficient facial image representation based on local binary
pattern (LBP) texture features. The face image is divided into several regions from which the …

Over the last couple of years, face recognition researchers have been developing new
techniques. These developments are being fueled by advances in computer vision …

A video communication system that replaces actual live images of the participating users
with animated avatars. A method may include selecting an avatar, initiating communication …

This paper describes the large-scale experimental results from the Face Recognition Vendor
Test (FRVT) 2006 and the Iris Challenge Evaluation (ICE) 2006. The FRVT 2006 looked at …

This paper presents a simple and novel, yet highly effective approach for robust face
recognition. Using LBP-like descriptors based on local accumulated pixel differences …

This paper presents a novel local feature descriptor, the Local Directional Pattern (LDP), for
describing local image feature. A LDP feature is obtained by computing the edge response …