Rendering or normalization? An analysis of the 3D-aided pose-invariant face recognition

Yuhang Wu, Shishir K. Shah, Ioannis A. Kakadiaris

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Abstract

In spite of recent progress achieved in near-frontal face recognition, the problem of pose variations prevalent in 2D facial images captured in the wild still remains a challenging and unsolved issue. Among existing approaches of pose-invariant face recognition, 3D-aided methods have been demonstrated effective and promising. In this paper, we present an extensive evaluation of two widely adopted frameworks of 3D-aided face recognition in order to compare the state-of-the-art, identify remaining issues, and offer suggestions for future research. Specifically, we compare the pose normalization and the pose synthesis (rendering) based methods in an empirical manner. The database (UHDB31) that we use covers 21 well-controlled pose variations, half of which show a combination of yaw and pitch. Through the experiments, we present the advantages and disadvantages of these two methods to provide solid data for future research in 3D-aided pose-invariant face recognition.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationISBA 2016 - IEEE International Conference on Identity, Security and Behavior Analysis
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781467397278
DOIs
StatePublished - May 23 2016
Event2nd IEEE International Conference on Identity, Security and Behavior Analysis, ISBA 2016 - Sendai, Japan
Duration: Feb 29 2016Mar 2 2016

Publication series

NameISBA 2016 - IEEE International Conference on Identity, Security and Behavior Analysis

Conference

Conference2nd IEEE International Conference on Identity, Security and Behavior Analysis, ISBA 2016
Country/TerritoryJapan
CitySendai
Period2/29/163/2/16

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Human Factors and Ergonomics

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