Face recognition method using artificial neural network and apparatus thereof
First Claim
1. A face recognition apparatus which recognizes a face by using an artificial neural network, comprising:
- an eigenpaxel selection unit which generates eigenpaxels representing characteristic patterns of a face and selects a predetermined number of eigenpaxels among the generated eigenpaxels;
an eigenfiltering unit which filters an input facial image with the selected eigenpaxels;
a predetermined number of neural networks, each of which corresponds to one of the selected eigenpaxels, receives an image signal which is filtered by the corresponding eigenpaxel, and output a face recognition result; and
a determination unit which receives the recognition result from each of the neural networks and outputs a final face recognition result of the input image.
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Abstract
A face recognition method using artificial neural network and an apparatus thereof are provided. The apparatus comprises an eigenpaxel selection unit which generates eigenpaxels indicating characteristic patterns of a face and selects a predetermined number of eigenpaxels among the generated eigenpaxels; an eigenfiltering unit which filters an input image with the selected eigenpaxels; a predetermined number of neural networks, each of which corresponds to one of the selected eigenpaxels, receives an image signal which is filtered by the corresponding eigenpaxel, and output a face recognition result; and a determination unit which receives the recognition result from each of the neural networks and outputs a final face recognition result of the input image.
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34 Claims
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1. A face recognition apparatus which recognizes a face by using an artificial neural network, comprising:
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an eigenpaxel selection unit which generates eigenpaxels representing characteristic patterns of a face and selects a predetermined number of eigenpaxels among the generated eigenpaxels; an eigenfiltering unit which filters an input facial image with the selected eigenpaxels; a predetermined number of neural networks, each of which corresponds to one of the selected eigenpaxels, receives an image signal which is filtered by the corresponding eigenpaxel, and output a face recognition result; and a determination unit which receives the recognition result from each of the neural networks and outputs a final face recognition result of the input image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A face recognition apparatus which recognizes a face by using an artificial neural network, comprising:
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an eigenpaxel selection unit which generates eigenpaxels representing characteristic patterns of a face and selects a predetermined number of eigenpaxels among the generated eigenpaxels; an input image normalization unit which receives a face image and outputs a face image normalized in a predetermined format; an eigenfiltering unit which filters the normalized input image with the respective selected eigenpaxels; a sub-sampling unit which sub-samples the images filtered by respective eigenpaxels and outputs images of a size appropriate for neural network input; a predetermined number of neural networks, each of which corresponds to one of the selected eigenpaxels, receives an image signal which is filtered with a corresponding eigenpaxel and sub-sampled, and outputs a face recognition result; and a determination unit which receives the recognition result from each of the neural networks and outputs a final face recognition result of the input image.
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16. A face recognition method for recognizing a face by using an artificial neural network, comprising:
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(a) generating eigenpaxels representing characteristic patterns of a face and selecting a predetermined number of eigenpaxels among the generated eigenpaxels; (b) training the neural network using the selected eigenpaxels; (d) obtaining an eigenfiltered image containing patterns of face characteristics corresponding to the eigenfilters by eigenfiltering an input image with the respective selected eigenpaxels; (e) performing face recognition on each pattern of face characteristics by outputting the eigenfiltered image to a neural network corresponding to each of the selected eigenpaxels; and (f) analyzing the face recognition result of each neural network and outputting a final face recognition result of the input image. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A face recognition method for recognizing a face by using an artificial neural network, comprising:
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(a) generating eigenpaxels representing characteristic patterns of a face and selecting a predetermined number of eigenpaxels among the generated eigenpaxels; (b) training the neural network using the selected eigenpaxels; (c) normalizing an input face image into a predetermined form of the face image; (d) obtaining an elgenfiltered image containing patterns of face characteristics corresponding to the elgenfilters by eigenfiltering the normalized face image with the respective selected eigenpaxels; (e) obtaining an image of a size appropriate to a neural network input by sub-sampling each of the elgenfiltered images; (f) performing face recognition on each pattern of face characteristics by outputting the eigenfiltered and sub-sampled image to a neural network corresponding to each of the selected eigenpaxels; and (g) analyzing the face recognition result of each neural network and outputting a final face recognition result of the input image. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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