×

Method and apparatus for using thermal infrared for face recognition

  • US 7,406,184 B2
  • Filed: 07/03/2003
  • Issued: 07/29/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method for performing face recognition, comprising:

  • producing a first video image input produced from a scene sensed in the reflective domain from wavelengths in the range of 0.3 microns to 2.5 microns;

    producing a second video image input from said scene sensed in the thermal infrared domain;

    applying non-uniformity correction (NUC) to the second video image, thereby forming a corrected thermal infrared video image;

    creating a representation template for a face from a fused combination of the first video image obtained from the reflective domain and the corrected thermal infrared video image formed by applying NUC to the second video image obtained from the thermal infrared domain; and

    utilizing said face representation template for comparison and matching for face recognition.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×