基于SVM RFE的人脸特征选择方法

提出一种新的基于SVM RFE（Support Vector Machine Recursive Feature Elimination）的人脸特征选择方法。该方法将权重矢量和半径／间隔作为SVM RFE的特征选择标准,采用缩放因子梯度算法优化特征搜索。基于该方法构建了一种实用、有效的人脸特征提取、选择及识别框架,并在UMIST人脸数据库上进行了验证实验。对特征选择前后的分类能力及速度进行了分析比较,结果表明,该方法是一种实用、有效的人脸特征选择方法,可以在特征维数为80左右时,达到94．62％的分类识别率。     

基于Gabor脸和隐马尔可夫模型的人像识别算法

提出了基于Gabor小波变换和隐马尔可夫模型的人像识别算法。该算法先对人脸图像进行多分辨率的Gabor小波变换,采用主元分析法对每个结点进行降维,最后形成Gabor脸。把Gabor脸的每个特征结作为观测向量,对隐马尔可夫模型进行了训练,并把优化的模型参数用于人脸识别。实验结果表明,本文方法识别率高,复杂度较低,对部分遮挡的图像具有较大的容忍度。     

基于Gabor小波的人脸表情识别

提出通过提取人脸表情图像的Gabor特征,结合二次降维的方法,进行人脸表情识别.针对Gabor特征提取后维数变高,冗余很大的特点,先对高维特征进行采样,再引入二维PCA算法对Gabor特征进行选择,以达到降维的目的.然后采用基于模糊积分的多分类器联合的方法对7种表情进行融合识别.在JAFFE库上进行测试的结果验证了该算法的有效性,与2DPCA算法及传统特征提取算法相比,本文算法取得了较高的识别速度和精确度.该算法能更有效的提取反映表情状态的特征.     

Gabor特征结合Metaface学习的扩展稀疏表示人脸识别

为了克服人脸识别中存在的遮挡等闭塞问题,本文提出了Gabor特征结合Metaface学习的扩展稀疏表示人脸识别算法(GMFL)。考虑到Gabor局部特征对光照、表情和姿态等变化的鲁棒性,该算法首先提取图像的Gabor特征集;然后对Gabor特征集进行Metaface字典学习得到具有更强稀疏表示能力的新字典,同时引入Gabor闭塞字典来编码表示图像中的闭塞部分,并与新字典联合构造一组过完备字典基;最后利用过完备字典基求解稀疏系数重构样本,根据样本与重构样本之间的残差最小原则对人脸图像进行分类识别。在AR人脸库和FERET数据库上的实验结果验证了本文算法的可行性和有效性。     

基于Gabor滤波系数高阶矩的图像检索

在分析Gabor滤波器进行图像纹理特征提取的基础上,提出了利用多尺度和多方向Gabor滤波系数的高阶矩提取图像特征进行CBIR的方法,利用滤波系数的方差给出了基于Gabor滤波组提取的图像纹理特征的平滑度和纹理一致性算法,并采用四个尺度和六个方向的滤波系数的能量、方差、峰态、平滑度和一致性组成了CBIR特征向量.采用Brodatz纹理库和Corel图像库中的典型图像进行了对比实验.实验证明,提出的方法比传统的Gabor滤波进行CBIR具有更高的查准率.     

基于混沌理论和支持向量机的人脸识别方法

针对如何选定主成分分析(PCA)特征维数和如何选定支持向量机(SVM)的参数来进一步提高人脸识别系统性能的问题,提出了一种基于混沌理论和支持向量机的人脸识别方法.首先,在统一的目标函数下,在采用PCA方法对人脸图像进行降维和将得到的特征送入SVM中进行训练期间,使用具有可操作性的改进混沌优化算法同时对PCA图像特征维数和分类器参数进行优化选择,然后用得到的优化人脸特征和最佳参数的分类器对未知图像进行识别.基于该方法,对ORL和Yale人脸库进行实验,其识别率都高达99%以上,仿真结果表明,该方法极大地提高了人脸识别能力.     

一种基于GDLPP的人脸识别算法

针对人脸识别中的特征提取问题,本文提出了一种结合Gabor小波特征和判别保局投影的人脸识别算法-GDLPP.该算法首先对人脸图像进行多分辨率的Gabor小波变换,提取样本的高阶统计信息;然后更改保局投影(LPP)的目标函数,增加样本类间散布约束,从而提取更具判别性的特征.本文采用最小近邻分类器估算识别率.在USPS数据库、Yale人脸库以及AR人脸库的测试结果表明,在姿态、光照、表情、训练样本数目变化的情况下,GDLPP都具有较好的识别率.     

基于小波变换和SVM的人脸识别

提出了基于小波变换和支持向量机(Support Vector Machine,SVM)的人脸识别算法。该算法通过小波变换的多分辨率分析形成人脸图像的低频小波子图,然后利用主分量分析构造特征脸子空间,最后由SVM进行分类。在ORL人脸数据库上的实验结果表明该方法具有良好的性能。     

基于人脸云数据数字标牌投放效果的研究

目的利用移动终端的传感设备,将广告投放对象精准化。方法采用基于肤色修正的Haar特征人脸检测算法、粒子滤波和Mean-Shift相结合的人脸追踪算法以及Gabor特征性别判别和年龄估计算法,设计基于云计算的硬件架构,展望匿名视频,分析系统发展趋势。结果在云端实现了对广告关注人数、关注时间及关注者年龄、性别的实时统计分析并出具了相关报告。结论对在不同时刻、不同地点投放广告从而获取最大效益的实验提供了有力的数据支撑。     

面向图像识别的条件互信息特征选择方法

提出了一种基于条件互信息的图像特征选择方法.为了预测条件互信息,该方法选择与已选定特征具有最大熵的那些特征,并将选择出的特征进一步用于数字图像识别.图像识别器由支持向量机实现.实验中,识别器的输人数据是由人脸和非人脸组成的二类图像,这些图像均为大小是28×28且具有256个值的灰度图像.本文不仅将新方法用于图像识别,而且还将新方法与已有的识别方法,如经典的贝叶斯理论、神经网络、kNN等进行了比较.实验结果表明:新方法不仅能够在较短的时间内实现图像特征的选择,而且对图像识别有着比其它方法更高的正确识别率,完全可以用于图像识别.     

适用于虹膜识别的Gabor滤波器参数选择

Gabor变换实现的难点是Gabor滤波器组的参数选择.本文提出了一种适用于虹膜纹理特征提取的Gabor滤波器组参数选择方法.该方法根据图像分块确定Gabor滤波器的位置因子取值;借助海明距离均值曲线确定滤波器尺度因子;通过建立尺度因子与频率调制因子的关系,最终确定频率因子的取值.实验证明,依据该方法设计的滤波器,能有效提取虹膜纹理特征,得到较高识别准确率达到虹膜识别的目的.     

Emotion recognition based on facial components

Machine analysis of facial emotion recognition is a challenging and an innovative research topic in human–computer interaction. Though a face displays different facial expressions, which can be immediately recognized by human eyes, it is very hard for a computer to extract and use the information content from these expressions. This paper proposes an approach for emotion recognition based on facial components. The local features are extracted in each frame using Gabor wavelets with selected scales and orientations. These features are passed on to an ensemble classifier for detecting the location of face region. From the signature of each pixel on the face, the eye and the mouth regions are detected using the ensemble classifier. The eye and the mouth features are extracted using normalized semi-local binary patterns. The multiclass Adaboost algorithm is used to select and classify these discriminative features for recognizing the emotion of the face. The developed methods are deployed on the RML, CK and CMU-MIT databases, and they exhibit significant performance improvement owing to their novel features when compared with the existing techniques.     

基于Gabor滤波器的指纹图像增强

通过对传统指纹图像增强算法的研究,提出一种基于Gabor滤波的指纹图像增强算法。根据指纹纹线间距均匀且局部平行的特点,建立了用于指纹图像增强的Gabor滤波函数的物理模型,并利用二维Gabor滤波器可分解为正交方向的一维高斯带通滤波器和一维高斯低通滤波器的特点,将二维滤波分解为两次一维滤波,从而解决了计算量过大的问题,降低了算法的复杂度。实验表明该算法具有良好的增强指纹图像的脊线和抑制噪声的作用。     

Face Recognition Based on Gabor Feature Extraction Followed by FastICA and LDA

Over the past few decades, face recognition has become the most effective biometric technique in recognizing people’s identity, as it is widely used in many areas of our daily lives. However, it is a challenging technique since facial images vary in rotations, expressions, and illuminations. To minimize the impact of these challenges, exploiting information from various feature extraction methods is recommended since one of the most critical tasks in face recognition system is the extraction of facial features. Therefore, this paper presents a new approach to face recognition based on the fusion of Gabor-based feature extraction, Fast Independent Component Analysis (FastICA), and Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA). In the presented method, first, face images are transformed to grayscale and resized to have a uniform size. After that, facial features are extracted from the aligned face image using Gabor, FastICA, and LDA methods. Finally, the nearest distance classifier is utilized to recognize the identity of the individuals. Here, the performance of six distance classifiers, namely Euclidean, Cosine, Bray-Curtis, Mahalanobis, Correlation, and Manhattan, are investigated. Experimental results revealed that the presented method attains a higher rank-one recognition rate compared to the recent approaches in the literature on four benchmarked face datasets: ORL, GT, FEI, and Yale. Moreover, it showed that the proposed method not only helps in better extracting the features but also in improving the overall efficiency of the facial recognition system.     

基于SVD-TRIM特征和LSSVM人脸识别方法

人脸特征的选择对识别结果起关键作用。传统上只提取较大奇异值特征作为识别特征的人脸识别方法,识别率不高,对表情和姿态变化敏感。SVD-TRIM算法选择的奇异值识别特征融合了人脸整体和局部细节特征,并采用基于＂一对一＂的LSSVM多类分类器分类识别。实验结果表明SVD-TRIM算法选择的识别特征对提高识别率具有较大贡献,且对光照、姿态和表情具有鲁棒性。     

A Two-Stage Vehicle Type Recognition Method Combining the Most Effective Gabor Features

Vehicle type recognition (VTR) is an important research topic due to its significance in intelligent transportation systems. However, recognizing vehicle type on the real-world images is challenging due to the illumination change, partial occlusion under real traffic environment. These difficulties limit the performance of current stateof-art methods, which are typically based on single-stage classification without considering feature availability. To address such difficulties, this paper proposes a twostage vehicle type recognition method combining the most effective Gabor features. The first stage leverages edge features to classify vehicles by size into big or small via a similarity k-nearest neighbor classifier (SKNNC). Further the more specific vehicle type such as bus, truck, sedan or van is recognized by the second stage classification, which leverages the most effective Gabor features extracted by a set of Gabor wavelet kernels on the partitioned key patches via a kernel sparse representation-based classifier (KSRC). A verification and correction step based on minimum residual analysis is proposed to enhance the reliability of the VTR. To improve VTR efficiency, the most effective Gabor features are selected through gray relational analysis that leverages the correlation between Gabor feature image and the original image. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method not only improves the accuracy of VTR but also enhances the recognition robustness to illumination change and partial occlusion.     

Automatic facial expression recognition based on pixel‐pattern‐based texture feature

PCA, ICA, and Gabor wavelet are considered as the important and powerful face representation methods. In this article, we propose a new approach for face representation, which is called a pixel‐pattern‐based texture feature (PPBTF) and apply it to the real‐time facial expression recognition. A gray scale image is transformed into a pattern map where edges and lines are used for characterizing the facial texture information. Based on the pattern map, a feature vector is comprised of the numbers of the pixels belonging to each pattern. We use the image basis functions obtained by principal component analysis as the templates for pattern matching. Adaboost and Support Vector Machine are adopted to classify facial expression. Extensive experiments on the Cohn‐Kanade Database, PIE Database, and DUT Database illustrate that the PPBTF is quite effective and insensitive to illumination. The comparison with Gabor show the PPBTF is speedy. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Imaging Syst Technol, 20, 253–260, 2010