Local binary pattern based features for sign language recognition

In this paper we focus on appearance features describing the manual component of Sign Language particularly the Local Binary Patterns. We compare the performance of these features with geometric moments describing the trajectory and shape of hands. Since the non-manual component is also very important for sign recognition we localize facial landmarks via Active Shape Model combined with Landmark detector that increases the robustness of model fitting. We test the recognition performance of individual features and their combinations on a database consisting of 11 signers and 23 signs with several repetitions. Local Binary Patterns outperform the geometric moments. When the features are combined we achieve a recognition rate up to 99.75% for signer dependent tests and 57.54% for signer independent tests.     

将局部二进制模式应用于动态纹理识别的新方法

动态纹理的处理、描述与识别是纹理分析的热门领域。动态纹理是对普通纹理在时间域方面的扩展,包括动态特征和静态特征。基于LBP算法的扩展提出的VLBP算法较好的描述了动态纹理特征,但是计算量过大,模板过多。本文提出了一种由VLBP算法改进的基于局部二进制运动模式的特征提取方法用以动态纹理的描述和识别,它包括提取动态特征和提取静态特征两部分。将LBP算子做为块匹配准则提取局部二进制运动模式柱状图做为动态特征的描述,提取LBP柱状图做为静态特征的描述,并将二者连接得出描述动态纹理特征的联合的局部二进制运动模式柱状图。通过对DynTex集实验的结果表明,本文提出的方法在性能和识别率方面均要优于VLBP。     

基于二维多尺度局部Gabor二进制模式特征的表情识别

为了在独立于个体身份的面部表情识别中取得更加理想的效果,提出了一种基于二维多尺度局部Gabor二进制模式（MB-LGBP）特征的识别方法。对于表情识别而言,MB-LGBP已被证明了是一种局部和整体上都具有很强表征能力的描绘子。将MB-LGBP与灰度共现矩阵(GLCM)结合起来得到了可以更好地描述局部纹理空间结构特性的二维MB-LGBP特征。在识别中,分别选择了支持向量机（SVM）和基于卡方距离的K-最近邻（KNN）分类器,并对结果进行了比较。实验结果证明了二维MB-LGBP特征相比于MB-LGBP以及其他一些主要的表情识别特征的优越性。     

Learning local binary patterns for gender classification on real-world face images

Gender recognition is one of fundamental face analysis tasks. Most of the existing studies have focused on face images acquired under controlled conditions. However, real-world applications require gender classification on real-life faces, which is much more challenging due to significant appearance variations in unconstrained scenarios. In this paper, we investigate gender recognition on real-life faces using the recently built database, the Labeled Faces in the Wild (LFW). Local Binary Patterns (LBP) is employed to describe faces, and Adaboost is used to select the discriminative LBP features. We obtain the performance of 94.81% by applying Support Vector Machine (SVM) with the boosted LBP features. The public database used in this study makes future benchmark and evaluation possible.     

Local generic representation for patch uLBP-based face recognition with single training sample per subject

Multimedia Tools and Applications - In this paper, we propose a novel paradigm of Patch uniform Local Binary Patterns (PuLBP) based Local Generic Representation (LGR) for face recognition. Indeed,...     

基于分类性能的掌纹特征有机融合

为了克服利用单一特征进行掌纹识别的局限性,提出一种基于分类性能的掌纹多特征有机融合方法。该特征融合方法通过三步来实现:特征选择、加权处理和降维处理。在分析单一特征分量聚类性能的基础上,通过构造判别准则并设定相应阈值对特征进行取舍;通过构造类内距离与类间距离之比这一函数计算得到每个特征分量的权值,然后进行加权处理;最后利用主分量分析法对特征进行降维处理。以改进的LBP算法和离散小波变换提取掌纹的两种特征,将提取的特征进行融合实验,结果表明了该方法的有效性。     

基于多尺度局部二值模式的人脸识别

提出了一种基于多尺度局部二值模式的人脸识别方法.局部二值模式已经被证明是人脸表示的一种有效算子,不过由于其太小以至于鲁棒性不高.在多尺度局部二值模式中,计算是基于块子区域的平均值,而不是基于单个像素值进行的.人脸图像首先被分成小的子区域,具有不同权值的BLBP算子抽取每一子区域的直方图,然后把它们连接起来,组成一个空域增强的特征直方图.在X~2统计量作为不相似度量计算的特征空间里,采用最近邻分类器完成分类识别.实验表明,该方法优于其它的基于LBP的人脸识别算法.     

Detecting computer generated images based on local ternary count

Local binary patterns was used to distinguish the Photorealistic Computer Graphics and Photographic Images, however the dimension of the extracted features is too high. Accordingly, the Local Ternary Count based on the Local Ternary Patterns and the Local Binary Count was developed in this study. Furthermore, a novel algorithm is presented based on the Local Ternary Count to classify photorealistic Computer Graphics and Photographic images. The experiment results show that the proposed algorithm effectively reduces the dimension of the classification features and maintains a good classification performance.     

基于改进的LBP的低分辨率车牌汉字识别

低分辩率的车牌汉字识别是字符识别中的一个难题。随着智能交通和模式识别技术的发展,传统的基于二值图的识别方法已不能满足实际要求。该文采用基于灰度图的汉字识别方法,避免了在传统二值化过程中不必要的结构信息丢失。该文将局域二值模式(Local Binary Patterns,LBP)算子运用于字符识别,使得车牌汉字的识别率由过去的74.25%提高到98.80%;并在已有的局域二值模式算子的基础上提出了一种改进的局部二值模式(Advanced Local Binary Pattern, ALBP)算法,使得汉字的识别时间大幅度缩短。实验结果表明,该文提出的方法对于低质量的车牌灰度汉字具有较强的鲁棒性,与传统识别方法相比,识别准确率和识别速度都有了较大的改进。     

Soft biometric classification using local appearance periocular region features

This paper investigates the effectiveness of local appearance features such as Local Binary Patterns, Histograms of Oriented Gradient, Discrete Cosine Transform, and Local Color Histograms extracted from periocular region images for soft classification on gender and ethnicity. These features are classified by Artificial Neural Network or Support Vector Machine. Experiments are performed on visible and near-IR spectrum images derived from FRGC and MBGC datasets. For 4232 FRGC images of 404 subjects, we obtain baseline gender and ethnicity classifications of 97.3% and 94%. For 350 MBGC images of 60 subjects, we obtain baseline gender and ethnicity results of 90% and 89%.     

基于NSCT和支持向量机的SAR图像识别

针对传统的合成孔径雷达图像（SAR）识别算法识别精度低,用时长等问题,提出一种基于非下采样轮廓波变换（NSCT）和支持向量机（SVM）的SAR图像识别算法。首先通过非下采样轮廓波变换将目标图像分解成不同的尺度,然后得到目标图像的低频分量和高频分量;接着在高频分量中提取方向梯度直方图特征（HOG）,在低频分量中利用局部二值化算法（Local Binary Pattern,LBP）提取纹理特征;然后将提取的梯度方向直方图特征和局部二值化特征空间连结,并使用支持向量机（SVM）作为分类器;最后对算法进行了测试。实验结果表明,该方法不仅能够有效地提高了SAR图像目标分类的精度,在MSTAR数据库上的准确率达到90.7%,而且对相干斑的影响具有较高的鲁棒性。     

用于DR图像缺陷检测的改进的LBP算法

针对传统LBP（Local Binary Pattern）算法在DR图像缺陷检测中对噪声异常敏感而导致的缺陷识别率低的问题,在已有的韦伯LBP算法（Weber Local Binary Pattern,WLBP）的基础上,提出改进的WALBP（Weber Adapted Local Binary Patterns）算法。WALBP算法保留了WLBP算法最后生成二维直方图的特点,对其所用的LBP算子和LoG（Laplacian of Gaussian）方法进行了改进。WALBP算法更加有效地描述了DR图像的纹理特征,同时有效解决了WLBP算子在进行缺陷检测时直方图维数较多及分类能力不强的问题。通过对多幅铸件DR图像进行实验分析,结果表明,相对于已有的WLBP算法和传统的LBP算法,WALBP算法在缺陷检测上具有更高的识别率,在缺陷识别技术中具有很高的应用价值。     

基于多频域LBP-TOP的人脸表情识别

针对人脸表情时空域特征信息的有效提取问题,提出一种多频域LBP-TOP与最大间隔球形支持向量机相结合的人脸表情识别算法。采用小波分解增强序列各帧的图像信息,对同频率的子图像序列提取分块改进的LBP-TOP特征,采用最大间隔球形支持向量机进行样本的训练及识别。实验结果证明,该方法能有效提取运动的表情特征,识别率高,同时符合实时性要求。     

基于多尺度LBP的人脸识别

提出一种基于多尺度LBP(Local Binary Pattern)的人脸识别算法。建立人脸图像高斯差分尺度空间,计算尺度空间图像的LBP特征,将LBP特征图像划分为互不重叠的特征区域,然后分别进行直方图统计,最后将所有区域的LBP直方图序列连接起来得到多尺度LBP特征,采用最近邻分类器对人脸图像分类识别。实验分析表明,多尺度LBP特征具有较强的人脸图像描述能力,能够提取到更加丰富的全局信息,鲁棒性强,在识别率和识别速度上均比SIFT算法高。     

基于VGG-NET的特征融合面部表情识别

为了解决在面部表情特征提取过程中卷积神经网络CNN和局部二值模式LBP只能提取面部表情图像的单一特征,难以提取与面部变化高度相关的精确特征的问题,提出了一种基于深度学习的特征融合的表情识别方法。该方法将LBP特征和CNN卷积层提取的特征通过加权的方式结合在改进的VGG-16网络连接层中,最后将融合特征送入Softmax分类器获取各类特征的概率,完成基本的6种表情分类。实验结果表明,所提方法在CK+和JAFFE数据集上的平均识别准确率分别达到了97.5%和97.62%,利用融合特征得到的识别结果明显优于利用单一特征识别的效果。与其他方法相比较,该方法能有效提高表情识别准确率,对光照变化更加鲁棒。     

面向表情识别的AVR和增强LBP特征选择方法

由于对局部纹理特征具有很强的描述能力,LBP（Local Binary Patterns）已经被广泛应用于模式识别、计算机视觉等相关领域,但传统的LBP在表情识别中的正确率并不高,提出了一种结合小波分解的改进LBP特征提取方法,首先使用Adaboost人脸检测算法和2D模型提取人脸图像并归一化,并使用小波分解的方法增强LBP特征,然后通过AVR（Augmented Variance Ratio）特征选取方法降维,最后使用SVM进行分类。JAFFE库上的实验证明了该方法的有效性。     

Colour and rotation invariant textural features based on Markov random fields

A visual appearance of natural materials significantly depends on acquisition circumstances, particularly illumination conditions and viewpoint position, whose variations cause difficulties in the analysis of real scenes. We address this issue with novel texture features, based on fast estimates of Markovian statistics, that are simultaneously rotation and illumination invariant. The proposed features are invariant to in-plane material rotation and illumination spectrum (colour invariance), they are robust to local intensity changes (cast shadows) and illumination direction. No knowledge of illumination conditions is required and recognition is possible from a single training image per material. The material recognition is tested on the currently most realistic visual representation - Bidirectional Texture Function (BTF), using CUReT and ALOT texture datasets with more than 250 natural materials. Our proposed features significantly outperform leading alternatives including Local Binary Patterns (LBP, LBP-HF) and texton MR8 methods.