Real-time face recognition for smart home applications

Author

Zuo, Fei ; de With, P.H.N.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Fac., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

fYear

2005

fDate

8-12 Jan. 2005

Firstpage

35

Lastpage

36

Abstract

We propose a near real-time face recognition system for consumer/embedded applications. The system is embedded in an interconnected home environment and enables intelligent servicing by automatic identification of users. It consists of four processing steps: (1) face detection by stepwise pruning, (2) model-based facial feature extraction, (3) face normalization by affine warping, and (4) face recognition by discrimination analysis. The system has been applied in daily life rooms using ordinary cameras. Under these conditions, it achieves over 95% recognition rate and 4 frames/s processing speed.

Keywords

authorisation; embedded systems; face recognition; feature extraction; home automation; affine warping; automatic user identification; cameras; consumer/embedded applications; discrimination analysis; face detection; face normalization; intelligent servicing; interconnected home environment; model-based facial feature extraction; real-time face recognition; smart home applications; stepwise pruning; Cameras; Detectors; Face detection; Face recognition; Facial features; Hardware; Real time systems; Robustness; Smart homes; TV;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics, 2005. ICCE. 2005 Digest of Technical Papers. International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8838-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCE.2005.1429704

Filename

1429704