Personal Identification Using Facial Blemishes

The paper develops a model for the biologically inspired process of identifying faces from relative distances between blemishes using pre-stored knowledge in a database. A facial picture is loaded into the program and the operator selects facial blemishes by clicking on them and uses an extra list to select the size and color of the facial blemish. The 2-D location, size and colour are recorded to uniquely identify the individual. For scars and other facial blemishes that are not of standard size and shape, such as skin dots or freckles, the operator marks the area as other points are marked. Results show the success of the method.