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In this chapter, we address the question of what are the facial measures one could use in order to distinguish between people. Our starting point is the fact that the expressions of our face can, in most cases, be modeled as isometries, which we validate empirically. Then, based on this observation, we introduce a technique that enables us to distinguish between people based on the intrinsic geometry of their faces. We provide empirical evidence that the proposed geometric measures are invariant to facial expressions and relate our findings to the broad context of biometric methods, ranging from modern face recognition technologies to fairy tales and biblical stories.
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Bronstein, A.M., Bronstein, M.M., Kimmel, R. (2007). Story of Cinderella. In: Koschan, A., Pollefeys, M., Abidi, M. (eds) 3D Imaging for Safety and Security. Computational Imaging and Vision, vol 35. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6182-0_5
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