Matching Images of Never-Before-Seen Individuals in Large Law Enforcement Databases

  • Olcay Kursun
  • Kenneth M. Reynolds
  • Oleg Favorov
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 3975)

Abstract

A method is developed for extraction of robust human facial features that can be used on never-before-seen individuals in homeland security tasks such as human tracking or matching photos of dead against missing individuals (e.g. recent Asian tsunami aftermath).

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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006

Authors and Affiliations

  • Olcay Kursun
    • 1
  • Kenneth M. Reynolds
    • 2
  • Oleg Favorov
    • 3
  1. 1.Department of Engineering TechnologyUniversity of Central FloridaOrlando
  2. 2.Department of Criminal Justice and Legal StudiesUniversity of Central FloridaOrlandoUSA
  3. 3.Department of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of North CarolinaChapel Hill

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