Face Recognition with LWIR Imagery Using Local Binary Patterns
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Abstract
In this paper, the merits of the Local Binary Patterns (LBP) representation are investigated in the context of face recognition using long-wave infrared images. Long-wave infrared images are invariant to illumination, but at the same time they are affected by a fixed-pattern noise inherent to this technology. The fixed-pattern is normally compensated by means of a non-uniformity correction method. Our study shows that the LBP approach is robust to the fixed-pattern noise, as well as to the presence of glasses. Not only no noise suppressing preprocessing is needed, but in fact if a non-uniformity correction method is applied, the image texture is amplified and the performance of the LBP degraded.
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Face Recognition Local Binary Pattern Focal Plane Array Local Binary Pattern Operator Linear Discriminant Analysis Method
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