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posted on 2016-10-28, 14:00 authored by Yaser Saleh, Eran EdirisingheFace recognition, although being a popular area of research and study, still has many challenges, and with the appearance of the Microsoft Kinect device, new possibilities of
research were uncovered, one of which is face recognition using the Kinect. With the goal of enhancing face recognition, this
paper is aiming to prove how depth maps, since not effected by illumination, can improve face recognition with a benchmark
algorithm based on the Eigenface. This required some experiments to be carried out, mainly in order to check if algorithms created to recognize faces using normal images can be as effective if not more effective with depth map images. The OpenCV Eigenface algorithm implementation was used for the purpose of training and testing both normal and depth-map images. Finally, results of the experiments are presented to prove the ability of the tested algorithm to function with depth maps, also, proving the capability of depth maps face recognition’s task in poor illumination.
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