Rajagiri School of Engineering &

Technology, Kakkanad

RAJAGIRI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND

TECHNOLOGY
RAJAGIRI VALLEY, KAKKANAD, COCHIN - 682 039

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

CERTIFICATE

Certified that this document titled ‘Visual and Infrared face

Recognition’ is a bonafide seminar report by Hrdya M Bhaskaran of 7 th semester
Electronics and Communication Engineering in partial fulfillment of the
requirement for the award of Degree of Bachelor of Technology in Electronics
and Communication of the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam during the
academic year 2005-2006.

Mr. Jaison Jacob Dr. Karthikeyan Chittayil

Seminar Guide Head of Department
Dept. of Electronics Engg. Dept of Electronics Engg
RASET, Kakkanad RASET, Kakkanad

Date: 26-10-2006
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I wish to take this opportunity to thank all those whose persistent

contributions and suggestions have helped us in the fulfillment of the seminar.

I would like to extend our sincere thanks to Dr. Karthikeyan Chittayil , HOD
(Department of electronics and communication, Rajagiri school of Engineering and
technology, Kakkanad) and our guide Mr. Jaison Jacob, Lecturer, Dept. of
Electronics, RASET for their guidance and unfailing support.

I would also like to thank Mrs. Asha Panicker, Assistant Professor, Dept. of
Electronics, RASET for her constant guidance and advice.

. Last but not the least we would like to uphold all the help and support provided
by our friends, and above all to Almighty, without whom this endeavourer would not
have been a success.
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Technology, Kakkanad

VISUAL AND INFRARED FACE RECOGNITION

SUBMITTED BY
Hrdya M Bhaskaran
Roll No:18
S7 EC
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Technology, Kakkanad

CONTENTS

Abstract…………………………………………………………………………. 01

Chapter 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………. 03

1.1 Face detection…………………….…………………………….04

1.2 Feature Extraction…………..…………………………………06

Chapter2.Face Recognition Techniques……………………………………….08

2.1 Eigen face…….……………………………………………….…09

2.2Local Feature Analysis…………………………………………..12

2.3 Line edge map…………………………………………………. 13

2.4 Elastic graph matching…….……………………………………14

2.5 Neural Networks….…………………………………………… 16

Chapter 3. Face recognition using infrared imagery…………………………….18

3.1 Face and disguise detection………..………………………….. 19

3.2 Thermal contour matching… …………………………………21

3.3 Advantages and disadvantage…..…………………………… ...25

3.4 Applications……………………….……………………………25

3.5 Conclusion……………………………………………………...26

3.6 Reference……………………………………………………….26