Method for obtaining human face illumination invariant images based on multiscale anisotropic diffusion

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for obtaining human face illumination invariant images based on multiscale anisotropic diffusion, belonging to the field of image processing technologies. The invention is based on a Lambertian convex surface model for decomposing the human face image to a small-scale feature image and a large-scale feature image. The small-scale feature image can be regarded as the ideal human face illumination invariant feature image. The core is characterized in that new descriptors with inconsistent intervals are introduced for strengthening edge retention capability of an anisotropic diffusion algorithm to low frequency domain images so as to greatly weaken image halo effect of the algorithm; meanwhile, a new transfer coefficient is provided, and noised caused by edge sharpening is reduced; and an anisotropic diffusion constraint is introduced, and the method is more suitable for treating the illumination problem of the human body image. Experiments show that theinvention can obtain good treatment effect even in extremely poor lighting conditions and can effectively improve robustness of face recognition or face certification to changes in lighting conditions.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of image processing, and in particular relates to a method for acquiring a face illumination invariant image, which can be directly applied to a real-time face recognition or face authentication system under the condition of illumination changes. Background technique [0002] Due to the important status of face recognition or face authentication in the fields of national security, military security and public safety, research on face recognition or face authentication technology has developed rapidly. But so far, the influence of face recognition on ambient light has insurmountable defects, which is mainly due to the changes in face images brought about by the influence of light changes, which are even greater than the changes caused by individual differences in face images. In addition, the ambient light during face authentication is different from that during registration, and the recognizability of face a...

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This type of method has a very ideal effect, but the disadvantage is that the complexity of the algorithm is quite large, and there is a high requirement for the number of face image samples, and it is usually difficult to obtain practical applications.

The fourth category is the method of extracting illumination invariant features, which can be divided into edge-based image feature methods and feature image-based methods. Research shows that the edge-based image feature method is more effective in face recognition algorithms when the illumination changes are more complex. The performance of the method decreases sharply with the increase of the illumination angle change.

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