Infrared Face Recognition Using Distance Transforms

In this work we present an efficient approach for face recognition in the infrared spectrum. In the proposed approach physiological features are extracted from thermal images in order to build a unique thermal faceprint. Then, a distance transform is used to get an invariant representation for face recognition. The obtained physiological features are related to the distribution of blood vessels under the face skin. This blood network is unique to each individual and can be used in infrared face recognition. The obtained results are promising and show the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.

Authors:

• Moulay A. Akhloufi
• Abdelhakim Bendada

Keywords:

• Face recognition
• biometrics
• infrared imaging.

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