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A Gradient Method for Generating Facial Barcodes

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Analysis of Images, Social Networks and Texts (AIST 2014)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 436))

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We propose a method for generating standard type linear barcodes from facial images. Our method uses the difference in gradients of image brightness. It involves averaging the gradients into a limited number of intervals, quantization of the results into decimal digits from 0 to 9, and table conversion into the final barcode. The proposed solution is computationally low-cost and does not require the use of any specialized image processing software for generating facial barcodes in mobile systems. Results of tests conducted on the Face94 database show that the proposed method offers a new solution for use in real-world practice. The generated barcodes are stable against changes of scale, pose and mirroring of facial images, as well as changes of facial expressions and shadows on faces from local lighting.

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Acknowledgments

This work was partially financially supported by the Government of the Russian Federation, Grant 074-U01.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland

    Georgy Kukharev

  2. University ITMO, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Yuri Matveev

  3. Speech Technology Center Ltd., St. Petersburg, Russia

    Yuri Matveev

  4. Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI”, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Nadezhda Shchegoleva

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  1. Georgy Kukharev
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Correspondence to Yuri Matveev .

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  1. National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia

    Dmitry I. Ignatov

  2. Krasovsky Inst. of Math. and Mechanics, Yekaterinburg, Russia

    Mikhail Yu. Khachay

  3. Université catholique de Louvain, Moscow, Russia

    Alexander Panchenko

  4. University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    Natalia Konstantinova

  5. National Research University, Moscow, Russia

    Rostislav E. Yavorsky

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Kukharev, G., Matveev, Y., Shchegoleva, N. (2014). A Gradient Method for Generating Facial Barcodes. In: Ignatov, D., Khachay, M., Panchenko, A., Konstantinova, N., Yavorsky, R. (eds) Analysis of Images, Social Networks and Texts. AIST 2014. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 436. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12580-0_12

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