M. Jayasree¹, K. A. Sunitha^2,*, A. Brindha¹, Punna Rajasekhar³, G. Aravamuthan³, G. Joselin Retnakumar¹

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.39, No.4, pp. 745-764, 2024, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2024.052983 - 06 September 2024

Abstract Identifying faces in non-frontal poses presents a significant challenge for face recognition (FR) systems. In this study, we delved into the impact of yaw pose variations on these systems and devised a robust method for detecting faces across a wide range of angles from 0° to ±90°. We initially selected the most suitable feature vector size by integrating the Dlib, FaceNet (Inception-v2), and “Support Vector Machines (SVM)” + “K-nearest neighbors (KNN)” algorithms. To train and evaluate this feature vector, we used two datasets: the “Labeled Faces in the Wild (LFW)” benchmark data and the “Robust… More >

Karshiev Sanjar¹, Soyoun Bang¹, Sookhee Ryue², Heechul Jung^1,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.79, No.3, pp. 3569-3583, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.048312 - 20 June 2024

Abstract The advancement of navigation systems for the visually impaired has significantly enhanced their mobility by mitigating the risk of encountering obstacles and guiding them along safe, navigable routes. Traditional approaches primarily focus on broad applications such as wayfinding, obstacle detection, and fall prevention. However, there is a notable discrepancy in applying these technologies to more specific scenarios, like identifying distinct food crop types or recognizing faces. This study proposes a real-time application designed for visually impaired individuals, aiming to bridge this research-application gap. It introduces a system capable of detecting 20 different food crop types… More >

Mahmood Ul Haq¹, Muhammad Athar Javed Sethi¹, Najib Ben Aoun^2,3, Ala Saleh Alluhaidan^4,*, Sadique Ahmad^5,6, Zahid farid⁷

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.79, No.2, pp. 2169-2186, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.049645 - 15 May 2024

Abstract Face recognition (FR) technology has numerous applications in artificial intelligence including biometrics, security, authentication, law enforcement, and surveillance. Deep learning (DL) models, notably convolutional neural networks (CNNs), have shown promising results in the field of FR. However CNNs are easily fooled since they do not encode position and orientation correlations between features. Hinton et al. envisioned Capsule Networks as a more robust design capable of retaining pose information and spatial correlations to recognize objects more like the brain does. Lower-level capsules hold 8-dimensional vectors of attributes like position, hue, texture, and so on, which are… More >

Muhammad Ahmad Nawaz Ul Ghani¹, Kun She^1,*, Muhammad Arslan Rauf¹, Shumaila Khan², Javed Ali Khan³, Eman Abdullah Aldakheel⁴, Doaa Sami Khafaga⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.79, No.2, pp. 2609-2623, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.049611 - 15 May 2024

Abstract The use of privacy-enhanced facial recognition has increased in response to growing concerns about data security and privacy in the digital age. This trend is spurred by rising demand for face recognition technology in a variety of industries, including access control, law enforcement, surveillance, and internet communication. However, the growing usage of face recognition technology has created serious concerns about data monitoring and user privacy preferences, especially in context-aware systems. In response to these problems, this study provides a novel framework that integrates sophisticated approaches such as Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Blockchain, and distributed computing… More >

Mostafa Diba^*, Hossein Khosravi

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.38, No.3, pp. 315-332, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.046590 - 27 February 2024

Abstract Convolutional neural networks continually evolve to enhance accuracy in addressing various problems, leading to an increase in computational cost and model size. This paper introduces a novel approach for pruning face recognition models based on convolutional neural networks. The proposed method identifies and removes inefficient filters based on the information volume in feature maps. In each layer, some feature maps lack useful information, and there exists a correlation between certain feature maps. Filters associated with these two types of feature maps impose additional computational costs on the model. By eliminating filters related to these categories… More >

Adnan Nadeem^1,*, Amir Mehmood², Kashif Rizwan³, Muhammad Ashraf⁴, Nauman Qadeer³, Ali Alzahrani¹, Qammer H. Abbasi⁵, Fazal Noor¹, Majed Alhaisoni⁶, Nadeem Mahmood⁷

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.3, pp. 6065-6080, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.035012 - 28 December 2022

Abstract This paper presents a large gathering dataset of images extracted from publicly filmed videos by 24 cameras installed on the premises of Masjid Al-Nabvi, Madinah, Saudi Arabia. This dataset consists of raw and processed images reflecting a highly challenging and unconstraint environment. The methodology for building the dataset consists of four core phases; that include acquisition of videos, extraction of frames, localization of face regions, and cropping and resizing of detected face regions. The raw images in the dataset consist of a total of 4613 frames obtained from video sequences. The processed images in the… More >

Wenjun Zhang¹, Wenfeng Wang^2,3,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.134, No.3, pp. 1597-1619, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.020517 - 20 September 2022

Abstract Face recognition has been rapidly developed and widely used. However, there is still considerable uncertainty in the computational intelligence based on human-centric visual understanding. Emerging challenges for face recognition are resulted from information loss. This study aims to tackle these challenges with a broad learning system (BLS). We integrated two models, IR³C with BLS and IR³C with a triplet loss, to control the learning process. In our experiments, we used different strategies to generate more challenging datasets and analyzed the competitiveness, sensitivity, and practicability of the proposed two models. In the model of IR3C with BLS, More >

Ratnesh Kumar Shukla^1,*, Arvind Kumar Tiwari²

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.45, No.1, pp. 293-309, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.027986 - 16 August 2022

Abstract Corona virus (COVID-19) is once in a life time calamity that has resulted in thousands of deaths and security concerns. People are using face masks on a regular basis to protect themselves and to help reduce corona virus transmission. During the on-going coronavirus outbreak, one of the major priorities for researchers is to discover effective solution. As important parts of the face are obscured, face identification and verification becomes exceedingly difficult. The suggested method is a transfer learning using MobileNet V2 based technology that uses deep feature such as feature extraction and deep learning model,… More >

R. Punithavathi^1,*, S. Thenmozhi², R. Jothilakshmi³, V. Ellappan⁴, Islam Md Tahzib Ul⁵

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.45, No.1, pp. 247-261, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.025972 - 16 August 2022

Abstract During Covid pandemic, many individuals are suffering from suicidal ideation in the world. Social distancing and quarantining, affects the patient emotionally. Affective computing is the study of recognizing human feelings and emotions. This technology can be used effectively during pandemic for facial expression recognition which automatically extracts the features from the human face. Monitoring system plays a very important role to detect the patient condition and to recognize the patterns of expression from the safest distance. In this paper, a new method is proposed for emotion recognition and suicide ideation detection in COVID patients. This More >

Qiuyu Hu¹, Wu Zeng^1,*, Yi Sheng¹, Jian Xu¹, Weihua Ou², Ruochen Tan³

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.44, No.2, pp. 1397-1408, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.027980 - 15 June 2022

Abstract Heart rate is an important vital characteristic which indicates physical and mental health status. Typically heart rate measurement instruments require direct contact with the skin which is time-consuming and costly. Therefore, the study of non-contact heart rate measurement methods is of great importance. Based on the principles of photoelectric volumetric tracing, we use a computer device and camera to capture facial images, accurately detect face regions, and to detect multiple facial images using a multi-target tracking algorithm. Then after the regional segmentation of the facial image, the signal acquisition of the region of interest is More >