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Low-dimensional procedure for the characterization of human faces

Journal of the Optical Society of America APublished 1 March 1987
L. Sirovich, Michael Kirby
Citations2,316
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SJR score0.38
SNIP0.80

TL;DR

A method is presented for the representation of faces that results in the characterization of a face, to within an error bound, by a relatively low-dimensional vector.

Abstract

A method is presented for the representation of (pictures of) faces. Within a specified framework the representation is ideal. This results in the characterization of a face, to within an error bound, by a relatively low-dimensional vector. The method is illustrated in detail by the use of an ensemble of pictures taken for this purpose.

Keywords

Computer Science