An automated face recognition system for intelligence surveillance: smart camera recognizing faces in the crowd

• Main Authors: Mustafah, Yasir Mohd., Azman, Amelia Wong, Bigdeli, A., Lovell, B.C.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/28252/1/C001._An_Automated_Face_Recognition_System_for_Intelligence_Surveillance_-_Smart_Camera_Recognizing_Faces_in_the_Crowd.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/28252/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Smart cameras are rapidly finding their way into intelligent surveillance systems. Recognizing faces in the crowd in real-time is one of the key features that will significantly enhance intelligent surveillance systems. The main challenge is the fact that the high volumes of data generated by high-resolution sensors make it computationally impossible for mainstream computers to process. In our proposed technique, the smart camera extracts all the faces from the full-resolution frame and sends the pixel information from these face areas to the main processing unit as a auxiliary video stream - potentially achieving massive data rate reduction. Face recognition software running on the main processing unit then performs the required pattern recognition.