Terry Riopka
ABSTRACT
This paper evaluates the impact of eye localization on face recognition accuracy. To investigate its importance, we present an eye perturbation sensitivity analysis, as well as empirical evidence that reinforces the notion that eye localization plays a key role in the accuracy of face recognition systems. In particular, correct measurement of eye separation is shown to be more important than correct eye location, highlighting the critical role of eye separation in the scaling and normalization of face images. Results suggest that significant gains in recognition accuracy may be achieved by focussing more effort on the eye localization stage of the face recognition process.
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