Facial age classification based on weighted decision fusion

Weixing Li*, Haijun Su, Feng Pan, Qi Gao, Shaoyan Guo

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Abstract

An age classification algorithm based on multi-feature weighted decision fusion is proposed. On the basis of calibration for the facial positive posture, the facial texture features are extracted by three methods. Firstly, the uniform local binary pattern (ULBP) histogram is extracted through the Gabor wavelet transform which has the multi-scale and multi-directional characteristics. Secondly, an ASM-based approach is used to complete facial partition, and the ULBP histogram is extracted from the labeled focus region. Thirdly, the rate between facial wrinkles and facial skin areas is extracted. A strong SVM classifier based on multi-feature weighted decision fusion is designed according to the three features extracted above. The experiments are simulated in the FG-NET and self-build face database for four age-group classification. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. At last, we analyze the impact of the SVM parameters and the face image resolution on the results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 33rd Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2014
EditorsShengyuan Xu, Qianchuan Zhao
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages4870-4874
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9789881563842
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Sept 2014
EventProceedings of the 33rd Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2014 - Nanjing, China
Duration: 28 Jul 201430 Jul 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 33rd Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2014
ISSN (Print)1934-1768
ISSN (Electronic)2161-2927

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the 33rd Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2014
Country/TerritoryChina
CityNanjing
Period28/07/1430/07/14

Keywords

  • Facial Age classification
  • Gabor wavelet
  • SVM
  • Uniform Local Binary Pattern

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