Illumination Invariant Face Recognition on Nonlinear Manifolds

Face recognition under variable lighting conditions is recognized as one of the most problematic are of the recognition domain by various authors. Previous work suggested that image variations caused by parameters such as illumination, can be modeled by low dimensional subspaces. In this work, we propose a new scheme for recognition under a single variation. Using a generic manifold learning technique like LPP, we are able to construct coordinate systems for the underlying subspace with the help of an optimization step. We performed experiments with face recognition under changing illumination conditions.

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