Camera characterization for face recognition under active near-infrared illumination

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7529, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gernoth, Thorsten ^a   Grigat, Rolf Rainer ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active illumination; Camera characterization; Face recognition; Infrared imaging

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ILLUMINATION; CAMERA CHARACTERIZATION; CONVERSION FUNCTION; EYE DETECTION; FACE RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; HARMFUL EFFECTS; ILLUMINATION MODELS; IMAGING DEVICE; IMAGING SENSORS; KEY PARAMETERS; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR-INFRARED RADIATIONS; OPTIMAL IMAGE QUALITY; OPTO-ELECTRONICS; RADIOMETRIC ANALYSIS; SAFETY ISSUES; STANDARD IMAGES;

CAMERAS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; EYE PROTECTION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED RADIATION; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

FACE RECOGNITION;

EID: 77049098393     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.839001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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