facerecexplanation.m

Face Recognition System

%FACE RECOGNITION SYSTEM
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% Face recognition system based on EigenFaces Method and Karhunen-Loeve algorithm
% The system functions by projecting face images onto a feature space
% that spans the significant variations among known face images. The
% significant features are known as "eigenfaces" because they are the
% eigenvectors (principal components) of the set of faces.
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% Face images must be collected into sets: every set (called "class") should
% include a number of images for each person, with some variations in 
% expression and in the lighting. When a new input image is read and added
% to the training database, the number of class is required. Otherwise, a new 
% input image can be processed and confronted with all classes present in database.
% We choose a number of eigenvectors M' equal to the number of classes (see 
% algorithmic details in the cited references). Before start image
% processing first select input image. This image can be succesively added to
% database (training) or, if a database is already present, matched with
% known faces.
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% The images included are taken from AT&T Laboratories Cambridge's
% Face DataBase. See the cited references for more informations.
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% FUNCTIONS
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% Select image:                                  read the input image
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% Add selected image to database:                the input image is added to database and will be used for training
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% Database Info:                                 show informations about the images present in database. Images must 
%                                                have the same size. If this is not true you have to resize them.
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% Face Recognition:                              face matching. The selected input image is processed 
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% Delete Database:                               remove database from the current directory
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% Info:                                          show informations about this software
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% Visualization tool:                            visualization utility
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% Source code for Face Recognition System:       how to obtain the complete source code
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% Exit:                                          quit program
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%  References:
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%  AT&T Laboratories Cambridge. The ORL face database, Olivetti Research Laboratory available at
%  http://www.uk.research.att.com/pub/data/att_faces.zip
%  or http://www.uk.research.att.com/pub/data/att_faces.tar.Z
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% Via Centrale 35
% 67042 Civita di Bagno
% L'Aquila --- ITALY 
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