Rotation invariant face detection using convolutional neural networks

Fok Hing Chi Tivive*, Abdesselam Bouzerdoum

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Abstract

This article addresses the problem of rotation invariant face detection using convolutional neural networks. Recently, we developed a new class of convolutional neural networks for visual pattern recognition. These networks have a simple network architecture and use shunting inhibitory neurons as the basic computing elements for feature extraction. Three networks with different connection schemes have been developed for in-plane rotation invariant face detection: fully-connected, toeplitz-connected, and binary-connected networks. The three networks are trained using a variant of Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm and tested on a set of 40,000 rotated face patterns. As a face/non-face classifier, these networks achieve 97.3% classification accuracy for a rotation angle in the range ±90° and 95.9% for full in-plane rotation. The proposed networks have fewer free parameters and better generalization ability than the feedforward neural networks, and outperform the conventional convolutional neural networks.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNeural Information Processing - 13th International Conference, ICONIP 2006, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages260-269
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)3540464816, 9783540464815
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
Event13th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2006 - Hong Kong, China
Duration: 3 Oct 20066 Oct 2006

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4233 LNCS - II
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2006
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHong Kong
Period3/10/066/10/06

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