Title
Color constancy algorithms for object and face recognition
Abstract
Brightness and color constancy is a fundamental problem faced in computer vision and by our own visual system. We easily recognize objects despite changes in illumination, but without a mechanism to cope with this, many object and face recognition systems perform poorly. In this paperwe compare approaches in computer vision and computational neuroscience for inducing brightness and color constancy based on their ability to improve recognition. We analyze the relative performance of the algorithms on the AR face and ALOI datasets using both a SIFT-based recognition system and a simple pixel-based approach. Quantitative results demonstrate that color constancy methods can significantly improve classification accuracy. We also evaluate the approaches on the Caltech-101 dataset to determine how these algorithms affect performance under relatively normal illumination conditions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1007/978-3-642-17289-2_20
ISVC (1)
Keywords
Field
DocType
ar face,color constancy,own visual system,relative performance,face recognition system,computer vision,caltech-101 dataset,color constancy method,color constancy algorithm,normal illumination condition,sift-based recognition system,system performance,computational neuroscience,visual system,face recognition
Scale-invariant feature transform,Color space,Computer science,Artificial intelligence,Computer vision,Color constancy,Facial recognition system,3D single-object recognition,Three-dimensional face recognition,Pattern recognition,Algorithm,Color normalization,Brightness
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
6453
0302-9743
3-642-17288-1
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.39
10
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Christopher Kanan131025.31
Arturo Flores280.92
Garrison W. Cottrell31397286.59