4Two-dimensionalFaceRecognition4
1FeatureLocalizationBeforediscussingthemethodsofcomparingtwofacialimageswenowtakeabrieflookatsomeatthepreliminaryprocessesoffacialfeaturealignment
Thisprocesstypicallyconsistsoftwostages:facedetectionandeyelocalization
Dependingontheapplication,ifthepositionofthefacewithintheimageisknownbeforehand(foracooperativesubjectinadooraccesssystemforexample)thenthefacedetectionstagecanoftenbeskipped,astheregionofinterestisalreadyknown
Therefore,wediscusseyelocalizationhere,withabriefdiscussionoffacedetectionintheliteraturereview
Theeyelocalizationmethodisusedtoalignthe2Dfaceimagesofthevarioustestsetsusedthroughoutthissection
However,toensurethatallresultspresentedarerepresentativeofthefacerecognitionaccuracyandnotaproductoftheperformanceoftheeyelocalizationroutine,a






