Method and system for face recognition using deep collaborative representation-based classification

Abstract

The present invention provides a face recognition method. The method includes obtaining a plurality of training face images which belongs to a plurality of face classes and obtaining a plurality of training dictionaries corresponding to the training face images. A face class includes one or more training face images. The training dictionaries include a plurality of deep feature matrices. The method further includes obtaining an input face image. The input face image is partitioned into a plurality of blocks, whose corresponding deep feature vectors are extracted using a deep learning network. A collaborative representation model is applied to represent the deep feature vectors with the training dictionaries and representation vectors. A summation of errors for all blocks corresponding to a face class is computed as a residual error for the face class. The input face image is classified by selecting the face class that yields a minimum residual error.