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Combined Imaging System for Taking Facial Portraits in Visible and Thermal Spectra

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Image Processing and Communications Challenges 7

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 389))

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This work explores the subject of thermal imagery in the context of face recognition. Its aim is to create a database of facial images taken in both thermal and visual domains. To achieve this, a specialized photographic stand was designed, which allows simultaneous capture of images from IR thermal camera and SLR digital camera. To ensure precision, stability and fluency of photographic sessions, a Matlab application has been developed, through which it is possible to remotely control both devices, as well as automatically download captured images onto a hard drive and save them within an organized folder structure. Additionally, several image fusion techniques have been implemented in order to effectively combine visual and thermal data for use in face recognition algorithms.

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Żołnierska Str. 52, 71–210, Szczecin, Poland

    Piotr Jasiński & Paweł Forczmański

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Jasiński, P., Forczmański, P. (2016). Combined Imaging System for Taking Facial Portraits in Visible and Thermal Spectra. In: Choraś, R. (eds) Image Processing and Communications Challenges 7. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 389. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23814-2_8

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