Robertson, David James, Kramer, Robin Stewart Samuel and Burton, A. Mike orcid.org/0000-0002-2035-2084 (2015) Face averages enhance user recognition for smartphone security. PLoS ONE. e0119460. ISSN 1932-6203
Abstract
Our recognition of familiar faces is excellent, and generalises across viewing conditions. However, unfamiliar face recognition is much poorer. For this reason, automatic face recog- nition systems might benefit from incorporating the advantages of familiarity. Here we put this to the test using the face verification system available on a popular smartphone (the Samsung Galaxy). In two experiments we tested the recognition performance of the smart- phone when it was encoded with an individual’s ‘face-average’– a representation derived from theories of human face perception. This technique significantly improved performance for both unconstrained celebrity images (Experiment 1) and for real faces (Experiment 2): users could unlock their phones more reliably when the device stored an average of the user’s face than when they stored a single image. This advantage was consistent across a wide variety of everyday viewing conditions. Furthermore, the benefit did not reduce the re- jection of imposter faces. This benefit is brought about solely by consideration of suitable representations for automatic face recognition, and we argue that this is just as important as development of matching algorithms themselves. Wepropose that this representation could significantly improve recognition rates in everyday settings. Introduction
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © [2015, Robertson et al. This content is made available by the publisher under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence. This means that a user may copy, distribute and display the resource providing that they give credit. Users must adhere to the terms of the licence. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Psychology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 02 Mar 2016 09:52 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2025 17:18 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119460 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0119460 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:95806 |