Optimization of the performances of correlation filters by pre-processing the input plane

We report findings on the optimization of the performances of correlation filters. First, we propound and validate an optimization of ROC curves adapted to correlation technique. Then, analysis suggests that a pre-processing of the input plane leads to a compromise between the robustness of the adapted filter and the discrimination of the inverse filter for face recognition applications. Rewardingly, our technical results demonstrate that this method is remarkably efficient to increase the performances of a VanderLugt correlator.