Face recognition on partially occluded images using compressed sensing

•Use of compressed sensing in face recognition.•Random algorithm for detection of occluded parts of the face.•Identification of individuals absed on the detected non-occluded portion.

In this work we have built a face recognition system using a new method based on recent advances in compressed sensing theory. The authors propose a method for recognizing faces that is robust to certain types and levels of occlusion. They also present tests that allow to assess the incidence of the proposed method.