Simulation and experiment research of face recognition with modified multi-method morphological correlation algorithm

Morphological definition of similarity degree of gray-scale image and general definition of morphological correlation (GMC) are proposed. Hardware and software design for a compact joint transform correlator are presented in order to implement GMC. Two kinds of modified general morphological correlation algorithm are proposed. The gray-scale image is decomposed into a set of binary image slices in certain decomposition method. In the first algorithm, the edge of each binary joint image slice is detected, width adjustability of which is investigated, and the joint power spectrum of the edge is summed. In the second algorithm, the joint power spectrum of each pair is binarized or thinned and then summed in one situation, and the summation of the joint power spectrums of these pairs is binarized or thinned in the other situation. Computer-simulation results and real face image recognition results indicate that the modified algorithm can improve the discrimination capabilities with respect to the gray-scale face images of high similarity.