Image Intelligent Detection Based on the Gabor Wavelet and the Neural Network

• Main Authors: Yajun Xu, Fengmei Liang, Gang Zhang, Huifang Xu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2016-11-01
• Series: Symmetry
• Subjects: Gabor wavelet; feature information; neural network; face recognition
• Online Access: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/8/11/130

This paper first analyzes the one-dimensional Gabor function and expands it to a two-dimensional one. The two-dimensional Gabor function generates the two-dimensional Gabor wavelet through measure stretching and rotation. At last, the two-dimensional Gabor wavelet transform is employed to extract the image feature information. Based on the back propagation (BP) neural network model, the image intelligent test model based on the Gabor wavelet and the neural network model is built. The human face image detection is adopted as an example. Results suggest that, although there are complex textures and illumination variations on the images of the face database named AT&T, the detection accuracy rate of the proposed method can reach above 0.93. In addition, extensive simulations based on the Yale and extended Yale B datasets further verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.