Understanding fake faces

Ryota Natsume*, Kazuki Inoue, Yoshihiro Fukuhara, Shintaro Yamamoto, Shigeo Morishima, Hirokatsu Kataoka

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Face recognition research is one of the most active topics in computer vision (CV), and deep neural networks (DNN) are now filling the gap between human-level and computer-driven performance levels in face verification algorithms. However, although the performance gap appears to be narrowing in terms of accuracy-based expectations, a curious question has arisen; specifically, Face understanding of AI is really close to that of human? In the present study, in an effort to confirm the brain-driven concept, we conduct image-based detection, classification, and generation using an in-house created fake face database. This database has two configurations: (i) false positive face detections produced using both the Viola Jones (VJ) method and convolutional neural networks (CNN), and (ii) simulacra that have fundamental characteristics that resemble faces but are completely artificial. The results show a level of suggestive knowledge that indicates the continuing existence of a gap between the capabilities of recent vision-based face recognition algorithms and human-level performance. On a positive note, however, we have obtained knowledge that will advance the progress of face-understanding models.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputer Vision – ECCV 2018 Workshops, Proceedings
EditorsLaura Leal-Taixé, Stefan Roth
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages566-576
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783030110147
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Event15th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2018 - Munich, Germany
Duration: 2018 Sept 82018 Sept 14

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11131 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference15th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2018
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityMunich
Period18/9/818/9/14

Keywords

  • Face recognition
  • False positives
  • Simulacra

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

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