Fusion analysis of soft biometrics for recognition at a distance

Abstract

There are many new soft biometric approaches though
few are used for identification, especially at a distance. We
create a new soft biometric database containing the human
face, body and clothing attributes at three different
distances. One aim of this paper is to explore the potency of
face, body and clothing for human recognition using fusion.
Another aim is to explore the suitability for each modality
at a distance: intuitively face is suited to near field
identification and body when the subject is further away.
The new database and the soft biometric features used are
clarified and the influence of distance on soft biometric
traits is investigated. Results show the individual
advantages and disadvantages of face, body and clothing
traits and demonstrate the superiority of fusion method in
human recognition compared with single-modality.

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ORCID for Mark Nixon: orcid.org/0000-0002-9174-5934

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