Graph embedding discriminant analysis on Grassmannian manifolds for improved image set matching

Mehrtash T. Harandi, Conrad Sanderson, Sareh Shirazi, Brian C. Ovell

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Abstract

A convenient way of dealing with image sets is to represent them as points on Grassmannian manifolds. While several recent studies explored the applicability of discriminant analysis on such manifolds, the conventional formalism of discriminant analysis suffers from not considering the local structure of the data. We propose a discriminant analysis approach on Grassmannian manifolds, based on a graph-embedding framework. We show that by introducing within-class and between-class similarity graphs to characterise intra-class compactness and inter-class separability, the geometrical structure of data can be exploited. Experiments on several image datasets (PIE, BANCA, MoBo, ETH-80) show that the proposed algorithm obtains considerable improvements in discrimination accuracy, in comparison to three recent methods: Grassmann Discriminant Analysis (GDA), Kernel GDA, and the kernel version of Affine Hull Image Set Distance. We further propose a Grassmannian kernel, based on canonical correlation between subspaces, which can increase discrimination accuracy when used in combination with previous Grassmannian kernels.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CVPR 2011
PublisherIEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages2705-2712
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9781457703942
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2011
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
ISSN (Print)1063-6919

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