Face Spoofing Detection Based on Multiple Descriptor Fusion Using Multiscale Dynamic Binarized Statistical Image Features

Face Spoofing Detection Based on Multiple Descriptor Fusion Using Multiscale Dynamic Binarized Statistical Image Features Face recognition has been the focus of attention for the past couple of decades and, as a result, a significant progress has been made in this area. However, the problem of spoofing attacks can challenge face biometric systems in practical applications. In this work, an effective countermeasure against face spoofing attacks based on a kernel discriminant analysis approach is presented. Its success derives from different innovations. First it is shown that the recently proposed multiscale dynamic texture descriptor based on binarized statistical image features on three orthogonal planes (MBSIF-TOP) is effective in detecting spoofing attacks, showing promising performance compared to existing alternatives. Next, by combining MBSIF-TOP with a blur-tolerant descriptor, namely the dynamic multiscale local phase quantization representation (MLPQ-TOP), the robustness of the spoofing attack detector can be further improved. The fusion of the information provided by MBSIF-TOP and MLPQ-TOP is realized via a kernel fusion approach based on a fast kernel discriminant analysis (KDA) technique. It avoids the costly eigenanalysis computations by solving the KDA problem via spectral regression. The experimental evaluation of the proposed system on different databases demonstrates its advantages in detecting spoofing attacks in various imaging conditions, compared to existing methods.