Visible to the public Edge-based real-time face logging system for security applications

TitleEdge-based real-time face logging system for security applications
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2021
AuthorsGaikwad, Bipin, Prakash, PVBSS, Karmakar, Abhijit
Conference Name2021 12th International Conference on Computing Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT)
Date Publishedjul
Keywordsbiometric systems, composability, edge computing, edge detection, Face detection, face recognition, Face-logging, feature extraction, Image edge detection, Metrics, Nanoscale devices, pubcrawl, Real-time Systems, resilience, Resiliency, Scalability, security, Smart cameras, smart surveillance, surveillance
AbstractIn this work, we have proposed a state-of-the-art face logging system that detects and logs high quality cropped face images of the people in real-time for security applications. Multiple strategies based on resolution, velocity and symmetry of faces have been applied to obtain best quality face images. The proposed system handles the issue of motion blur in the face images by determining the velocities of the detections. The output of the system is the face database, where four faces for each detected person are stored along with the time stamp and ID number tagged to it. The facial features are extracted by our system, which are used to search the person-of-interest instantly. The proposed system has been implemented in a docker container environment on two edge devices: the powerful NVIDIA Jetson TX2 and the cheaper NVIDIA Jetson N ano. The light and fast face detector (LFFD) used for detection, and ResN et50 used for facial feature extraction are optimized using TensorRT over these edge devices. In our experiments, the proposed system achieves the True Acceptance Rate (TAR) of 0.94 at False Acceptance Rate (FAR) of 0.01 while detecting the faces at 20-30 FPS on NVIDIA Jetson TX2 and about 8-10 FPS on NVIDIA Jetson N ano device. The advantage of our system is that it is easily deployable at multiple locations and also scalable based on application requirement. Thus it provides a realistic solution to face logging application as the query or suspect can be searched instantly, which may not only help in investigation of incidents but also in prevention of untoward incidents.
DOI10.1109/ICCCNT51525.2021.9579758
Citation Keygaikwad_edge-based_2021