Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=48464#.VD4W3FfHRK0 Author(s) Tofiq Kazimov , Shafagat Mahmudova Affiliation(s) Institute of Information Technology of ANAS, Baku, Azerbaijan . Institute of Information Technology of ANAS, Baku, Azerbaijan . ABSTRACT This article is devoted to developing a recognition method of race and ethnicity of individual based on portrait photographs. The reference image is formed based on selected geometric points of the face and a special algorithm for calculating the characteristic parameters of the images available in the database. Next, the original image is compared with the reference images of ethnic groups, and thus, the affiliation of the original image to a specific e...
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