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  • noun mathematics, computing One of a set of eigenvectors used in face-recognition systems

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  • The images are identical down to the last eigenface.

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2004

  • I have identified seventy-three eigenface dimensions for the Batinite headball.

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2004

  • Competing face recognition technologies have been under development for a number of years, but now two are starting to emerge as the leaders: local feature analysis, developed by Joseph Atick, who founded Jersey City, NJ-based Visionics; and eigenface, first demonstrated at Helsinki University of Technology, later developed at MIT, and currently marketed by Viisage Technology of Littleton, MA.

    Chicken Soup for the Face Recognition Soul | Impact Lab 2002

  • Slide 8: Example for eigenface Eigenfaces look somewhat like generic faces.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

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