Implementation of Identity Loss Function on Face Recognition of Low-Resolution Faces With Light CNN Architecture

Face recognition in low-resolution images has seen significant advancements over the past few decades. Although extensive research has been conducted to improve accuracy in these conditions, one of the main challenges remains the difficulty in identifying unique facial features in low-resolution images, leading to high error rates in identification. The use of Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (DCNN) for low-resolution face recognition is still limited. However, employing super-resolution models like REAL-ESRGAN can enhance recognition accuracy in low-resolution images. This study utilizes the Light CNN architecture and applies the margin-based identity loss function AdaFace on low-resolution datasets. The model is trained using the Casia-WebFace dataset and evaluated using the LFW and TinyFace test datasets. Based on the evaluation results on the LFW test data, the best model is Light CNN9-AdaFace, achieving the highest accuracy of 97.78% at 128x128 resolution. For images with the lowest resolution of 16x16, an accuracy of 83.37% was achieved using super-resolution techniques. On the TinyFace test data, the use of super-resolution resulted in performance metrics with a Rank-1 accuracy of 47.26%, Rank-5 accuracy of 55.25%, Rank-10 accuracy of 58.61%, and Rank-20 accuracy of 61.90% using the Light CNN9-AdaFace architecture.