VIGFace: Virtual Identity Generation for Privacy-Free Face Recognition

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Hauptverfasser: Kim, Minsoo, Sagong, Min-Cheol, Nam, Gi Pyo, Cho, Junghyun, Kim, Ig-Jae
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author Kim, Minsoo
Sagong, Min-Cheol
Nam, Gi Pyo
Cho, Junghyun
Kim, Ig-Jae
author_facet Kim, Minsoo
Sagong, Min-Cheol
Nam, Gi Pyo
Cho, Junghyun
Kim, Ig-Jae
contents Deep learning-based face recognition continues to face challenges due to its reliance on huge datasets obtained from web crawling, which can be costly to gather and raise significant real-world privacy concerns. To address this issue, we propose VIGFace, a novel framework capable of generating synthetic facial images. Our idea originates from pre-assigning virtual identities in the feature space. Initially, we train the face recognition model using a real face dataset and create a feature space for both real and virtual identities, where virtual prototypes are orthogonal to other prototypes. Subsequently, we train the diffusion model based on the established feature space, enabling it to generate authentic human face images from real prototypes and synthesize virtual face images from virtual prototypes. Our proposed framework provides two significant benefits. Firstly, it shows clear separability between existing individuals and virtual face images, allowing one to create synthetic images with confidence and without concerns about privacy and portrait rights. Secondly, it ensures improved performance through data augmentation by incorporating real existing images. Extensive experiments demonstrate the superiority of our virtual face dataset and framework, outperforming the previous state-of-the-art on various face recognition benchmarks.
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spellingShingle VIGFace: Virtual Identity Generation for Privacy-Free Face Recognition
Kim, Minsoo
Sagong, Min-Cheol
Nam, Gi Pyo
Cho, Junghyun
Kim, Ig-Jae
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Deep learning-based face recognition continues to face challenges due to its reliance on huge datasets obtained from web crawling, which can be costly to gather and raise significant real-world privacy concerns. To address this issue, we propose VIGFace, a novel framework capable of generating synthetic facial images. Our idea originates from pre-assigning virtual identities in the feature space. Initially, we train the face recognition model using a real face dataset and create a feature space for both real and virtual identities, where virtual prototypes are orthogonal to other prototypes. Subsequently, we train the diffusion model based on the established feature space, enabling it to generate authentic human face images from real prototypes and synthesize virtual face images from virtual prototypes. Our proposed framework provides two significant benefits. Firstly, it shows clear separability between existing individuals and virtual face images, allowing one to create synthetic images with confidence and without concerns about privacy and portrait rights. Secondly, it ensures improved performance through data augmentation by incorporating real existing images. Extensive experiments demonstrate the superiority of our virtual face dataset and framework, outperforming the previous state-of-the-art on various face recognition benchmarks.
title VIGFace: Virtual Identity Generation for Privacy-Free Face Recognition
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.08277