Real Time Face Recognition on Low-Cost Mobile Devices

Some of the most recognized face recognition methods are tested to determine their usefulness in the construction of real-time mobile applications, intended to a low-cost mobile market. To this end, a brief description of the main algorithms used in face recognition applications is made. It is shown how face detection phase is vital in terms of performance on these devices. It is also demonstrated the impossibility of performing the processing of each frame of a video stream, which runs at a rate of 30 frames per second, using the considered methods.