AI-based Gender Identification using Facial Features

The identification of gender through facial images has gained significant importance in recent times. In the domain of human recognition through image processing, biometric features like facial structure, iris, voice, and other physical characteristics are employed to establish unique identification of individuals. As the quantity of image data on the internet continues to rise, the need for Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms capable of performing classification tasks like face and gender recognition has grown exponentially. With the increasing prevalence of machine-to-machine interaction, and the emphasis on ethical, efficient, and individual-centric systems becoming more pronounced, gender identification software has become an increasingly popular tool. Automated gender identification software has gained popularity in the era of exchange of information between two or more machines. The method for detecting the face involves using the Haar Cascade face detection technique, which employs the Viola-Jones face recognition algorithm. After detecting the face, the eyes, mouth, and nose can be identified as facial features using various computer vision techniques. Adaptive filters are utilized to decrease noise prior to detection process in order to increase gender identification accuracy. The gathered facial characteristics serve the neural network as input or test data, which is then trained on these features. The neural network is designed to learn gender-specific features and operate as a classifier for gender detection.