Robust and Reliable Liveness Detection Models for Facial Recognition Systems

Facial Liveness Detection is instrumental in combating fraudulent practices and identity theft by differentiating genuine faces from forgeries. Given that facial recognition is now an integral part of many sectors like banking and law enforcement, liveness detection has become a vital aspect for maintaining the trustworthiness of these applications. Unfortunately, the utility of prevalent facial liveness detection models is constrained by their lack of generalizability to novel, unseen data, which presents a substantial impediment to practical applications. To mitigate this issue, our research endeavored to construct a reliable and precise facial liveness detection model that can effectively navigate this challenge and ensure consistent performance across diverse datasets. The devised model exhibited excellent accuracy, which attests to its robustness. This research underscores the advantages of employing deep learning methods such as Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) as they significantly enhance the model’s accuracy. We intend for our findings to drive further research and progress in this critical field, by laying the groundwork for future work that integrates multiple liveness detection methods and collects more varied training data to develop an even more resilient and efficient system.