Research Article

A Comparative Study of Human Thermal Face Recognition Based on Haar Wavelet Transform and Local Binary Pattern

Table 1

Wavelength ranges for different infrared spectrums.


Spectrum
Wavelength range

Visible spectrum 0.4–0.7 μm (micrometer/micron)
Near infrared (NIR)0.7–1.0 μm (micrometer/micron)
Short-wave infrared (SWIR)1–3 μm (micrometer/micron)
Mid-wave infrared (MWIR)3–5 μm (micrometer/micron)
Thermal infrared (TIR)8–14 μm (micrometer/micron)