arXiv:2505.14320cs.CVstat.AP2025-05被引 3

研究低质警用照片下人脸识别的准确率与公平性,发现女性和黑人错误率更高。

Accuracy and Fairness of Facial Recognition Technology in Low-Quality Police Images: An Experiment With Synthetic Faces

  • 用生成对抗网络合成带退化的面部图像,模拟真实执法场景。
  • 模糊和低分辨率使误检率上升,黑人女性错误率最高。
  • 尽管有偏差,但比传统刑侦方法更准确,需加强监管与透明度。

人脸识别技术(FRT)在刑事调查中日益普及,但其准确性评估多基于高质量图像,与执法中常见的低质图像不符。本研究分析了对比度、亮度、运动模糊、姿态偏移和分辨率五种常见图像退化对FRT准确率与公平性的影响。利用StyleGAN3生成合成人脸,并通过FairFace标注,模拟退化图像,采用Deepface结合ArcFace损失函数在1:n识别任务中评估性能。实验发现,误报率在接近原始质量时达到峰值,而误检率随退化加剧上升,尤其在模糊和低分辨率条件下更为显著。女性及黑人群体错误率持续偏高,其中黑人女性受影响最严重。这些差异提示在实际调查中存在公平性与可靠性风险。然而,即便在最恶劣条件下,对受影响群体的准确率仍显著高于许多传统法医手段。这表明,若经适当验证与监管,FRT可作为有价值的侦查工具。但算法准确并非充分条件,还需关注使用中的数据操控等实践问题,强调部署透明化与监督的重要性。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Facial recognition technology (FRT) is increasingly used in criminal investigations, yet most evaluations of its accuracy rely on high-quality images, unlike those often encountered by law enforcement. This study examines how five common forms of image degradation--contrast, brightness, motion blur, pose shift, and resolution--affect FRT accuracy and fairness across demographic groups. Using synthetic faces generated by StyleGAN3 and labeled with FairFace, we simulate degraded images and evaluate performance using Deepface with ArcFace loss in 1:n identification tasks. We perform an experiment and find that false positive rates peak near baseline image quality, while false negatives increase as degradation intensifies--especially with blur and low resolution. Error rates are consistently higher for women and Black individuals, with Black females most affected. These disparities raise concerns about fairness and reliability when FRT is used in real-world investigative contexts. Nevertheless, even under the most challenging conditions and for the most affected subgroups, FRT accuracy remains substantially higher than that of many traditional forensic methods. This suggests that, if appropriately validated and regulated, FRT should be considered a valuable investigative tool. However, algorithmic accuracy alone is not sufficient: we must also evaluate how FRT is used in practice, including user-driven data manipulation. Such cases underscore the need for transparency and oversight in FRT deployment to ensure both fairness and forensic validity.

人脸识别公平性警用技术合成数据

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