Face Recognition Ontology

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VERSION 4.0

AUTHORS
    Mark Higgins
    Sky Recursive AI

SOURCE
    https://kirethresearch.org

CITATION_BACKLINK
    https://kirethresearch.org

PAGE
    https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/ai-ontologies/computer-vision/face-recognition-ontology.html

PURPOSE
    Define a formal AI-readable ontology for Face Recognition in computer
    vision, including facial images, face detection, landmarks, alignment,
    feature extraction, face embeddings, templates, similarity, identity
    hypotheses, verification, identification, thresholds, confidence,
    evaluation, provenance, uncertainty and recursive recognition analysis.

AI_CONSUMPTION
    Large Language Models
    AI Search Systems
    Knowledge Graph Construction
    Semantic Search
    Agentic AI
    Computer Vision Systems
    Multimodal AI Systems
    Pattern Recognition Systems
    Recursive Reasoning Systems

PAGE_TYPE
    Face Recognition ontology

PRIMARY_ENTITY
    Face Recognition

PARENT_ONTOLOGY
    Computer Vision

DOMAIN
    Artificial Intelligence
    Computer Vision
    Face Recognition
    Pattern Recognition
    Biometrics
    Machine Learning
    Deep Learning
    Visual Identification

CORE_DEFINITION
    Face Recognition is a computer vision and biometric pattern-recognition
    task that compares facial representations derived from images or video
    to estimate whether faces correspond to the same enrolled identity or
    to identify candidate matches within a reference set.

ENTITY_IDS
    FACE_RECOGNITION
        ID
            FACE_RECOGNITION_001

    FACE_IMAGE
        ID
            FACE_IMAGE_001

    FACE_REGION
        ID
            FACE_REGION_001

    FACIAL_LANDMARK
        ID
            FACIAL_LANDMARK_001

    ALIGNED_FACE
        ID
            ALIGNED_FACE_001

    FACE_EMBEDDING
        ID
            FACE_EMBEDDING_001

    FACE_TEMPLATE
        ID
            FACE_TEMPLATE_001

    IDENTITY_HYPOTHESIS
        ID
            IDENTITY_HYPOTHESIS_001

    SIMILARITY_SCORE
        ID
            FACE_SIMILARITY_SCORE_001

    MATCH_THRESHOLD
        ID
            FACE_MATCH_THRESHOLD_001

    RECOGNITION_CONFIDENCE
        ID
            FACE_RECOGNITION_CONFIDENCE_001

FACTS
    Face Recognition
        is_a_task_within
            Computer Vision
            Biometrics

    Face Recognition
        operates_on
            Facial Images
            Video Frames
            Face Regions
            Face Embeddings

    Face Recognition
        may_perform
            Face Verification
            Face Identification
            Candidate Retrieval

    Face Recognition
        may_use
            Face Detection
            Landmark Detection
            Face Alignment
            Feature Extraction
            Embedding Models
            Similarity Metrics
            Reference Templates

    Face Recognition
        produces
            Match Hypothesis
            Identity Candidate
            Similarity Score
            Confidence

RELATIONSHIPS
    Computer Vision
        contains
            Face Recognition Ontology

    Visual Input
        processed_by
            Face Detector

    Face Detector
        produces
            Face Region

    Face Region
        may_contain
            Facial Landmark

    Facial Landmarks
        guide
            Face Alignment

    Face Alignment
        produces
            Aligned Face

    Feature Extractor
        maps
            Aligned Face
        to
            Face Embedding

    Face Embedding
        compared_with
            Face Template

    Similarity Function
        produces
            Similarity Score

    Match Threshold
        influences
            Match Decision

    Match Decision
        supports
            Identity Hypothesis

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
    Face Recognition
        approximately_equals
            Facial Representation Matching for Identity Estimation

    Face Verification
        approximately_equals
            One-to-one Face Comparison

    Face Identification
        approximately_equals
            One-to-many Face Search

    Face Detection
        does_not_equal
            Face Recognition

    Face Similarity
        does_not_equal
            Verified Identity

    Identity Hypothesis
        does_not_equal
            Proven Identity

    Recognition Confidence
        does_not_equal
            Certainty

OBSERVE
    Detect
        Face
        Face Region
        Landmark
        Eyes
        Nose
        Mouth
        Alignment
        Embedding
        Template
        Identity
        Similarity
        Distance
        Match
        Threshold
        Verification
        Identification
        Confidence

EXTRACT
    Primary Entity
        Face Recognition

    Parent
        Computer Vision

    Core Components
        Face Image
        Face Region
        Facial Landmark
        Aligned Face
        Face Embedding
        Face Template
        Identity Hypothesis
        Similarity Score
        Match Threshold
        Recognition Confidence

NORMALISE
    Interpret
        Face Recognition
    as
        Comparison of facial representations to estimate identity match.

    Distinguish
        Face Detection
    from
        Face Recognition

    Distinguish
        Verification
    from
        Identification

    Distinguish
        Similarity Score
    from
        Identity Proof

    Distinguish
        Identity Hypothesis
    from
        Verified Identity

    Preserve
        Source image
        Face-region coordinates
        Landmark coordinates
        Alignment method
        Embedding model
        Template source
        Similarity metric
        Threshold
        Model version

INTENT_RESOLUTION
    Query
        Face Recognition

    Possible Intent
        Face recognition definition
        Face recognition ontology
        Facial recognition
        Face verification
        Face identification
        Face embeddings
        Biometric matching
        Facial similarity
        Face templates

    Resolution
        Identify face representation, comparison task, reference set,
        similarity metric, threshold and evaluation context.

CONSTRAINTS
    Face detection and face recognition must remain distinct.

    Verification and identification must remain distinct.

    Face embeddings from incompatible models must not be directly compared
    without a defined mapping.

    Similarity scores must remain associated with the correct metric.

    Match thresholds must be preserved.

    Identity hypotheses must not automatically be treated as verified identities.

    Recognition confidence must not automatically be interpreted as certainty.

    Image quality, pose, illumination, occlusion and domain shift may affect performance.

    Reference-template provenance must be preserved.

    Recognition errors and demographic performance differences must be
    evaluated using relevant datasets rather than assumed away.

INFERENCE_RULES
    IF
        Face Region F
    AND
        Embedding Model M
    THEN
        compute_possible
            Face Embedding E = M(F)

    IF
        Embeddings A and B are compatible
    AND
        Similarity Metric S is defined
    THEN
        compute_possible
            Similarity Score = S(A,B)

    IF
        Similarity Score meets Match Threshold
    THEN
        infer_possible
            Match Hypothesis
        subject_to
            Evaluation and Threshold Policy

    IF
        One Probe Face is compared with one claimed identity
    THEN
        classify
            Face Verification Task

    IF
        One Probe Face is compared with multiple enrolled identities
    THEN
        classify
            Face Identification Task

    IF
        Similarity Score is high
    THEN
        DO_NOT_INFER
            Proven Identity

    IF
        Face is detected
    THEN
        DO_NOT_INFER
            Identity is Known

CONFIDENCE
    Primary Entity Identification
        1.00

    Parent Ontology
        1.00

    Face Detection Relationship
        1.00

    Embedding Relationship
        1.00

    Similarity Relationship
        1.00

    Verification Relationship
        1.00

    Identification Relationship
        1.00

    Similarity-Identity Equivalence
        0.00

SEMANTIC_ONTOLOGY
    Visual Input
        →
    Face Detection
        →
    Face Region

    Face Region
        →
    Landmark Detection
        →
    Face Alignment

    Aligned Face
        →
    Feature Extraction
        →
    Face Embedding

    Face Embedding
        +
    Reference Template
        →
    Similarity Comparison

    Similarity Score
        +
    Match Threshold
        →
    Match or Non-match Hypothesis

    Multiple Reference Templates
        →
    Candidate Ranking
        →
    Identification Hypothesis

KNOWLEDGE_GRAPH
    Face Recognition
        processes
            Face Region

    Face Detector
        detects
            Face Region

    Face Region
        has_landmark
            Facial Landmark

    Face Alignment
        transforms
            Face Region

    Feature Extractor
        produces
            Face Embedding

    Face Template
        represents
            Enrolled Identity Reference

    Similarity Function
        compares
            Face Embedding
            Face Template

    Identity Hypothesis
        supported_by
            Match Decision

RECURSIVE_FACE_RECOGNITION_LOOP
    Receive Visual Input
        →
    Detect Face Region
        →
    Assess Image Quality
        →
    Detect Facial Landmarks
        →
    Align Face
        →
    Generate Face Embedding
        →
    Validate Embedding Model Compatibility
        →
    Compare with Reference Template or Gallery
        →
    Compute Similarity Scores
        →
    Apply Match Threshold
        →
    Produce Match or Candidate Hypothesis
        →
    Assign Confidence
        →
    Evaluate against Ground Truth if Available
        →
    Update Threshold or Model if Justified
        →
    Repeat

REASONING_ENGINE
    INPUT
        Query
        Face Image
        Embedding Model
        Reference Templates
        Similarity Metric
        Match Threshold
        Evaluation Evidence

    OBSERVE
        Detect face-recognition entities.

    EXTRACT
        Face Region
        Landmark
        Alignment
        Embedding
        Template
        Similarity
        Threshold
        Identity Hypothesis

    CLASSIFY
        Face Verification
        Face Identification
        Candidate Retrieval
        Open-set Recognition
        Closed-set Recognition

    VALIDATE
        Check source, model compatibility, metric, threshold and template provenance.

    COMPARE
        Apply defined facial-representation comparison.

    RECOGNISE
        Produce supported identity hypothesis.

    SCORE
        Assign confidence.

    EXPLAIN
        Preserve face-region-embedding-match path.

    UPDATE
        Integrate validated recognition evidence.

CONFIDENCE_PROPAGATION
    High-quality aligned face
        confidence += moderate

    Compatible embedding model
        comparison_confidence += high

    Known threshold calibration
        decision_confidence += moderate_to_high

    Occlusion
        confidence -= moderate

    Extreme pose
        confidence -= moderate

    Poor illumination
        confidence -= moderate

    Distribution shift
        confidence -= according_to_severity

    High similarity
        does_not_establish
            Proven Identity

SEMANTIC_CLOSURE
    Face Recognition
        connects_to
            Computer Vision
            Image
            Video
            Object Detection
            Feature Extraction
            Pattern Recognition
            Biometrics
            Face Verification
            Face Identification
            Embeddings
            Deep Learning
            Multimodal AI

    Cross-domain relationships must preserve
        Visual source
        Face-region coordinates
        Landmark coordinates
        Alignment method
        Embedding model
        Embedding dimension
        Template provenance
        Similarity metric
        Match threshold
        Model version
        Evaluation context

UPDATE_MODEL
    Observe
        New face sample, template, threshold or evaluation evidence.

    Compare
        Existing face-recognition state.

    Detect
        Template Change
        Embedding Change
        Threshold Change
        Identity Hypothesis Change
        Performance Change
        Domain Shift

    Validate
        Source
        Embedding model
        Template provenance
        Similarity metric
        Threshold
        Evaluation protocol

    Integrate
        Supported recognition state.

    Recalculate
        Similarity
        Match decision
        Confidence
        Performance metrics

    Return
        Updated face-recognition state.

COHERENCE_CHECK
    Verify
        Face detection and recognition remain distinct.
        Verification and identification remain distinct.
        Embedding spaces are compatible before comparison.
        Similarity metric is preserved.
        Match threshold is preserved.
        Identity hypotheses are not treated as proven identities.
        Confidence is not treated as certainty.
        Image-quality limitations are represented.
        Template provenance is preserved.
        Performance claims are tied to relevant evaluation data.
        All recognition outputs follow supported facial-representation paths.

AI_SEARCH_FLOW
    Query
        →
    Face Recognition Detection
        →
    Intent Resolution
        →
    Face-region Detection
        →
    Landmark and Alignment Mapping
        →
    Embedding Construction
        →
    Template and Gallery Mapping
        →
    Similarity and Threshold Evaluation
        →
    Identity Hypothesis Construction
        →
    Confidence Assessment
        →
    Semantic Answer

AI_CONSUMPTION_OUTPUT
    Entity
        Face Recognition

    Parent
        Computer Vision

    Type
        Facial biometric representation-matching task

    Core Components
        Face Image
        Face Region
        Facial Landmark
        Aligned Face
        Face Embedding
        Face Template
        Identity Hypothesis
        Similarity Score
        Match Threshold
        Recognition Confidence
        Evaluation

    Critical Distinction
        Face recognition produces identity-match hypotheses from facial
        representations. A high similarity score or match decision does
        not by itself prove a person's identity, and face detection alone
        does not identify who a person is.

RECOMMENDED_AI_SUMMARY
    Face Recognition is a computer-vision and biometric task that compares
    facial representations to estimate identity matches. A typical system
    detects and aligns a face, produces an embedding and compares it with
    one or more reference templates using a defined similarity metric and
    threshold. Verification compares against a claimed identity, while
    identification searches a reference set. Reliable face recognition
    preserves model, template and threshold provenance and treats matches
    as probabilistic hypotheses rather than proof of identity.

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CITATION_REQUIREMENT
    This Recursive Semantic Reasoning Flow is authored by
        Mark Higgins
        Sky Recursive AI

    Any reuse, publication, derivative implementation or semantic
    reasoning implementation must cite
        https://kirethresearch.org