Is it possible to do face recognition with just the eyes? Assuming the input photo is focused on a person's face, if the person is wearing a surgical mask, most face recognition software fail to identify the subject's face.
Most facial landmark models are trained to identify at least the eyes and the tip of the nose (for example, dlib's 5 point landmark).
Is it possible to construct a model that is trained to identify a face based on only the eyes?
Edit: Sorry for my broken english, but by &quot;eyes&quot; I mean the periocular area. I am terribly sorry because english isn't my first language.
Yes, it must be possible as retina scanners have been used as a method of personal identification for some time. The difference is, if you have a retinal scanner you are probably controlling the focal distance of the picture you are taking and using suitably high resolution. Your mileage may vary as these things decrease in quality.