1. A method for matching an unknown image with a known image, the method comprising: receiving an unknown facial image from a video camera at an image classification server; processing the unknown facial image at the image classification server to create a primary feature vector; comparing the primary feature vector to a plurality of database feature vectors; matching the primary feature vector to a database feature vector of the plurality of database feature vectors to create matched feature vectors, wherein the database feature vector is for a second facial image; determining a perception value of the matched feature vectors; and transmitting the second facial image based on the perception value to a video surveillance system.