DETECTING ARTIFICIAL FACIAL IMAGES USING FACIAL LANDMARKS

A method and a device for classifying facial images includes retrieving a first plurality of facial landmarks of a provided facial image associated with a subject, determining a corresponding second plurality of facial landmarks of a captured facial image of the subject, and extracting at least one feature vector based on differences between at least some of the first plurality of facial landmarks and corresponding facial landmarks of the second plurality of facial landmarks, wherein at least some values of the at least one feature vector represent angular values of facial landmarks, and supplying the at least one feature vector to a classifier to classify the provided facial image as a real facial image of the subject or as an artificial facial image.