IP Library Granted Patent US 12,229,686
Granted Patent B2
US 12,229,686 · App. 18/384,144 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Detecting digital human face image manipulations

Inventors: Lakshmanan Nataraj (Chennai, IN); Tajuddin Manhar Mohammed (Goleta, CA); Tejaswi Nanjundaswamy (San Jose, CA); Michael Gene Goebel (Santa Barbara, CA); Bangalore S. Manjunath (Santa Barbara, CA); Shivkumar Chandrasekaran (Santa Barbara, CA)
Assignee: Mayachitra, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,229,686
App. No.
18/384,144
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems, devices, methods and instructions are described for detecting GAN generated images. On embodiment involves receiving an images, generating co-occurrence matrices on color channels of the image, generating analysis of the image by using a convolutional neural network trained to analyze image features of the images based on the generated co-occurrence matrices and determining whether the image is a GAN generated image based on the analysis.

Claims (48)

1. A method, comprising:

accessing, using one or more processors, an image;

training, using the one or more processors, a convolutional neural network using a set of authentic human face images and a set of digitally manipulated human face images;

generating co-occurrence matrices on pixel values of the image, the generating comprises;

applying a position operator to pixels in the image to determine a defined offsets; and

defining a co-occurrence matrix over the image representing distributions of co-occurring pixel values at the defined offsets;

analyzing the image based on the generated co-occurrence matrices using the trained convolutional neural network, the trained convolutional network trained to detect images generated by a generative adversarial network (GAN); and

classifying the image based on the analysis.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the classifying of the image further comprises:

identifying a plurality of pixels within the image that are digitally manipulated by the GAN.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of pixels represents a human face.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of authentic human face images and the set of digitally manipulated human face images comprise pairs of an original human face image and a corresponding digitally manipulated human face image with at least one varying facial attribute altered by the GAN.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the defining of the co-occurrence matrix comprises:

populating the co-occurrence matrices based on co-occurring pixel values at the defined pixel offsets within the image; and

using the populated co-occurrence matrices as inputs to the convolutional neural network.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the pixel values comprise grayscale values.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of authentic human face images and the set of digitally manipulated human face images are joint photographic experts group (JPEG) compressed images.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the co-occurrence matrices are generated on pixel values of color channels comprising a red channel, a green channel, and a blue channel.

9. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the system to;

accessing an image;

training a convolutional neural network using a set of authentic human face images and a set of digitally manipulated human face images;

generating co-occurrence matrices on pixel values of the image, the generating comprises:

applying a position operator to pixels in the image to determine a defined offsets; and

defining a co-occurrence matrix over the image representing distributions of co-occurring pixel values at the defined offsets;

analyzing the image based on the generated co-occurrence matrices using the trained convolutional neural network, the trained convolutional network trained to detect images generated by a generative adversarial network (GAN); and

classifying the image based on the analysis.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein classifying the image further comprises:

identifying a plurality of pixels within the image that are digitally manipulated by the GAN.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of pixels represents a human face.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the set of authentic human face images and the set of digitally manipulated human face images comprise pairs of an original human face image and a corresponding digitally manipulated human face image with at least one varying facial attribute altered by the GAN.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the defining of the co-occurrence matrix comprises:

populating the co-occurrence matrices based on co-occurring pixel values at the defined pixel offsets within the image; and

using the populated co-occurrence matrices as inputs to the convolutional neural network.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the pixel values comprise grayscale values.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the set of authentic human face images and the set of digitally manipulated human face images are joint photographic experts group (JPEG) compressed images.

16. The system of claim 9 , wherein the co-occurrence matrices are generated on pixel values of color channels comprising a red channel, a green channel, and a blue channel.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium including instructions that when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

accessing an image;

training a convolutional neural network using a set of authentic human face images and a set of digitally manipulated human face images;

generating co-occurrence matrices on pixel values of the image, the generating comprises:

applying a position operator to pixels in the image to determine a defined offsets; and

defining a co-occurrence matrix over the image representing distributions of co-occurring pixel values at the defined offsets;

analyzing the image based on the generated co-occurrence matrices using the trained convolutional neural network, the trained convolutional network trained to detect images generated by a generative adversarial network (GAN); and

classifying the image based on the analysis.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein classifying the image further comprises:

identifying a plurality of pixels within the image that are digitally manipulated by the GAN.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2023
From: NATARAJ, LAKSHMANAN; MOHAMMED, TAJUDDIN MANHAR; NANJUNDASWAMY, TEJASWI; GOEBEL, MICHAEL GENE; MANJUNATH, BANGALORE S.; CHANDRASEKARAN, SHIVKUMAR
To: MAYACHITRA, INC.
Reel/Frame 065357/0895 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17834455 · Jun 7, 2022
Continuation 16801866 · Feb 26, 2020
Provisional Application 62956999 · Jan 3, 2020
Related Publication 20240070467A1 · Feb 29, 2024
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