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The FaceNet Android app includes face anti-spoofing capabilities using the MiniFASNet model from the Silent-Face-Anti-Spoofing project. This feature helps detect whether a face is real or a spoof (photo, video, 3D model).

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Model overview

The face spoof detection system uses two TensorFlow Lite models that analyze the same face at different scales:
  • spoof_model_scale_2_7.tflite - Analyzes faces at 2.7x scale
  • spoof_model_scale_4_0.tflite - Analyzes faces at 4.0x scale
Both models work together to provide robust anti-spoofing detection by combining their predictions.

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Model specifications

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Input requirements

Input shape: [1, 80, 80, 3] - 80x80 RGB image Preprocessing:
  1. Crop face using bounding box scaled by respective scale factor (2.7 or 4.0)
  2. Resize cropped face to 80x80 pixels
  3. Convert RGB to BGR color format
  4. Cast to FLOAT32 data type

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Output specifications

Output shape: [1, 3] - 3-class probability distribution Classes:
  • Class 0: Spoof type 1
  • Class 1: Real face
  • Class 2: Spoof type 2
A face is classified as real only if the final prediction is class 1 after combining outputs from both models.

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How it works

The spoof detection algorithm follows these steps:
  1. Dual-scale cropping: The face bounding box is scaled by 2.7x and 4.0x separately, and two cropped images are created at 80x80 resolution.
  2. Color space conversion: Both images are converted from RGB to BGR format to match the model’s training data.
  3. Inference: Each model processes its respective scaled input and outputs a 3-element probability vector.
  4. Softmax normalization: Both output vectors are normalized using softmax.
  5. Fusion: The normalized outputs are averaged element-wise to produce the final prediction.
  6. Classification: The class with the highest average probability determines the result:
    • If class 1 has the highest score → Real face
    • Otherwise → Spoof detected

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Implementation details

The spoof detection is implemented in FaceSpoofDetector.kt with the following key components: 
private val scale1 = 2.7f
private val scale2 = 4.0f
private val inputImageDim = 80
private val outputDim = 3

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Model loading

firstModelInterpreter =
    Interpreter(
        FileUtil.loadMappedFile(context, "spoof_model_scale_2_7.tflite"),
        interpreterOptions,
    )
secondModelInterpreter =
    Interpreter(
        FileUtil.loadMappedFile(context, "spoof_model_scale_4_0.tflite"),
        interpreterOptions,
    )

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Detection result

The detectSpoof() method returns a FaceSpoofResult object: 
data class FaceSpoofResult(
    val isSpoof: Boolean,      // true if face is fake
    val score: Float,           // confidence score
    val timeMillis: Long,       // inference time in milliseconds
)

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Model source

The original models are from the Silent-Face-Anti-Spoofing repository, which provides PyTorch-based face anti-spoofing using MiniFASNet architecture.

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Conversion process

The PyTorch model weights were converted to TensorFlow Lite format via ONNX. The conversion process is documented in the project’s Jupyter notebook: Liveness_PT_Model_to_TF.ipynb
The conversion ensures compatibility with the TensorFlow Lite runtime already used for FaceNet, avoiding the need to include additional deep learning frameworks in the app.

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Model architecture

MiniFASNet (Fast Anti-Spoofing Network) is a lightweight CNN architecture designed for efficient on-device face anti-spoofing. Key features:
  • Multi-scale analysis: Uses different scales to capture both local details and global context
  • Fourier-based loss: During training, the model is penalized for both classification error and differences between Fourier transforms of intermediate CNN features
  • Lightweight design: Optimized for mobile deployment with minimal computational overhead

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Performance considerations

  • Both models run in parallel during inference
  • Total inference time typically ranges from 10-30ms on modern Android devices
  • GPU acceleration can be enabled for faster processing
  • The dual-scale approach provides better accuracy than single-scale methods

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