International Science Community Association Research Journal of Recent Sciences 2277 - 2502 3 4 2014 April 2 A Survey on Face Detection and Recognition Approaches 56 62 EN ZolfaghariZaferani Rashid 1 Faculty of Education And Consulting, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, IRAN Haji AliakbariNeda 2 HosseinRezaeiDolat Abadi 1 Islamic Azad University, Persian GULf International Educational Branch, Khuzestan, IRAN AliReza Eghbali 2 HassanHeidarySoltan Abadi 3 EspananiHamid Reza 1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Payam Noor University of Iran, Employee social security, Isfahan, IRAN Shirani Kobra 2 Department of Pharmacodynamy and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, IRAN Khalilian Saadat 3 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Science, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IRAN Sadeghi Leila 4 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Payam Noor University of Iran, Isfahan, IRAN YousefiBabadiVahid 5 Physiology Research Center, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical AmraeaiEsmaiel 6 Bansal A. 1 Department of ECE, G.L.A. University, Mathura, UP, INDIA Agarwal R. 2 Department of EIED, Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, INDIA Sharma R.K. 3 School of Mathematics and Computer Applications, Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, INDIA Paria Mohammadiha 1 Dept. of Educational Administration, Faculty of Psychology and Social Science, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, IRAN Mahdi Shariatmadari 2 Fereshteh Kordestani 3 Bakht Azam 1 Department of Computer Science, Islamia College Peshawar, Peshawar, K.P, PAKISTAN Qureshi RashidJalal 2 Faculty of Computing, SZABIST, Dubai International Academic City, Dubai, U.A.E Zahoor Jan 3 Department of Pathology, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, K.P, PAKISTAN TajAli Khattak 4 Jafar Omari 1 Fazlzadeh Alireza 2 Department of Accounting, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, IRAN MohammadrezaM. Nahidi 3 Economics and Management Faculty, Tabriz University, Tabriz, IRAN Subahana K.R. 1 CO Research and Green Technologies Centre, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, INDIA Natarajan R. 2 Suman Bareth 3 Ayub G. 1 University of Swat, Khyber Pakhtonkhawa, PAKISTAN Rehman N.U. 2 Economics Department, University of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtonkhawa, PAKISTAN Iqbal M. 3 Statistics Department, University of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtonkhawa, PAKISTAN Zaman Q. 4 Atif M. 5 Waqas Haider 1 Computer Science Department COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Wah Cantt, PAKISTAN Hadia Bashir 2 Department of Computer Science University of Engineering and Technology Taxila, PAKISTAN Abida Sharif 3 Department of Electrical Engineering, the University of Lahore – Islamabad Campus, PAKISTAN Sharif Irfan 4 Abdul Wahab 5 > Research Article 2013 4 24 2014 April 2 Face detection and recognition are major concerns in the area of biometric based security systems and purposes. These processes must ensure the recognition accuracy and minimum processing time. In this paper a review of existing face detection and recognition approaches is conducted to investigate the results of different approaches in terms of recognition accuracy and some of them are discussed for minimizing processing time point of view. The techniques for face detection and recognition are classified on the bases of their target application. Also, the techniques are classified and analyzed on the bases of their working domain as spatial, frequency, integrated and hardware support. Copyright@ International Science Community Association