Abstract: A system and method for classifying facial image data, the method comprising the steps of: training a classifier device for recognizing one or more facial images and obtaining corresponding learned models the facial images used for training; inputting a vector including data representing a portion of an unknown facial image to be recognized into the classifier; classifying the portion of the unknown facial image according to a classification method; repeating inputting and classifying steps using a different portion of the unknown facial image at each iteration; and, identifying a single class result from the different portions input to the classifier.