Biometric Authentication

International ECCV 2002 Workshop Copenhagen, Denmark, June 1, 2002 Proceedings

• Author(s): Massimo Tistarelli, Josef Bigun, Anil Jain,
• Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
• Pages: 202
• ISBN_10: 3540437231
  ISBN_13: 9783540437239
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Computers / Computer Graphics , Computers / Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition , Computers / Document Management , Computers / Social Aspects / General , Business & Economics / Information Management , Science / Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology , Computers / Optical Data Processing , Computers / Software Development & Engineering / General , Computers / Desktop Applications / Desktop Publishing , Computers / Systems Architecture / General , Science / Life Sciences / Molecular Biology , Computers / Design, Graphics & Media / Graphics Tools ,

Description:... Biometric authentication refers to identifying an individual based on his or her distinguishing physiological and/or behavioral characteristics. It associates an individual with a previously determined identity based on that individual s appearance or behavior. Because many physiological or behavioral characteristics (biometric indicators) are distinctive to each person, biometric identifiers are inherently more reliable and more capable than knowledge-based (e.g., password) and token-based (e.g., a key) techniques in differentiating between an authorized person and a fraudulent impostor. For this reason, more and more organizations are looking to automated identity authentication systems to improve customer satisfaction, security, and operating efficiency as well as to save critical resources. Biometric authentication is a challenging pattern recognition problem; it involves more than just template matching. The intrinsic nature of biometric data must be carefully studied, analyzed, and its properties taken into account in developing suitable representation and matching algorithms. The intrinsic variability of data with time and environmental conditions, the social acceptability and invasiveness of acquisition devices, and the facility with which the data can be counterfeited must be considered in the choice of a biometric indicator for a given application. In order to deploy a biometric authentication system, one must consider its reliability, accuracy, applicability, and efficiency. Eventually, it may be necessary to combine several biometric indicators (multimodal-biometrics) to cope with the drawbacks of the individual biometric indicators.