Biometric Identification

Authors: Anil K. Jain, Hong Lin, Sharath Pankanti - Communications of the ACM, CACM 2000 cited by 731

<meta http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"> <meta name=3DProgId content=3DWord.Document> <meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 11"> <meta name=3DOriginator content=3D"Microsoft Word 11"> <link rel=3DFile-List href=3D"When%20it%20comes%20to%20working%20biometric%20identification%20techno_archivos/filelist.xml"> When it comes to working biometric identification technologies, it's not only fingerprints that do the talking <!--[if gte mso 9]> Biblioteca de Ciencias y Tecnología Normal Biblioteca de Ciencias y Tecnología 1 0 2006-05-24T21:03:00Z 2006-05-24T21:03:00Z 1 159 877 UCLA 7 2 1034 11.6568 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Clean Clean 21 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} span.SpellE {mso-style-name:""; mso-spl-e:yes;} @page Section1 {size:595.3pt 841.9pt; margin:70.85pt 3.0cm 70.85pt 3.0cm; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> <!--[if gte mso 10]> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Tabla normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} <![endif]--> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify'>When it comes to working biometric identification technologies, it's not only fingerprints that do the talking. Biometrics refers to automatic identification of a person based on his or her physiological or behavioral characteristics. It provides a better solution for the increased security requirements of the information society than traditional identification methods such as passwords and personal identification numbers. During the recognition phase, the biometric reader captures the characteristic of the individual to be identified and converts it to a digital format, which is further processed by the feature extractor to produce the same representation as the template. The resulting representation is fed to the feature matcher that compares it against templates to establish the identity of the individual. As biometric sensors become less expensive and miniaturized, and as the public realizes that biometrics is actually an effective strategy for protection of privacy and from fraud. INSET: A Case Study in Biometrics.