Biometrics Selection and Their Influence over the Life Cycle of Electronic Identity Documents

In this paper is presented an extensive overview of the biometrics that are commonly used in the electronic identity documents or are considered perspective for future use for digital personal identification at large scale. All the presented features are compared based on their advantages and disadvantages concerning the practicality of feature extraction, identification accuracy, accessibility, needed effort and cost. They include face, finger print, iris, finger vein, voice, and lips. The level of trust, long term stability and template size are the other qualities taken into consideration during this study. The mutual influence of the application factors in relation to each characteristic type during exploitation is evaluated by analysis of the False Acceptance Rate and False Rejection Rate parameters of already developed systems. Advantageous suggestions are made for the future use of biometrics within the existing frameworks for personal identification. Key-Words: Biometrics, Identity Document, Face, Fingerprint, Iris, Finger Vein