----------------------------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT----------------------------------------------------------The steady growth in electronic transactions has promoted the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) thereby making it the main transaction channel for carrying out financial transactions. However, this has also increased the amount of fraudulent activities carried out...

--This paper is a brief review of fuzzy vault which is a biometric template security technique. The advent of technology over the last decade has established biometric identification as an electronic equivalent to physical verification. Biometric traits offer a reliable solution to the problem of user authentication in identity management systems. Biometric based authentication has more advanta...

This thesis is on fingerprint recognition method and system, more in detail, the layered fingerprint recognition method and system to compare not only the minutiae or singular point, but also compare the images of detailed area for making prompt and accurate comparison of fingerprint. Through the experiment that applies this theory, we have confirmed that there is a great improvement of verific...

Fingerprints have long been used as a reliable biometric feature for private identification. Fingerprint classification refers to the matter of assignment fingerprints to 1 of many pre specified categories. Automatic classification may be used as a pre-processing step for fingerprint matching, reducing matching time and complexness by narrowing the search area to a set of a usually large info. ...

As biometrics are gaining popularity, there is increased concern over the loss of privacy and potential misuse of biometric data held in central repositories. The association of fingerprints with criminals raises further concerns. On the other hand, the alternative suggestion of keeping biometric data in smart cards does not solve the problem, since forgers can always claim that their card is b...

Biometric techniques have usual advantages over conventional personal identification technique. Among various commercially available biometric techniques such as face, fingerprint, Iris etc., fingerprint-based techniques are the most accepted recognition system. Fingerprints are trace or impression of patterns created by friction ridges of the skin in the fingers and thumbs. Steganography usual...

Biometric recognition refers to the process of matching an input biometric to stored biometric information. In particular, biometric verification refers to matching the live biometric input from an individual to the stored biometric template about that individual. Examples of biometrics include face images, fingerprint images, iris images, retinal scans, etc. Thus, image processing techniques p...

Biometric recognition is the use of individual biometric characteristics, such as fingerprint, face, and signature for automatically computerized recognition systems. Fingerprints are the most widely used form of biometric recognition system successfully. However, fingerprint images are rarely of perfect quality. They may be degraded and corrupted due to variations in skin and impression condit...

Electronic passports have known a wide and fast deployment all around the world since the International Civil Aviation Organization the world has adopted standards whereby passports can store biometric identifiers. The use of biometrics for identification has the potential to make the lives easier, and the world people live in a safer place. The purpose of biometric passports is to prevent the ...

Biometric systems are automatic process to identify a person through physical traits or to verify his/her identity. Various systems were implemented and used over years, and they include systems based on fingerprints, irises, facial images, hand geometry, and speaker recognition. For successful implementation of biometric systems,it is required to address many issues like accuracy, efficiency, ...