Biometric based authentication can provide strong security guarantee about the identity of users. Security of biometric data is particularly important as compromise of the data will be permanent. Cancelable biometrics store a non–invertible transformed version of the biometric data and so if the storage is compromised the biometric data remains safe. Cancelable biometrics also provide a higher ...

We consider the problem of generating a biometric image from two different traits. Specifically, we focus on generating an IrisPrint that inherits its structure from a fingerprint image and an iris image. To facilitate this, the continuous phase of the fingerprint image, characterizing its ridge flow, is first extracted. Next, a scheme is developed to extract “minutiae” from an iris image. Fina...

In biometric security system still fingerprint authentication is a challenging task for the altered and compressed images. Apart from the Automatic Fingerprint Identification System(AFIS), the altered, blurred and compressed images are still having quality issues. This paper presents an efficient multi-model biometric system based on multiple fingerprint images which includes altered fingerprin...

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...

Advancements in technology have created the possibility of greater assurance of proper travel document ownership, but some concerns regarding security and effectiveness remain unaddressed. 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 identi...

The heart of democracy is voting. The heart of voting is trust that each vote is recorded and tallied with accuracy and impartiality. The accuracy and impartiality are tallied in high rate with biometric system. Among these biometric signs, fingerprint has been researched the longest period of time, and shows the most promising future in real-world applications. Because of their uniqueness and ...

It is necessary to have a realistic estimation of its performance prior to the large scale deployment of any biometric system. In the domain of fingerprint biometric, 3D fingerprint scan technology has been developing very fast. However, there is no 3D fingerprint database publicly available for research purpose. To evaluate the matching performance of 3D fingerprints and the compatibility of 2...

Many existing biometric systems collect ancillary information like gender, age, height, and eye color from the users during enrollment. However, only the primary biometric identifier (fingerprint, face, hand-geometry, etc.) is used for recognition and the ancillary information is rarely utilized. We propose the utilization of “soft” biometric traits like gender, height, weight, age, and ethnici...

A biometric system is a computer based system and is used to identify the person on their behavioural and logical characteristics such as (for example fingerprint, face, iris, keystroke, signature, voice, etc.).A typical biometric system consists of feature extraction and matching patterns. But nowadays biometric systems are attacked by using fake biometric samples. This paper described the fin...

Fingerprint minutiae based biometric systems attract significant amount of attention as a secure user authentication method. In these systems, protecting the privacy of fingerprint templates plays a very important role in improving user’s acceptance upon providing their fingerprint information. However, due to the non-exact reproducible problem fingerprint minutiae templates can’t be protected ...