Biometrics for Personal Identification : An Analysis of the Face Recognition Technology

ISBN-13: 9783639153705 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 120 str.

Gabriel Jarillo Alvarado

Opis

BIOMETRICS FOR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION. In modernlife, authorization and authentication ofindividuals have become vital components ofday-to-day activities. As of today, most methods ofidentification rely on things we know or possess,for instance passwords or identification cards. Sincedocuments may be lost, forged or stolen and passwordsmay be forgotten or compromised, traditional methodsof identification are merely insufficient. Apromising technology that offers solutions to thecurrent limitations is based on biometrics. Bynature, biometric features are extremely difficult toreproduce or imitate, hence the potential of reducingidentity misuse. The fact that we are naturallyguided to identifying individuals through visualinformation gives face recognition a wide range ofapplications.This book reports on an extensive analysis of theface recognition technology. Its objectives, fallingunder the umbrella of pattern recognition, are toinvestigate current and new approaches to personalidentification, to identify strengths and weaknessesof different methodologies, and to propose designguidelines and systems that cope with currentlimitations.

O autorze

Gabriel Jarillo Alvarado obtained his B.Sc. degree in Biomedical
Engineering from Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City. He
received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer
Engineering from the University of Alberta, Canada, in 2003 and
2007 respectively. His interests include biometrics, KDD, and
pattern recognition.