Biometric Systems: Technology, Design and Performance Evaluation

ISBN-13: 9781852335960 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 392 str.

Wayman, James L.

Opis

The use of computers to recognize humans from physical and behavioral traits dates back to the digital computer evolution of the 1960s. But even after decades of research and hundreds of major deployments, the field of biometrics remains fresh and exciting as new technologies are developed andoldtechnologiesareimprovedandfieldedinnewapplications.Wor- wide over the past few years, there has been a marked increase in both g- ernment and private sector interest in large-scale biometric deployments for accelerating human machine processes, efficiently delivering human services, fighting identity fraud and even combating terrorism. The p- pose of this book is to explore the current state of the art in biometrics- tems and it is the system aspect that we have wished to emphasize. By their nature, biometric technologies sit at the exact boundary of the human machineinterface.Butlikealltechnologies, bythemselvestheycan provide no value until deployed in a system with support hardware, n- work connections, computers, policies and procedures, all tuned together to work withpeople to improve some real business process within a social structure."

Spis treści

Introduction to Biometrics I: Technologies Fingerprint Iris Recognition Face Recognition Speaker Verification II: Testing Technology Evaluation of Fingerprint Verification Algorithms Methods of Assessing Progress in Face Recognition The NIST Speaker Recognition Evaluation Program III: Legal, Privacy, and System Considerations SAGEM Biometric System Integration Biometrics and the US Constitution Privacy Issues in the Application of Biometrics: A European Perspective