Touchless Palmprint Recognition Systems

Touchless Palmprint Recognition Systems
Author: Angelo Genovese
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2014-09-15
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3319103652

This book examines the context, motivation and current status of biometric systems based on the palmprint, with a specific focus on touchless and less-constrained systems. It covers new technologies in this rapidly evolving field and is one of the first comprehensive books on palmprint recognition systems. It discusses the research literature and the most relevant industrial applications of palmprint biometrics, including the low-cost solutions based on webcams. The steps of biometric recognition are described in detail, including acquisition setups, algorithms, and evaluation procedures. Constraints and limitations of current palmprint recognition systems are analyzed and discussed. The authors also introduce innovative methods for touchless and less-constrained palmprint recognition, with the aim to make palmprint biometrics easier to use in practical, daily-life applications, and overcome the typical constraints and limitations described. Touchless Palmprint Recognition Systems targets professionals and researchers working in biometrics, image processing and three-dimensional reconstruction. Advanced-level students studying biometrics and computer science will also find this material valuable as a secondary text book or reference.

Touchless Fingerprint Biometrics

Touchless Fingerprint Biometrics
Author: Ruggero Donida Labati
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2015-08-14
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1498707629

Offering the first comprehensive analysis of touchless fingerprint-recognition technologies, Touchless Fingerprint Biometrics gives an overview of the state of the art and describes relevant industrial applications. It also presents new techniques to efficiently and effectively implement advanced solutions based on touchless fingerprinting.The most

Advances in Biometrics

Advances in Biometrics
Author: N. K. Ratha
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 504
Release: 2008
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1846289203

Recent advances in biometrics include new developments in sensors, modalities and algorithms. As new sensors are designed, newer challenges emerge in the algorithms for accurate recognition. Written for researchers, advanced students and practitioners to use as a handbook, this volume captures the very latest state-of-the-art research contributions from leading international researchers. It offers coverage of the entire gamut of topics in the field, including sensors, data acquisition, pattern-matching algorithms, and issues that impact at the system level, such as standards, security, networks, and databases

Advances in Computing, Informatics, Networking and Cybersecurity

Advances in Computing, Informatics, Networking and Cybersecurity
Author: Petros Nicopolitidis
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 812
Release: 2022-03-03
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3030870499

This book presents new research contributions in the above-mentioned fields. Information and communication technologies (ICT) have an integral role in today’s society. Four major driving pillars in the field are computing, which nowadays enables data processing in unprecedented speeds, informatics, which derives information stemming for processed data to feed relevant applications, networking, which interconnects the various computing infrastructures and cybersecurity for addressing the growing concern for secure and lawful use of the ICT infrastructure and services. Its intended readership covers senior undergraduate and graduate students in Computer Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering, as well as researchers, scientists, engineers, ICT managers, working in the relevant fields and industries.

Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Recognition Systems CORES 2017

Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Recognition Systems CORES 2017
Author: Marek Kurzynski
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 522
Release: 2017-05-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319591622

This book offers a comprehensive study of computer recognition systems – one of the most promising directions in artificial intelligence. It presents a collection of 52 carefully selected articles contributed by experts in the field of pattern recognition, discussing both methodological aspects and applications of current research. It includes the following sections: · Features, learning, and classifiers · Biometrics · Data stream classification and big data analytics · Image processing and computer vision · Medical applications · Applications It is a valuable reference tool for scientists dealing with the problems of designing computer pattern recognition systems, including researchers and students of computer science, artificial intelligence and robotics.

Biometric Systems

Biometric Systems
Author:
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2021-02-10
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1789841879

Biometrics are used widely in various real-life applications today. There are a number of potential biometric applications that include different areas such as personal recognition, identification, verification, and others. It may be needed for safety, security, permission, banking, crime prevention, forensics, medical applications, communication, face finding, and others. This book is specifically dedicated to biometric research, applications, techniques, tools, and algorithms that originate from different fields such as image processing, computer vision, pattern recognition, signal processing, artificial intelligence, intelligent systems, and soft computing. The main objective of this book is to provide the international community with an effective platform in the area of people identity verification and authentication from physiological and behavioral aspects. This publication provides an effective platform for helping and guiding readers, professionals, researchers, academicians, engineers, scientists, and policy makers involved in the area of biometrics.

Advances in Biometrics

Advances in Biometrics
Author: David Zhang
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 814
Release: 2006-02-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3540311114

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Biometrics, ICB 2006, held in Hong Kong, China in January 2006. The book includes 104 revised full papers covering such areas of biometrics as the face, fingerprint, iris, speech and signature, biometric fusion and performance evaluation, gait, keystrokes, and more. In addition the results of the Face Authentication Competition (FAC 2006) are also announced in this volume.

Palmprint Authentication

Palmprint Authentication
Author: 8#, Xingyi Road,Chang Ning District 16/F, Maxdo Center
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2006-04-11
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1402080972

Palmprint Authentication is the first book to provide a comprehensive introduction to palmprint technologies. It reveals automatic biometric techniques for personal identification using palmprint, from the approach based on offline palmprint images, to the current state-of-the-art algorithm using online palmprint images. Palmprint Authentication provides the reader with a basic concept of Palmprint Authentication. It also includes an in-depth discussion of Palmprint Authentication technologies, a detailed description of Palmprint Authentication systems, and an up-to-date coverage of how these issues are developed. This book is suitable for different levels of readers: those who want to learn more about palmprint technology, and those who wish to understand, participate, and/or develop a palmprint authentication system. Palmprint Authentication is effectively a handbook for biometric research and development. Graduate students and researchers in computer science, electrical engineering, systems science, and information technology will all find it uniquely useful, not only as a reference book, but also as a text book. Researchers and practitioners in industry, and R&D laboratories working in the fields of security system design, biometrics, immigration, law enforcement, control, and pattern recognition will also benefit from this volume.

Contactless 3D Fingerprint Identification

Contactless 3D Fingerprint Identification
Author: Ajay Kumar
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2018-10-29
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3319676814

This important text/reference presents the first dedicated review of techniques for contactless 3D fingerprint identification, including novel and previously unpublished research. The text provides a systematic introduction to 3D fingerprint identification, covering the latest advancements in contactless 2D and 3D sensing technologies, and detailed discussions on each key aspect in the development of an effective 3D fingerprint identification system. Topics and features: introduces the key concepts and trends in the acquisition and identification of fingerprint images, and a range of 3D fingerprint imaging techniques; proposes a low-cost method for online 3D fingerprint image acquisition, and an efficient 3D fingerprint imaging approach using coloured photometric stereo; describes pre-processing operations on point cloud 3D fingerprint data, and explains the specialized operations for reconstructing 3D fingerprints from live finger scans; examines the representation of minutiae in 3D space, providing details on recovering these features from point cloud data, and on matching such 3D minutiae templates; reviews various 3D fingerprint matching methods, including binary surface code-based approaches and a tetrahedron-based matching approach; discusses the uniqueness of 3D fingerprints, evaluating the benefits of employing 3D fingerprint identification over conventional 2D fingerprint techniques. This unique work is a must-read for all researchers seeking to make further advances in this area, towards the exciting opportunities afforded by contactless 3D fingerprint identification for improving the hygiene, user convenience, and matching accuracy of fingerprint biometric technologies.

Information and Communication Technology for Intelligent Systems

Information and Communication Technology for Intelligent Systems
Author: Suresh Chandra Satapathy
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 729
Release: 2018-12-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9811317429

The book gathers papers addressing state-of-the-art research in all areas of Information and Communication Technologies and their applications in intelligent computing, cloud storage, data mining and software analysis. It presents the outcomes of the third International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Intelligent Systems, which was held on April 6–7, 2018, in Ahmedabad, India. Divided into two volumes, the book discusses the fundamentals of various data analytics and algorithms, making it a valuable resource for researchers’ future studies.