Perspective methods of human identification: ear biometrics

• Autorzy: Choraś M.
• Konferencja: Fifth Symposjum on Image Processing Technology (TPO 2006) ; (5 ; 21-23.11.2006 ; Serock, Poland)
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Geometrical methods of feature extraction from ear images in order to perform human identification are presented. Geometrical approach is motivated by the actual procedures used by police and forensic experts (so-called ear otoscopy). In their work, geometrical features of ears such as size, height, width, and shapes of earlobe are useful and valid proofs of identity. The contribution of the article is development of the new and original methods of geometrical feature extraction from 2D ear images. Four novel algorithms of ear feature extraction from contour images are described in detail. Moreover, identification results obtained for each of the methods, based on the distance of feature vectors in the feature space, are presented.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

ear biometrics; passive human identification; feature extraction; discrete geometrical computations; contour-processing

• Wydawca: Stowarzyszenie Elektryków Polskich ; Polska Akademia Nauk ; Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna im. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego
• Czasopismo: Opto-Electronics Review
• Rocznik: 2008
• Tom: Vol. 16, No. 1
• Strony: 85--96
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 38 poz., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Choraś M.

• Institute of Telecommunications, University of Technology and Life Sciences Bydgoszcz, 7 Kaliskiego Str., 85-976 Bydgoszcz, Poland,

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