An investigation of IRIS Recognition Techniques: A Literature Survey

Abstract

Iris is a colored muscle located within the eye that helps to regulate the amount of light that reaches the eye. It has some specific textural details that is not easily altered or manipulated, making it a characteristic that is ideally suited to biometric systems. Iris has been considered in the field of biometric applications for authentication purpose. The main purpose of this study is, due to the stability and unique feature available in Iris region. Iris patterns play a major role in many possible identification or authentication applications due to their uniqueness, durability and stability, universality. Iris recognition techniques have evolved tremendously in biometric identification and authentication systems over the past two decades, since their evolution. The technique of Iris recognition is quantifiable, robust, and highly accurate so that it achieves the fundamental tenant of ideal biometric technology. Purpose of this paper is to include a timeline analysis of different iris recognition techniques and the development of a novel algorithm for the iris recognition system. This paper also discusses various methods used in performing the iris recognition measures involved.