Accurate Iris Localization Research Articles

An experimental study of relative total variation and probabilistic collaborative representation for iris recognition

Iris images collected under different conditions often suffer from specular reflections, cast shadows, motion blur, defocus blur, occlusion caused by eyelashes and eyelids, eyeglasses, hair and other artifacts. Existing iris recognition systems do not perform well on these types of images. To overcome these problems, an iris recognition method based on relative total variation (RTV) and probabilistic collaborative representation is proposed. RTV uses the l1 norm regularization method to robustly suppress noisy pixels to achieve accurate iris localization, while probability collaborative representation maximizes the probability that the test sample belongs to each of the multiple classes. The final recognition rate is calculated based on the class having maximum probability. Experimental results using CASIA-V4-Lamp and IIT-Delhi V1iris image databases showed that the proposed method achieved competitive performance in both recognition accuracy and computational efficiency.

Features Subset Selection using Improved Teaching Learning based Optimisation (ITLBO) Algorithms for Iris Recognition

Objective: Iris recognition is one of the emerging areas as the demand for security in social and personal areas is increasing day by day. The most challenging step in the process of iris recognition is accurate iris localization. Methods/Statistical Analysis: In this paper, we propose an iris recognition method in light of Teaching Learning Based Optimisation (ITLBO) to choose the ideal components subset. The iris information, for the most part, contains a tremendous number of textural elements and a similarly modest number of tests per subject, which make the accurate iris pattern classification challenging. Findings: Feature selection scheme is used to identify the most important and irrelevant features from extracted features set of a relatively high dimension based on some selection criterions. It is not generally handy to gather an extensive number of tests because of some security issues. In this paper, we propose ITLBO to enhance the feature subset determination by consolidating important results from different component choice strategies. Application/Improvements: The principle target of ITLBO is to accomplish an adjust the Recognition Rate (RR), the False Acceptance Rate (FAR), the False Reject Rate (FRR) and they chose feature subset measure. The proposed method is computationally successful with the RR of 97.97 % on the CASIA iris datasets.

Toward accurate localization and high recognition performance for noisy iris images

Iris recognition plays an important role in biometrics. Until now, many scholars have made different efforts in this field. However, the recognition performances of most proposed methods degrade dramatically when the image contains some noise, which inevitably occurs during image acquisition such as reflection spots, inconsistent illumination, eyelid, eyelash, hair, etc. In this paper, an accurate iris localization and high recognition performance approach for noisy iris images is presented. After filling the reflection spots using the inpainting method which is based on Navier-Stokes (NS) equations, the Probable boundary (Pb) edge detection operator is used to detect pupil edge initially, which can eliminate the interference of inconsistent illumination, eyelid, eyelash and hair. Besides, the accurate circle parameters are obtained in delicately to reduce the input space of Hough transforms. The iris feature code is constructed based on 1D Log-Gabor filter. Our thorough experimental results on the challenging iris image database CASIA-Iris-Thousand achieve an EER of 1.8272 %, which outperforms the state-of-the-art methods.

A non-circular iris localization algorithm using image projection function and gray level statistics

Iris recognition technology identifies an individual from its iris texture with great precision. A typical iris recognition system comprises eye image acquisition, iris segmentation, feature extraction, and matching. However, the system precision greatly depends on accurate iris localization in the segmentation module. In this paper, we propose a reliable iris localization algorithm. First, we locate a coarse eye location in an eye image using integral projection function (IPF). Next, we localize the pupillary boundary in a sub image using a reliable technique based on the histogram-bisection, image statistics, eccentricity, and object geometry. After that, we localize the limbic boundary using a robust scheme based on the radial gradients and an error distance transform. Finally, we regularize the actual iris boundaries using active contours. The proposed algorithm is tested on public iris databases: MMU V1.0, CASIA-IrisV1, and the CASIA-IrisV3-Lamp. Experimental results demonstrate superiority of the proposed algorithm over some of the contemporary techniques.

Reliable iris localization using integral projection function and 2D-shape properties

Iris recognition technology recognizes a human based on his/her iris pattern. However, the accuracy of the iris recognition technology depends on accurate iris localization. Localizing a pupil region in the presence of other low-intensity regions, such as hairs, eyebrows, and eyelashes, is a challenging task. This study proposes an iris localization technique that includes a localizing pupillary boundary in a sub-image by using an integral projection function and two-dimensional shape properties (e.g., area, geometry, and circularity). The limbic boundary is localized using gradients and an error distance transform, and the boundary is regularized with active contours. Experimental results obtained from public databases show the superiority of the proposed technique over contemporary methods.

Human Iris Recognition using Wavelet Transform and Neural Network

Recently, many researchers have been interested in biometric systems such as fingerprint, handwriting, key-stroke patterns and human iris. From the viewpoint of reliability and robustness, iris recognition is the most attractive biometric system. Moreover, the iris recognition system is a comfortable biometric system, since the video image of an eye can be taken at a distance. In this paper, we discuss human iris recognition, which is based on accurate iris localization, robust feature extraction, and Neural Network classification. The iris region is accurately localized in the eye image using a multiresolution active snake model. For the feature representation, the localized iris image is decomposed using wavelet transform based on dyadic Haar wavelet. Experimental results show the usefulness of wavelet transform in comparison to conventional Gabor transform. In addition, we present a new method for setting initial weight vectors in competitive learning. The proposed initialization method yields better accuracy than the conventional method.