Biometric Authentication Techniques Research Articles

Using position extrema points to capture shape in on-line handwritten signature verification

There is considerable interest in authentication based on handwritten signature verification (HSV) because of the long-standing tradition of its use in many common authentication tasks. HSV may be considered superior to many other biometric authentication techniques, for example fingerprints or retinal patterns, which are more reliable but also more intrusive. Furthermore, they require special and relatively expensive hardware to capture the image. The present paper is an attempt to develop a reliable HSV technique by capturing the shape of the signature using the position extrema points of a signature. The technique presented essentially captures the directions of pen motion during the writing of the signature and this is represented in a simple way by a string. The technique is evaluated and shown to be promising.

Pointing a Finger toward Standardized and Automated Biometrics

The authors provide a review of a book on the standardization and automation of biometric identification techniques.

Your personal passport. With security concerns on the increase, governments are measuring the effectiveness of biometrics as a means of secure identification. But can biometrics really deliver what governments are promising?

With security concerns on the increase, governments are measuring the effectiveness of biometrics as a means of secure identification. But can biometrics really deliver what governments are promising?

W4 生体認識技術の開発動向 : 生体認識技術の標準化および指紋認証システム

This paper describes two themes about biometric authentication techniques. Firstly, this paper describes a standardization of testing and evaluating for fingerprint verification. We had been commissioned to consider the standardization by the Information-technology promotion Agency (IPA) of Japan in 1999. The Standardization composites of two guidelines, (1) Guidelines for accuracy test, and (2) Guidelines for requirements decision. System-integrators and users can compare some vender's authentication products through these guidelines. Secondly, this paper presents a proposal of a personal authentication system via the open network by using a smart card including a fingerprint template with the digital signature such as X.509. We developed a prototype authentication system in where verification process is operated in the smart card. The proposed system can realize a high security and easy authentication on the public key infrastructure.