On the use of fingernail images as transient biometric identifiers

Barros Barbosa, Igor and Theoharis, Theoharis and Abdallah, Ali E. (2016) On the use of fingernail images as transient biometric identifiers. Machine Vision and Applications, 27 (1). pp. 65-76. ISSN 0932-8092

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Abstract

The significant advantages that biometric recognition technologies offer are in danger of being left aside in everyday life due to concerns over the misuse of such data. The biometric data employed so far focuses on the permanence of the characteristics involved. A concept known as ‘the right to be forgotten’ is gaining momentum in international law and this should further hamper the adoption of permanent biometric recognition technologies. However, a multitude of common applications are short-term and, therefore, non-permanent biometric characteristics would suffice for them. In this paper we discuss ‘transient biometrics,’ i.e. recognition via biometric characteristics that will change in the short term and show that images of the fingernail plate can be used as a transient biometric with a useful life-span of less than 6 months. A direct approach is proposed that requires no training and a relevant evaluation dataset is made publicly available.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	The final publication is available at link.springer.com via https://doi.org/10.1007/s00138-015-0721-y
Identification Number:	10.1007/s00138-015-0721-y
Dates:	Date Event January 2016 Published 22 October 2015 Published Online 25 September 2015 Accepted
Subjects:	CAH11 - computing > CAH11-01 - computing > CAH11-01-01 - computer science
Divisions:	Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment > College of Computing
Depositing User:	Prof Keith A. Osman
Date Deposited:	04 May 2016 08:28
Last Modified:	22 Mar 2023 12:01
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/326

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