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On Model-Based Analysis of Ear Biometrics

On Model-Based Analysis of Ear Biometrics
On Model-Based Analysis of Ear Biometrics
Ears are a new biometric with major advantage in that they appear to maintain their structure with increasing age. Most current approaches are holistic and describe the ear by its general properties. We propose a new model-based approach, capitalizing on explicit structure and with the advantages of being robust in noise and occlusion. Our model is a constellation of generalized ear parts, which is learned off-line using an unsupervised learning algorithm over an enrolled training set of 63 ear images. The Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT), is used to detect the features within the ear images. In recognition, given a profile image of the human head, the ear is enrolled and recognised from the parts selected via the model. We achieve an encouraging recognition rate, on an image database selected from the XM2VTS database. A head-to-head comparison with PCA is also presented to show the advantage derived by the use of the model in successful occlusion handling.
Arbab-Zavar, Banafshe
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Nixon, Mark
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Hurley, David
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Arbab-Zavar, Banafshe
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Nixon, Mark
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Hurley, David
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Arbab-Zavar, Banafshe, Nixon, Mark and Hurley, David (2007) On Model-Based Analysis of Ear Biometrics. First IEEE International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications, and Systems (BTAS 07), Washington, United States. 27 - 29 Sep 2007.

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Ears are a new biometric with major advantage in that they appear to maintain their structure with increasing age. Most current approaches are holistic and describe the ear by its general properties. We propose a new model-based approach, capitalizing on explicit structure and with the advantages of being robust in noise and occlusion. Our model is a constellation of generalized ear parts, which is learned off-line using an unsupervised learning algorithm over an enrolled training set of 63 ear images. The Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT), is used to detect the features within the ear images. In recognition, given a profile image of the human head, the ear is enrolled and recognised from the parts selected via the model. We achieve an encouraging recognition rate, on an image database selected from the XM2VTS database. A head-to-head comparison with PCA is also presented to show the advantage derived by the use of the model in successful occlusion handling.

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Published date: September 2007
Venue - Dates: First IEEE International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications, and Systems (BTAS 07), Washington, United States, 2007-09-27 - 2007-09-29
Organisations: Southampton Wireless Group

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Local EPrints ID: 264888
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/264888
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ORCID for Mark Nixon: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9174-5934

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Date deposited: 23 Nov 2007 12:42
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:35

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Author: Banafshe Arbab-Zavar
Author: Mark Nixon ORCID iD
Author: David Hurley

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