Introduction to Biometrics

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Introduction to Biometrics
What is biometrics?
Who uses biometrics?
Why use biometrics?
"About biometrics." AX-S biometrics. 28 Jul 2006
lthttp//www.ax-sbiometrics.
com/aboutbiometrics.htmgt.
Where are biometrics used?
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What?
Biometrics means Bio life Metrics
measurement
"prepare to be scanned." 1984 We're Behind
Schedule. 28 Jul 2003 lthttp//biometrics.co.uk/bio
metric.htmgt.
The technique of studying physical
characteristics of a person such as finger
prints, hand geometry, eye structure or voice
pattern.
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Who?
Government
Military
Schools
Commerce
"Integrated Biometrics." EA Group UK LTD. 28 Jul
2006 lthttp//www.ea-group.
co.uk/images/cm_images/hand.jpggt.
Law Enforcement
Others?
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Identification - is determining who a person is.
Take the measured characteristic and try to
find a match in a database containing records of
people and that characteristic. Examples
fingerprints, iris scan
Why?
"Fingerprint, palmprint, pores." Jean-Francois
Mainguet. 02072006. 28 Jul 2006
lthttp//perso.orange.fr/fingerchip/biometric
s/types/fingerprint.htmgt.
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Why?
Verification - is determining if a person is who
they say they are. Take the measured
characteristic and compare it to the previously
recorded data for that person.
(Albert Einsteins signature)
"Albert Einstein." Hi-Tech. 21July2003. 28 Jul
2006 lthttp//www.ournet.md/hi-tech/einst
ein.htmlgt.
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Where?
Airports
Border Patrol
"Infowars." Infowars. 28 Jul 2006
lthttp//www.infowars.com/images2/tiles/bor
der_biometric.jpggt.
Banks - ATMs
Schools
Personal computers
Other?
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Biometric types

• Fingerprinting
• Iris scan
• Retinal scan
• Hand geometry
• Facial recognition
• Voice recognition
• Handwriting recognition
• Keystroke recognition
• DNA
• Vascular patterns

"Retinal Scan." FotoSearch. 28July2006. 28 Jul
2006 lthttp//www.fotosearch.com/gt.