Handbook of Biometrics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jain, Anil K. (Editor), Flynn, Patrick (Editor), Ross, Arun A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Data structures (Computer science).; Data encryption (Computer science).; Multimedia information systems.; Computer graphics.; Image processing.; Pattern recognition.; Computer Science.; Pattern Recognition.; Image Processing and Computer Vision.; Data Encryption.; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory.; Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics.; Multimedia Information Systems.

Biometric recognition, or simply biometrics, is a rapidly evolving field with applications ranging from accessing one's computer, to gaining entry into a country. Biometric systems rely on the use of physical or behavioral traits, such as fingerprints, face, voice and hand geometry, to establis...