Human Ear Recognition by Computer

• Main Authors: Bhanu, Bir (Author), Chen, Hui (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2008.
• Series: Advances in Pattern Recognition,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer graphics.; Image processing.; Pattern recognition.; Biometrics (Biology).; Computers.; Computer Science.; Pattern Recognition.; Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics.; Biometrics.; Image Processing and Computer Vision.; Computer Graphics.; The Computing Profession.

Biometrics deals with recognition of individuals based on their physiological or behavioral characteristics. The human ear is a new feature in biometrics that has several merits over the more common face, fingerprint and iris biometrics. Unlike the fingerprint and iris, it can be easily captured fro...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Ear Detection and Recognition in 2D Images
• 3D Object Recognition and 3D Biometrics
• 3D Ear Detection
• Recognizing 3D Ears Using Helix/Anti-helix
• Recognizing 3D Ears using Local Surface Patches
• Rapid 3D Ear Indexing and Recognition
• Performance Comparison and Prediction
• Conclusion and Future Work.